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William Fisher Huffington Post 12/03/08

You may have heard that the Bush Administration is in a frenzied race to lock in its favorite policies before Barack Obama takes office. (more…)

The UK Foreign Office Lectures Us on Human Rights

Such an open day beggars belief. At this PR gala you will find no stall for the victims of rapacious British power

By John Pilger Guardian U.K. 12/01/08 (more…)

From United for Peace & Justice

Demand action by the U.S. government on December 9, 2008, when Maher Arar’s attorneys return to the U.S. Court of Appeals seeking justice for his rendition to torture. (more…)

Glenn Greenwald Salon 11/30/08

The New York Times’s David Barstow, whose excellent and aggressive journalism led to the uncovering last April of the Pentagon’s domestic propaganda program involving network “military analysts,” today returns to this topic with another lengthy front-page exposé. (more…)

by Stephen Lendman sjlendman.blogspot.com 12/01/08

The Texas-based Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF) was the largest American Muslim charity until the Bush administration falsely declared it an enemy of the state and shut it down. (more…)

By BOB RAY SANDERS Star-Telegram Fort Worth, TX 11/30/08

On its face, the U.S. government won last week when a federal jury in Dallas convicted the Richardson-based charity Holy Land Foundation and five former leaders of providing financial aid to a foreign terrorist organization — Hamas.

But a Fort Worth defense attorney who has been involved in the case since 2005 called the prosecution shameful (more…)

Waiting for Mercy is a new documentary by Ellie Bernstein. It tells the story of a fabricated FBI sting operation that took place in Albany, New York during the winter, spring and summer of 2004. The complex operation was designed to entrap Yassin Aref, 37 (a refugee from Kurdistan in northern Iraq) and Mohammed Mosharref Hossain, 51, a United States citizen and an immigrant from Bangladesh.

Waiting for Mercy will show at The Madison Theater, Albany NY, from January 15 to January 23, 2009. See the trailer here.

Christine Bremer Muggli The Capital Times, Madison, WI 11/30/08

It is a basic ideal of justice: No person should be locked away in prison and not allowed to seek help to challenge the illegal imprisonment. The right to challenge an unjust imprisonment is so fundamental that it dates back over 800 years. (more…)