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Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar urges Senate to take up a bill renewing the Violence Against Women Act at a news conference outside the US Capitol in Washington, on May 22, 2019. 
Activists argue the US doesn’t do enough to protect domestic workers. Can an international hearing change that?
A woman with a black and white striped shirt sits outside with younger children surrounding her.
Human rights
Czech Republic may offer justice, compensation to thousands of sterilized Roma women 
Workers move a sign at the Olympic Village for the 2022 Winter Olympics in the Chongli district of Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, China, Oct. 29, 2020.
Global Politics
Human rights groups weigh boycott of 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing
A man reacts with his hand raised amid a large crowd protesting restrictions due to COVID-19.
COVID-19
Roma persecution intensifies during the coronavirus pandemic in Europe
A black and white photo of a Japanese family (woman, man, child) sitting in a kitchen setting.
Critical State
The long-lasting scars of Japanese American internment
Journalist Anabel Hernandez poses for a photo on a red background.
Book names those allegedly responsible for disappearance of 43 students in Mexico
Women at the Corniche in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
A Troubled Kingdom
How rising numbers of Gulf women are escaping abuse to seek asylum
a closeup of an older man with a bald head and glasses
This Holocaust survivor convinced a Dutch rail firm to make reparations
Shadowy figures walk down a dark street.
Justice
Dozens of Indigenous women forcibly sterilized file a class-action lawsuit against the Canadian government
a 1949 visa photo of a man
US deports accused former Nazi guard to Germany
CIA director nominee and acting CIA Director Gina Haspel is sworn in to testify at her Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill,
Conflict
CIA Director Gina Haspel’s memos detailing torture declassified
CIA director nominee Gina Haspel raises her right hand as she is sworn in to testify at her Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation, May 9, 2018.
Conflict & Justice
For some, Haspel for CIA head ‘would be promoting a torturer’
Relatives pose with images of some of the 43 missing Ayotzinapa College Raul Isidro Burgos students in Mexico City.
Justice
The UN has accused Mexico of torture, cover-up in the case of 43 missing students
Environment
More countries, organizations seeking to use aerial drones for peaceful, nefarious purposes
Laborers working on the Qatar 2022 World Cup project arrive at their accommodations in Doha.
Conflict
Big-money World Cup sponsors may be the last hope for Qatar’s migrant workers
"Secrets, Politics and Torture" screen grab.
Conflict
How the CIA helped make ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ — and shape the torture debate
President Obama and Aung San Suu Kyi
Burma at the Crossroads
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Detainees in orange jumpsuits sit in a holding area under the watchful eyes of military police during inprocessing at the temporary detention facility at Guantanamo Bay's Camp X-Ray in this January 11, 2002 file photograph.
Justice
He blew the whistle on CIA torture, and now he’s finally home from jail — and talking
Supporters of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture attended a rally outside the White House in 2009.
Belief
CIA interrogators didn’t just break detainees’ bodies — they also attacked their souls
Detainees in orange jumpsuits sit in a holding area under the watchful eyes of military police during in-processing to the temporary detention facility at Naval Base Guantanamo Bay in January 2002.
Conflict
Here’s how some veterans feel about torture tactics
The logo of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is shown in the lobby of the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia March 3, 2005.
Justice
There may be reason for optimism following the CIA torture report
Detainees in orange jumpsuits sit in a holding area watched by military police at Guantanamo Bay's Camp X-Ray in 2002.
Conflict
How the US provides inspiration for terrorists groups like ISIS
A US Army soldier from the 1st Infantry Division stationed in Tikrit closes the entrance of the dentention center at Forward Operating Base Danger on September 8, 2004.
Conflict
Torture doesn’t work — so here’s what does
A demonstrator is held down during a simulation of waterboarding outside the Justice Department in 2007.
Conflict
For Black Hawk Down author, CIA torture report is no surprise
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein discusses the Intelligence Committee's report on the CIA's anti-terrorism tactics on December 9, 2014.
Conflict
Here are four key findings from the gruesome Senate report on torture
A guard shuts the gate to the airport in Szymany, Poland, in 2005. Polish media said the airport was identified by Human Rights Watch as a potential site of alleged CIA prisons used to interrogate al-Qaeda captives.
Justice
Poles say aiding the CIA’s torture program ‘was simply being a good ally’
Camp Bucca
Global Scan
Meet the US prison camp that helped give birth to ISIS
Actress Sissy Spacek and director Costa Gavras talk before the start of the Charles Horman Truth Project 2002 Human Rights Awards in New York City. Gavras directed and Spacek starred in the film "Missing."
Conflict & Justice
American journalist Charles Horman was murdered with the help of the US government, a Chilean court finds
Actress Sissy Spacek and director Costa Gavras talk before the start of the Charles Horman Truth Project 2002 Human Rights Awards in New York City. Gavras directed and Spacek starred in the film "Missing."
Conflict & Justice
American journalist Charles Horman was murdered with the help of the US government, a Chilean court finds
Invisible Children, creators of Kony 2012, say they've learned a lot over the past two years.
Conflict & Justice
The producers of Kony 2012 say they’ve learned their lesson, but critics aren’t so sure
Leaked pictures from a man who allegedly served as a military police and was tasked with photographing the dead bodies brought to the military hospitals controlled by the Syrian regime during the civil war.
Conflict & Justice
Investigators say the photos from Syria show industrialized, systematic killing
Global Scan
New evidence suggests systematic torture by Syria’s government
Conflict & Justice
Guantanamo pre-trial hearings begin for alleged masterminds of 9/11 attacks
Conflict & Justice
Man mistaken by U.S. officials for terrorist wins human rights case
Global Politics
Despite differences, Guantanamo prison out-of-sight, if not mind, in presidential election
In national address, Obama pledges to ‘finish the job’ in Afghanistan
Arts, Culture & Media
Author Ishmael Beah recounts his childhood as a boy soldier
Global Politics
Pentagon outlines budget cuts to the tune of a half-trillion dollars
The new plan for Afghanistan
Aid agencies concerned with troop surge
Arts, Culture & Media
Ex-Gitmo detainee’s one-man show
Health & Medicine
Sierra Leone mental health
Arts, Culture & Media
‘Global Hit:’ Interrogation Music
Global Politics
Why an Ex-CIA Official was Detained in Panama
Conflict & Justice
Khalid Sheik Mohammed’s Secret Vacuum Cleaner Design
The Disappeared, and Those Waiting
The Medical Ethics of Force-Feeding Guantanamo Hunger Strikers
Justice Denied at Guantanamo Bay
New Report Confirms Torture at Guantanamo Bay
Global Politics
CIA’s Clandestine Chief Connected to Destruction of Torture Tapes
Obama’s C.I.A Nominee John O. Brennan Has “Personal Objections” to Torture
Film Shows 1965 Coup from the Killers’ Perspective
Global Politics
Military Suicide Among Soldiers Who Haven’t Deployed
Zero Dark Thirty and the Depiction of Torture
Arts, Culture & Media
Hollywood and Terrorism
Global Politics
US Criticized in Europe on Torture and Rendition Cases
Conflict & Justice
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the Military Commissions
Business, Economics and Jobs
The Best and Worst Countries on Global Slavery List
Global Politics
Barack Obama Pledges to ‘Finish the Job’ in Afghanistan
Is Afghanistan Ready for a Withdrawal of US Troops?