• Medical marijuana’s legal in his state, but feds sentence medical pot dispenser to jail

  Charles Lynch, a medical marijuana provider in the state of California, which has voted consistently to allow what he does,...

   

• Shell’s “Humanitarian” Gesture is Self-Serving

  One of the advantages for a corporation in resolving a sensitive lawsuit out of court is that it can proclaim innocence and...

   

• Israeli War Crimes Against Children

  Following Israel’s Operation Cast Lead, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) documented the toll on Gaza’s...

   

• Iran polls prompt vote rigging allegations

  Iran went to the polls today in presidential elections, with incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad seeking a second four-year term. Four...

   

• British Photographers Forced To Play Roulette With Anti- Terror Law

  In Britain, cops have the power to search you if you take a picture of a “sensitive” area, but they won’t...

   

• Torture documents need to be released

  Despite its repudiation of “enhanced interrogation techniques,” the Obama administration continues to stifle...

   

• The great big DNA database fishing expedition

  In London the Met police have been rounding up and arresting children as young as ten who have committed no crime, for the...

   

• Ex-Bush lawyer can be sued over torture according to Judge

  A prisoner who says he was tortured while being held for nearly four years as a suspected terrorist can sue former Bush administration...

   

• Iran election may decide war or peace for Middle East

  More than 42 million Iranians are eligible to vote Friday in the presidential election, and long lines were reported around...

   

• Pentagon Cyber Command threat to civil liberties

  The Obama administration’s plan to create a Pentagon Cyber Command to conduct both defensive and offensive cyberwarfare...

   

• Sri Lankan government interrogate doctors who witnessed war crimes

  The Sri Lankan government is continuing to detain and interrogate three doctors—Dr Thurairajah Varatharajah, Dr Thangamuttu...

   

• Feds ask court to reconsider CIA renditions suit

  The U.S. Department of Justice is asking a federal appeals court to reconsider its decision to allow a Boeing Co. subsidiary...

   

• Thousands of postal workers to strike

  Thousands of postal workers in London are set to embark on a 24-hour strike next Friday over an “arbitrary”...