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More than 7 years of rape, murder and pillaging have gone unpunished.
For more than 7 years now, alleged war criminals of Darfur have lived freely, while the innocent people in their paths have lived in fear.
But last month, when two Darfuri rebel leaders, suspected of killing peacekeepers, surrendered themselves to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, the wall of impunity finally began to crack.
The suffering in Darfur won't end until all those indicted by the ICC are brought to justice. International justice can't work until there's international cooperation.
In order for the ICC to effectively prosecute those responsible for grave human rights abuses, the international community must do its part to fight impunity.
Urge the U.S. to strengthen its support of the ICC in bringing Darfuri war crimes suspects to justice.
The U.S. has recently taken important steps forward to renew its engagement with the ICC. This shift in U.S. policy signals hope that those who so egregiously abused human rights will finally be held accountable for their crimes.
For more than 7 years now, alleged war criminals of Darfur have lived freely, while the innocent people in their paths have lived in fear.
But last month, when two Darfuri rebel leaders, suspected of killing peacekeepers, surrendered themselves to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, the wall of impunity finally began to crack.
The suffering in Darfur won't end until all those indicted by the ICC are brought to justice. International justice can't work until there's international cooperation.
In order for the ICC to effectively prosecute those responsible for grave human rights abuses, the international community must do its part to fight impunity.
Urge the U.S. to strengthen its support of the ICC in bringing Darfuri war crimes suspects to justice.
The U.S. has recently taken important steps forward to renew its engagement with the ICC. This shift in U.S. policy signals hope that those who so egregiously abused human rights will finally be held accountable for their crimes.
It's still not clear how they'll try to do it, but it is clear that our pressure is being felt.
The House majority whip asked Democrats how they would vote on the war escalation funding alone and on it in combination with useful, sane legislation. It appears likely that more than 40 Democrats said they would vote No in either case. If so, that's an accomplishment to take into consideration and build on, even if the Democratic leadership manages to pass the war funding.
On Tuesday they brought unemployment insurance up for a vote in a stand alone bill on no notice. They did so in a way that required a two-thirds vote, and they fell short. But they can bring it up in a way that requires a simple majority and pass it. House Majority Leader Hoyer has it on the schedule as a possibility for Wednesday. They can bring everything up as stand-alone bills, and maybe they will.
The House majority whip asked Democrats how they would vote on the war escalation funding alone and on it in combination with useful, sane legislation. It appears likely that more than 40 Democrats said they would vote No in either case. If so, that's an accomplishment to take into consideration and build on, even if the Democratic leadership manages to pass the war funding.
On Tuesday they brought unemployment insurance up for a vote in a stand alone bill on no notice. They did so in a way that required a two-thirds vote, and they fell short. But they can bring it up in a way that requires a simple majority and pass it. House Majority Leader Hoyer has it on the schedule as a possibility for Wednesday. They can bring everything up as stand-alone bills, and maybe they will.
"If Americans pulled back and started paying attention to this war, it would become even less popular," a senior adviser to Gen. Stanley McChrystal says in a recent Rolling Stone magazine article called “The Runaway General.”
The article quotes Gen. McChrystal and his staff criticizing President Obama and disparaging civilian leadership, revealing deep divides within the National Security Council. It has resulted in the general’s removal as Commander for U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan. But dismissing Gen. McChrystal addresses the symptom, not the disease. A change in command won’t end the war only a change in strategy will, and that starts with the President.
Take action now.
Call your Representative and tell them that you support an exit strategy for Afghanistan. Ask them to co-sponsor the McGovern exit strategy bill, H.R. 5015, and to urge other Representatives to co-sponsor the bill.
Wage peace!
Call Patrick 'Pat' J. Tiberi (202) 225-5355 now. Tell them you want an exit strategy for Afghanistan.
The article quotes Gen. McChrystal and his staff criticizing President Obama and disparaging civilian leadership, revealing deep divides within the National Security Council. It has resulted in the general’s removal as Commander for U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan. But dismissing Gen. McChrystal addresses the symptom, not the disease. A change in command won’t end the war only a change in strategy will, and that starts with the President.
Take action now.
Call your Representative and tell them that you support an exit strategy for Afghanistan. Ask them to co-sponsor the McGovern exit strategy bill, H.R. 5015, and to urge other Representatives to co-sponsor the bill.
Wage peace!
Call Patrick 'Pat' J. Tiberi (202) 225-5355 now. Tell them you want an exit strategy for Afghanistan.
Sea turtles can live to be 80 years old or more. They've been around for millions of years. They even outlived the dinosaurs.
But today, every single sea turtle species is listed as endangered or threatened thanks to humans. It's not too late.
Take action to help make sure sea turtles don't disappear forever.
We can save sea turtles by protecting their nesting beaches. Fisherman can make use nets and hooks that kill fewer turtles.
Governments can help by cracking down on the black market in illegal turtle eggs and meat. The U.S. can lead the way.
Take action and urge President Obama to protect the sea turtles
But today, every single sea turtle species is listed as endangered or threatened thanks to humans. It's not too late.
Take action to help make sure sea turtles don't disappear forever.
We can save sea turtles by protecting their nesting beaches. Fisherman can make use nets and hooks that kill fewer turtles.
Governments can help by cracking down on the black market in illegal turtle eggs and meat. The U.S. can lead the way.
Take action and urge President Obama to protect the sea turtles
Human Rights, Health, and Religious Groups File Federal Complaint Against CIA Based on New Evidence Indicating Human Experimentation on Detainees
A broad coalition of human rights, health, and religious groups filed a formal complaint today with the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) against the Central Intelligence Agency. This action is in response to new revelations by Physicians for Human Rights that the CIA allegedly engaged in illegal human subject research and experimentation on detainees as part of Bush-era interrogation practices. The CIA has denied the allegations and has refused to investigate evidence of experimentation presented by Physicians for Human Rights in a report entitled Experiments in Torture: Evidence of Human Subject Research and Experimentation in the “Enhanced” Interrogation Program. The report is available at http://phrtorturepapers.org/?p=430
The following groups have joined the OHRP complaint so far:
Physicians for Human Rights
Amnesty International USA
Bill of Rights Defense Committee
A broad coalition of human rights, health, and religious groups filed a formal complaint today with the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) against the Central Intelligence Agency. This action is in response to new revelations by Physicians for Human Rights that the CIA allegedly engaged in illegal human subject research and experimentation on detainees as part of Bush-era interrogation practices. The CIA has denied the allegations and has refused to investigate evidence of experimentation presented by Physicians for Human Rights in a report entitled Experiments in Torture: Evidence of Human Subject Research and Experimentation in the “Enhanced” Interrogation Program. The report is available at http://phrtorturepapers.org/?p=430
The following groups have joined the OHRP complaint so far:
Physicians for Human Rights
Amnesty International USA
Bill of Rights Defense Committee
Infuriatingly, they signed an industry-backed letter telling the FCC to abandon efforts to protect Internet users by prohibiting big companies from blocking Internet traffic.
Not only is this letter an attack on net neutrality, but by signing the industry letter, these Democratic members of Congress are attempting to drastically undercut the FCC's ability to make a fast, affordable and open Internet available to everyone in America — they are actually taking a position against the interests of rural and low-income communities.
This is unacceptable.
We need to make sure they know that their constituents and other consumers are paying attention and will hold them accountable when they undermine net neutrality protections.
Click here to automatically sign our petition to the 74 Democrats telling them that you're upset by their decision to side with the wealthy telecommunications corporations over their constituents
Not only is this letter an attack on net neutrality, but by signing the industry letter, these Democratic members of Congress are attempting to drastically undercut the FCC's ability to make a fast, affordable and open Internet available to everyone in America — they are actually taking a position against the interests of rural and low-income communities.
This is unacceptable.
We need to make sure they know that their constituents and other consumers are paying attention and will hold them accountable when they undermine net neutrality protections.
Click here to automatically sign our petition to the 74 Democrats telling them that you're upset by their decision to side with the wealthy telecommunications corporations over their constituents
Despite the Gulf disaster, no one from BP has been arrested and sent to jail. Despite safety violations at coal mines, no one from Massey Energy has been handcuffed. But today I write to inform you that one of America’s best global warming activists is probably facing several months of jail. He’s been convicted by a D.C. jury, and now he awaits sentencing. Why? Because he peacefully dropped two banners on Capitol Hill that said: “GREEN JOBS NOW” and “GET TO WORK.”
I’m not joking. Ted Glick of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network was convicted by a jury May 13th of peacefully dropping the banners inside the U.S. Senate Hart Office Building last September. The DC U.S. Attorney’s office clearly had decided to make an “example” of Ted because of his previous two – count’em, two -- convictions related to peaceful acts of climate civil disobedience. Can you believe it? You can see a three-minute video of Ted’s September “crime” at:
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I’m not joking. Ted Glick of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network was convicted by a jury May 13th of peacefully dropping the banners inside the U.S. Senate Hart Office Building last September. The DC U.S. Attorney’s office clearly had decided to make an “example” of Ted because of his previous two – count’em, two -- convictions related to peaceful acts of climate civil disobedience. Can you believe it? You can see a three-minute video of Ted’s September “crime” at:
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If the wind changes direction, the oil slick may well spread all the way up the East Coast, and more oil could continue spilling for months.
This is the catastrophe that oil industry lobbyists and their friends in Congress said would never happen.
They said new technology made drilling "safe and protective of the environment."2 And in 2008, after spending millions on lobbying, Big Oil got President Bush and the Democratic Congress to repeal the ban on new off-shore drilling that had been in place for more than 30 years.
But now public support for drilling is plummeting, and we must seize this moment to stop Big Oil from getting their hands on any more of our precious coasts.
Can you call Senator Sherrod Brown today? Tell him that you want Congress to immediately reinstate the ban on new off-shore oil drilling. Here's where to call:
Senator Sherrod Brown
Phone: 202-224-2315
Then, please report your call by clicking here:
Move On
This is the catastrophe that oil industry lobbyists and their friends in Congress said would never happen.
They said new technology made drilling "safe and protective of the environment."2 And in 2008, after spending millions on lobbying, Big Oil got President Bush and the Democratic Congress to repeal the ban on new off-shore drilling that had been in place for more than 30 years.
But now public support for drilling is plummeting, and we must seize this moment to stop Big Oil from getting their hands on any more of our precious coasts.
Can you call Senator Sherrod Brown today? Tell him that you want Congress to immediately reinstate the ban on new off-shore oil drilling. Here's where to call:
Senator Sherrod Brown
Phone: 202-224-2315
Then, please report your call by clicking here:
Move On
FOREST PROTECTION ACTION ALERT! Please contact US Senator John Kerry, immediately, and ask him to remove wood burning biomass from being included as “clean and renewable” energy and eligible for public subsidies and preferential treatment in his climate and energy bill. These perverse incentives would lead to large-scale cutting of forests for tiny amounts of energy and would greatly increase carbon dioxide emissions and pollution. The current forest protections in the climate bill are very limited and weak and will not protect forests in Ohio or nationwide.
Tell Senator Kerry that burning forests is not “green” energy. It emits more CO2 even than coal, pollutes as much or more than fossil fuels and will devastate forest ecosystems. Specifically, wood burning biomass should not be eligible for our taxpayer “clean” energy subsidies or any other preferential legislation or benefits.
Tell Senator Kerry that burning forests is not “green” energy. It emits more CO2 even than coal, pollutes as much or more than fossil fuels and will devastate forest ecosystems. Specifically, wood burning biomass should not be eligible for our taxpayer “clean” energy subsidies or any other preferential legislation or benefits.
U.S. and allied special forces in Afghanistan killed 2 civilian men, 2 pregnant women and a teenage girl in Gardez, and they then tried to hide their crime. We can't let them get away with a cover-up. Watch our new video featuring an exclusive interview with a survivor, and sign our petition calling for an independent, U.N.-led investigation.
In this night raid on Feb. 12, special forces mistakenly attacked a baby shower. Instead of getting immediate medical treatment for the wounded, special forces personnel focused on destroying evidence, digging the bullets out of the bodies.
Gen. McChrystal's P.R. team fought for weeks to obscure the truth. They lied about finding the women dead when they arrived. They smeared journalists who questioned their story. On April 4, they admitted to killing all of the innocent victims, including the women.
After this outrageous behavior, McChrystal says we should trust his forces to investigate themselves. That's ludicrous.
In this night raid on Feb. 12, special forces mistakenly attacked a baby shower. Instead of getting immediate medical treatment for the wounded, special forces personnel focused on destroying evidence, digging the bullets out of the bodies.
Gen. McChrystal's P.R. team fought for weeks to obscure the truth. They lied about finding the women dead when they arrived. They smeared journalists who questioned their story. On April 4, they admitted to killing all of the innocent victims, including the women.
After this outrageous behavior, McChrystal says we should trust his forces to investigate themselves. That's ludicrous.