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Archives: Rights
![Which Lives Matter?: Fresh St. Louis Protests over Acquittal of Accused Killer](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921181503im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/which-lives-matter-fresh-st-loui-187x137.jpg)
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Torture works . . . to produce Fake News (and that’s how we Got into Iraq)
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - I told this story back in 2005 but it is a good story, has held up, and bears repeating now that President Trump…![Will Donald Trump bring back torture? Can Foreign leaders stop him?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921181503im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/will-donald-trump-bring-back-tor-187x137.jpg)
Will Donald Trump bring back torture? Can Foreign leaders stop him?
By Vincent Charles Keating | (The Conversation) | - - There can be no doubt that the swearing in of Donald Trump on January 20 will usher in a new era for…![Donald Trump claims torture ‘works’ – but what does the science say?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921181503im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/donald-trump-claims-torture-work-187x137.jpg)
Donald Trump claims torture ‘works’ – but what does the science say?
By Coral Dando | (The Conversation) | - - The US president-elect Donald Trump has on several occasions insisted that torture is a good idea and that procedures such as water-boarding are…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921181503im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/G4S-BDS-1-187x137.jpg)
Under BDS Pressure, G4S Ends Most Illegal Business with Israel
IMEMC | - - Human rights campaigners to intensify pressure against the company… *G4S announces sale of most of its Israel business, following intense BDS pressure *G4S remains involved in Israeli police…![Will Trump Bring in a New Era of Surveillance and Torture?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921181503im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/11/will-trump-bring-in-a-new-era-of-187x137.jpg)
Will Trump Bring in a New Era of Surveillance and Torture?
TeleSur | - - Trump's picks for important security positions look intent on rolling back civil liberties. While there are many questions about what U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will change once he…![Will Gov. Cuomo’s executive order against Israel Boycott strengthen movement?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921181503im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/06/will-gov-cuomos-executive-order-187x137.jpg)
Will Gov. Cuomo’s executive order against Israel Boycott strengthen movement?
By Tekendra Parmar | ( Waging Nonviolence ) | - - On June 5, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order to create a blacklist of entities that support the boycott, divestment…![Israel-First McCarthyism: Cuomo’s vow to spy on, punish BDS Activists in long Tradition](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921181503im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/06/israel-first-mccarthyism-cuomos-187x137.jpg)
Israel-First McCarthyism: Cuomo’s vow to spy on, punish BDS Activists in long Tradition
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - After New York governor Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order directing the state to monitor and sanction activists in the Boycott, Sanctions and…![Snowden on Torture Report: “When the CIA destroys s.th., it’s never a Mistake”](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921181503im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/05/snowden-on-torture-report-when-t-187x137.jpg)
Snowden on Torture Report: “When the CIA destroys s.th., it’s never a Mistake”
TeleSur | -- After the CIA inspector general admitted it destroyed a 6,700 page report on torture, the famed whistleblower said the CIA does not destroy by "accident." Edward Snowden commented this…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921181503im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/gordonnuremberg-180x137.jpg)
Not al-Qaeda: Abu Zubayda as Bush’s Mengele Experiment
By Rebecca Gordon | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - Intro: Rebecca Gordon catches the nightmarish quality of those [Bush] years, now largely buried, in the grim case of a single mistreated human…![Is Trump Right on Torture?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921181503im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/is-trump-right-on-torture-187x137.jpg)
Is Trump Right on Torture?
Written by Bridge Initiative Team | ( Bridge) | - - In the wake of the Belgium terrorist attacks, Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has double-downed on his position in favor of…![GOP Candidates’ Sick, Illegal, Fixation on Torture](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921181503im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/02/gop-candidates-sick-illegal-fixa-187x137.jpg)
GOP Candidates’ Sick, Illegal, Fixation on Torture
By John Kiriakou | (Otherwords.org) | - - GOP presidential candidates are endorsing torture, again. For anyone who cares deeply about being informed, watching Republican presidential debates can feel like a form…![71 UK doctors call on World Medical Association to Expel Israel over Torture](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921181503im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/01/71-uk-doctors-call-on-world-medi-187x137.jpg)
71 UK doctors call on World Medical Association to Expel Israel over Torture
Ma'an News Agency | - - 'BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- A group of British doctors is pushing for the World Medical Association (WMA) to expel the Israeli Medical Association (IMA), the IMA’s chairman…![Why EU Labeling of Israeli Squatter Goods could Affect Israeli Economy](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921181503im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/11/why-eu-labeling-of-israeli-squat-187x137.jpg)
Why EU Labeling of Israeli Squatter Goods could Affect Israeli Economy
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The European Union will probably issue a ruling today that goods produced in the Occupied Palestinian West Bank by Israeli squatters must be…![Former Detainees Sue CIA Torture Psychiatrists](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921181503im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/10/former-detainees-sue-cia-torture-187x137.jpg)
Former Detainees Sue CIA Torture Psychologists
By Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian | (The Young Turks) | - - "Ten months after the Senate released its report on the CIA’s illegal torture program, the ACLU is getting involved.…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921181503im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/jwaug_25a_15-187x137.gif)
Jeb Bush’s Torquemada Platform (Political Cartoon)
Paul Jamiol | (Jamiol's World) Via Jamiol's World![Israel and the BDS debate: two scholars respectfully agree to differ](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921181503im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/08/israel-and-the-bds-debate-two-sc-187x137.jpg)
Israel and the BDS debate: two scholars respectfully agree to differ
By Ingrid Matthews and James Arvanitakis | (The Conversation) | - - From Australia, we watch Israel at a great distance, safe in the knowledge that the regular and horrific levels of…![Brothers in Arms: Jeb Bush Won’t Say ‘No’ To Future Torture](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921181503im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/08/brothers-in-arms-jeb-bush-wont-s-187x137.jpg)
Brothers in Arms: Jeb Bush Won’t Say ‘No’ To Future Torture
By Jon Queally, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org | - - 'This is what happens when you don't prosecute officials for illegally torturing people.' While also foregoing the opportunity to condemn the…![Petition Calling For Israeli PM Netanyahu’s Arrest Goes Viral](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921181503im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/08/petition-calling-for-israeli-pm-187x137.jpg)
Petition Calling For Israeli PM Netanyahu’s Arrest Goes Viral
By IMEMC | - - A British petition demanding the arrest of the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, upon his arrival in the UK next month, went viral in just a few…![Is Congress Using Trade Rules to Blacklist Critics of Israel?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921181503im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/is-congress-using-trade-rules-to-187x137.jpg)