Archive for civil rights
End death by stoning, Iran urged
Amnesty International has urged Iran to drop from its penal code the punishment of death by stoning, a fate awaiting 11 convicted criminals, the group says. The majority sentenced to death by stoning are women, Amnesty says.
US drafting plan to allow government access to any email
National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell is drawing up plans for cyberspace spying that would make the current debate on warrantless wiretaps look like a “walk in the park,” according to an interview published in the New Yorker’s print edition today.
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U.S. Claims It Has the Right to Kidnap British Citizens
AMERICA has told Britain that it can “kidnap” British citizens if they are wanted for crimes in the United States. A senior lawyer for the American government has told the Court of Appeal in London that kidnapping foreign citizens is permissible under American law because the US Supreme Court has sanctioned it.
WHY do people—gay or straight—need the state’s permission to marry?
…Then In the mid-20th century, governments began to get out of the business of deciding which couples were “fit” to marry. Courts invalidated laws against interracial marriage, struck down other barriers and even extended marriage rights to prisoners…
Georgia Police Turns Sonic Blaster on Demonstrators
There’s more evidence that the Saakashvili regime in Georgia is using sound weapons against opposition protesters. “Georgian police used an acoustic gun — it’s a non-lethal weapon that disorients people for a period of time,” says one “special weapons expert.”
