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CHRGJ in the News

Tom Morello, Zack de la Rocha, Tim Commerfold and Brad Wilk, "Band rages against using music as torture", August 23, 2008, available at here.

William Fisher, "RIGHTS-US: Hamdan Case to Test Military Tribunals", July 21,2008, available here.

John Maxwell, "None Dare Call It Genocide " Black Agenda Report, July 2, 2008, available here.

"Haiti: US 'witholding money needed for clean water", The Voice, June 29, 2008, available here.

John Maxwell, "None Dare Call It Genocide " The Jamaica Observer, June 29, 2008, available here.

Daya Gamage, "US Cannot Just ‘Disappear’ People and Not Account for its Actions, says America’s foremost Human Rights Groups", Asia Tribune, June 28, 2008, available here.

"Rights Groups Challenge CIA for Failure to Release More Than 7000 Documents Relating to Secret Detention, Rendition, and Torture Program" The Earth Times, June 26, 2008, available here.

"Rights Groups Launch Groundbreaking Report on Right to Water in Haiti", CommonDreams.org, June 24, 2008, available here.

Samira Sami , "Report Launch: Right to Water in Haiti", Haiti Innovation, June 24, 2008, available here.

"US Blocked Money for Haiti to Clean Drinking Water", Democracy Now, June 24, 20088, available here.

Marc Lacey, "Rights Groups Attack U.S. for Withholding Haiti Money", International Herald Tribune, June 24, 2008, available here.

Marc Lacey, "Rights Groups Attack U.S. for Withholding Haiti Money", New York Times, June 24, 2008, available here.

DP Bhattacharya, "Voice of downtrodden echoes at European Union meet", expressindia.com, June 14, 2008, available here.

Rights-US: Group Wrangle with CIA over "Ghost Prisoners", RINF.com, April 26, 2008, available here.

William Fisher, Rights-US: Group Wrangle with CIA over "Ghost Prisoners", IPSNews.net, April 25, 2008, available here.

Post-Poll Hopes for Nepali Women and Dalit, OneWorld.net, April 24, 2008, available here.

Dan Eggen, CIA Foresaw Interrogation Issues: Agency Considered Investigations 'Virtually Inevitable', The Washington Post, April 24, 2008, available here.

CIA admits they will continue redition program, which allows torture overseas, The Raw Story, April 24, 2008, available here.

7,000 Pages of Justice Dept-CIA Torture Documents, The Washington Idependent, April 24, 2008, available here.

Today's Must Read, TPM Muckraker, April 24, 2008, available here.

Nepal constitution must protect Dalits: US rights group, mangalorean.com, April 23, 2008, available here.

Nepal Constitution Must Protect Dalits: US Rights Group, News Post India, April 22, 2008, available here.

"Nepal constitution must protect Dalits: US rights group", Thaindian News, April 22, 2008, available here.

"Call to Recognise Dalits' Rights in New Statute", The Himalayan Times, April 22, 2008, available here.

"'Ensure Dalits' rights in new constitution", Kantipur Report, April 22, 2008, available here.

Ensure Dalits' rights in new constitution, Nepal1st.com, April 21, 2008, available here.

Juliana Tiraboschi, "Guerra Ao Terror?", Galileu, February, 2008, available here.

Tom Engelhardt, "Dispatches From America: Journey to the dark side", Asia Times, January 4, 2008, available here.

Monica Davey, "Father Says He Set Fire That Killed Three", New York Times, January 3, 2008, available here.

Meg Satterthwaite and Jayne Huckerby, "First person by Meg Satterthwaite and Jayne Huckerby", The Daily Star (Lebaneses), December 19. 2007.

Democracy NOW!, "Broadcast Exclusive: Yemeni Man Imprisoned at CIA 'Black Sites' Tells His Story of Kidnapping and Torture", December 18. 2007, available here.

Mark Benjamin, "Inside the CIA's notorious 'black sites'", Salon.com, December 14, 2007, available here.

Mark Mazzetti and Scott Shane, "Destruction of C.I.A. Tapes Cleared by Lawyers", New York Times, December 11, 2007, available here.

Greg Miller, "Democrats demand probe into destruction of tapes", Los Angeles Times, December 8, 2007, available here.

American Bar Association Convention on Law and National Security - AM Session, CSPAN, November 16, 2007, available here.

Amnesty International, "Denmark: Authorities must come clean about renditions", AI Index: EUR 18/003/2007, October 23, 2007, available here. English translation of October 21, 2007 Politiken article available here.

Aaron Glantz, "Rights Groups Dismiss Bush's Rules for Secret Prisons", OneWorld US, July 24, 2007, available here.

Nat Hentoff, "The CIA's No-Questions-Asked Travel Agent", Village Voice, June 19th, 2007, available here.

"U.S. authorities reportedly behind enforced disappearances of 39", Malaysia Sun, June 19, 2007, available here.

Roger Cohen, "The Cry of the Disappeared", International Herald Tribune, June 13, 2007.

Tracy Wilkinson, "In Italy, trial of CIA agents begins", Los Angeles Times, June 9, 2007.

Scott Shane, "Groups say 39 are secret U.S. detainees", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 7, 2007.

"6 groups urge U.S. to halt secret detentions", The Sun, June 7, 2007.

"Secret detainees number 39", The Gazette, June 7, 2007.

Warren Strobel, "Report: At least 39 'ghost detainees'", Charlotte Observer, June 7, 2007.

Warren Strobel, "Report: U.S. holds 39 'ghost detainees'", West County Times, June 7, 2007.

Warren Strobel, "Report: U.S. holds 39 'ghost detainees'", The Valley Times, June 7, 2007.

Warren Strobel, "Report: U.S. holds 39 'ghost detainees'", San Ramon Valley Times, June 7, 2007.

39 are being held in secret CIA prisons, report out today charges, Star Tribune, June 7, 2007.

Warren Strobel, "CIA held 39 abroad, report says", The Sacramento Bee, June 7, 2007.

Warren Strobel, "CIA jails' scope may be broader", The Miami Herald, June 7, 2007.

Warren Strobel, "Activists say 39 have been held in CIA jails", The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 7, 2007.

Warren Strobel, "Report tries to cast light on U.S. 'ghost detainees'", Fort Worth Star-Telegram, June 7, 2007.

"Report: 39 'Ghost' Detainees Being Held In Other Countries", The Hartford Courant, June 7, 2007.

Warren Strobel, "Human-rights report says CIA continues to hold 39 in secret prisons", Kansas City Star, June 7, 2007.

"End secret detentions, U.S. urged", Richmond Times-Dispatch, June 7,2007.

Warren Strobel, "Rights groups troubled by secret prisons", Star Ledger, June 7, 2007.

"Report: 39 Missing CIA Detainees", Air America, June 7, 2007, available here.

"Rights groups list 39 'disappeared' in 'war on terror'", ABC News Online (Australia), June 7, 2007, available here.

"US Urged to Close Secret Jails", Alalam, June 7, 2007.

The Associated Press, Rights groups identify 39 detainees they believe secretly held by U.S., Arizona Daily Star, June 7, 2007, available here.

"US accused over 'ghost detainees'", BBC, June 7, 2007, available here.

"Lawsuit calls for US to explain whereabouts of 'ghost prisoners'", Cape Argus, June 7, 2007, available here.

Scott Shane, "Groups say 39 are secret U.S. detainees", Chicago Tribune, June 7, 2007.

"Rights groups release list of prisoners held secretly", Houston Chronicle, June 7, 2007.

Raphael G. Satter, "Report: 39 Secretly Imprisoned by U.S.", Huffington Post, June 7, 2007, available here.

"Rights groups identify 'ghost detainees'", In the News, June 7, 2007, available here.

Scott Shane, "Rights groups call for end to secret U.S. detentions", International Herald Tribune, June 7, 2007, available here.

"NGOs list 'disappeared' in US custody", Irish Times, June 7, 2007, available here.

"Rights Groups List 39 Disappeared In War On Terror", Javno, June 7, 2007, available here.

Michael Sung, "US holding at least 39 detainees in secret prisons: rights", Jurist, June 7, 2007, available here.

"CIA secret prisons 'still holding 39'", Middle East Times, June 7, 2007.

"Secret CIA prisons in Europe report to be released", Middle East Times, June 7, 2007.

Scott Shane, "Rights Groups Call for End to Secret Detentions", New York Times, June 7, 2007.

Rob Gifford, "Rights Groups Allege 'Ghost Detainees' Held by U.S.", National Public Radio, June 7, 2007, available here.

Sherwood Ross, "Bush Running Kidnapping Ring; 39 More 'Disappeared' Suspects Found", OpEd News, June 7, 2007, available here.

"HR Orgs: 39 Disappeared from CIA Jails", Prensa Latina, June 7, 2007.

Claudia Parsons, "Groups list 39 'disappeared' in U.S. war", Reuters, June 7, 2007, available here.

"Human Rights Groups Asks US To Come Clean On 39 'Ghost Detainees'". RTT News, June 7, 2007.

Reuters, "Suit seeks status of 39 'disappeared' in terror war", The Boston Globe, June 7, 2007.

"CIA Still Holding 'Ghost Detainees'", Turkish Weekly, June 7, 2007, available here.

Josh White, "Pentagon Says Terror Suspect Has Been Moved to Guantanamo", Washington Post, June 7, 2007.

Associated Press, "Report: 39 secretly imprisoned by U.S.", YahooNews, June 7, 2007.

"Leading Human Rights Groups Name 39 CIA 'Disappeared' Detainees", YubaNet, June 7, 2007, available here.

Rosa Brooks, "Guantanamo case reveals injustice", Spokesman-Review, June 5, 2007.

Rosa Brooks, "The good, the bad and the prosecuted," LA Times, May 25, 2007.

Aloys Evina, "Congressman Trent Franks Introduces Resolution on Untouchability", Journal Chretien, May 2, 2007, available here.

"Through the Looking Glass, Darkly", The Telegraph, April 05, 2007.

"'Hidden Apartheid' of discrimination against dalits", The Daily Star, February 17, 2007, available here.

Thomas Adcock, "A Catalog of Abuse", New York Law Journal Online, February 16, 2007.

Thomas Adcock, "Speaking Up for the Untouchables", New York Law Journal Online, February 16, 2007.

Associated Press, "Rights group says India failing to fight discrimination against 'untouchables'", February 14,2007.

Nat Hentoff, "Europe Shames U.S. Congress," Village Voice, May 14, 2006.

Chris Buell, "Rights groups say US troops abused hundreds of detainees," Jurist, April 27, 2006.

"600 Americans involved in detainee abuse," AFP, April 26, 2006.

Pauline Jelinek, "Army to charge Abu Ghraib office in connection with prisoner abuse," AP, April 26, 2006.

"Detainee abuse claims not investigated in full,"CNN, April 26, 2006.

Drew Brown, "Hundreds of detainees abused," report finds, Knight-Ridder Tribune, April 26, 2006.

"Two Years After Abu Ghraib," Abuse Reports Linger, NPR, April 26, 2006.

"US Army Officer Expected to be Charged in Connection with Prisoner Abuse," VOA, April 26, 2006.

Andrew Selsky, "Shadow Falls Over U.S. Military Tribunals," AP, April 6, 2006.

Associated Press, "Reports: Army to charge Abu Ghraib officer," ABC Action News, April 26, 2006.

"U.S.: More Than 600 Implicated in Detainee Abuse," Reuters, April 26, 2006.

"Anti-King alliance plans grand showdown," Economic Times, April 25, 2006.

"New clashes despite Nepal curfew," Noticias de Oaxaca, April 24, 2006, available here.

Associated Press, "Shoot on sight order blasted," Cay Compass News, April 24, 2006, available here.

"Nepal's King Reinstates Parliament to End Violence, CNN Says," Bloomberg, April 24, 2006, available here.

"Nepal's King May Be Close to Reinstating Democracy (Update 2)," Bloomberg, April 21, 2006.

"United Nations human rights experts express grave concern about crackdown on demonstrators in Nepal," Relief Web, April 20, 2006, available here.

"Nepal: UN human rights teams denied curfew passes in breach of agreement." UN News Service, April 20, 2006, available here.

William Fisher, "Report Details CIA's Covert Rendition Fleet." Antiwar.com, April 7, 2006, available here.

"U.S. Leadership Needed on New UN Human Rights Council." UN Watch, April 5, 2006, available here.

Associated Press."Shadow Falls Over U.S. Military Tribunals." New York Times, April 5, 2006.

"Mira Sorvino, Collective Soul, Suzanne Vega to Join Amnesty International Activists at Annual Conference in Portland, April 28-30." U.S. Newswire, April 3, 2006.

"Gonzales denies U.S. terror tactics." The Repository, March 27, 2006.

"Rendered Meaningless: 'The Rule of Law in the US 'War on Terror'." JURIST Legal News & Research, March 27, 2006, available here.

"Tamil asylum seekers protest against deportation." Siber News Media, March 22, 2006, available here.

Ian Martin, "Victimization of Dalits is inextricably linked to the perpetuation of the Nepal conflict." Nepal News, March 21, 2006, available here.

Dr. S. Narapalasingam, "President Rajapakse's New Approach to Peace." Tamil Week news-features, March 5, 2006, available here.

"OAS rights commission hears testimony about situation in Haiti," Associated Press, March 03, 2006.

Zak M. Salih, "Use of Extraordinary Renditions Has Changed; Risk of Torture Hasn't, Panelists Say," Virginia Law News & Events, February 21, 2006, available here.

"New York University Law School expresses concern over Nepal," OneWorld South Asia, February 1, 2006, available here.

"No justification for Singapore's mandatory death penalty," Human Rights Features, January 31, 2006, available here.

Nasrine R. Karim, "The extraordinary renditions," The Independent, January 27, 2006, available here.

"For Australia, freedom from execution is not negotiable," The Age, January 26, 2006, available here.

Daniel Hoare, "UN advisor urges Australia to take strong stance against death penalty," AM Australia, ABC Online, January 25, 2006, available here.

"UN official urges more action on death penalty," ABC Online, January 25, 2006, available here.

"Sikhs observe Worldwide Day of Protest." SikhSangat News, January 17, 2006, available here.

"Iran: Amnesty International calls for end to death penalty for child offenders." Amnesty International USA, January 16, 2006, available here.

"Blind man hanged in public in Iran." Iran Focus, January 7, 2006, available here.

ENSAAF & CHRGJ: Withold Barapind Extradition, Panthic Weekly News Bureau, January 1, 2006, available here.

"Rehab Barapind in US urges US-based human rights group," Express India, January 6, 2005, available here.

"US body against Indian's extradition," India Daily, December 29, 2005.

"US rights group urges against Indian's extradition," Hindustan Times, December 29, 2005.

"US rights group urges against Indian's extradition," Web India, December 29, 2005.

Tim Harper, "Ghost Flights Over Canada," Embassy, December 7, 2005, available here.

Interview with Margaret Satterthwaite, The Jack Rice Show, WCCO Radio, December 7, 2005.

Allan Hall, "Rice faces grilling over CIA flights," The Age ( Australia), December 6, 2005, available here.

"Lawyers say US "renditions" on shaky legal ground," New Kerala.com, December 6, 2005.

"Report Reveals Britain Violated International Law Over CIA Secret Flights," PERIÓDICO 26, December 6, 2005.

Wes D. Rist, "US used 20 UK airports for 'ghost flights'," The Jurist, December 6, 2005, available here.

Ian Cobain and Luke Harding, "UK 'breaking law' over CIA secret flights," The Guardian (UK), December 5, 2005, available here.

Brian Ferguson, "UK 'would breach law' if CIA torture flights allowed to land," The Scotsman, December 5, 2005, available here.

Chris Floyd, "Empire Burlesque," PEJ News, December 5, 2005, available here.

Mark Follman, "America can't take it anymore," Salon, December 5, 2005.

Luke Harding, "CIA's Secret Jails Open Up New Transatlantic Rift," The Guardian, December 5, 2005, available here.

Mark Trevelyan, "Lawyers Say US 'renditions' on Shaky Legal Ground," Brocktown News (Nevada), December 5, 2005.

Mark Trevelyan, "Lawyers Say US 'renditions' on Shaky Legal Ground," Boston Globe, December 5, 2005.

Mark Trevelyan, "Lawyers Say US 'renditions' on Shaky Legal Ground," Reuters, December 5, 2005.

Tim Harper, "CIA Ghost flights over Canada," Toronto Star, December 4, 2005.

"Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions visiting Sri Lanka," ReliefWeb, November 30, 2005, available here.

"UN envoy wants probe of Saddam lawyers' killings," Reuters, November 16, 2005.

Daniel Hoare, "Everything possible done to save Van Nguyen: UN official," Australian Broadcasting Corporation Local Radio, November 16, 2005, available here.

"CHRGJ: Dalits at High Risk of Torture," International Nepal Solidarity Network, November 8, 2005.

"CHRGJ: Dalits at High Risk of Torture," PeaceJournalism.com, November 8, 2005.

Ken Eisner, "Foreign Fare Keeps Festival Going at Home," straight.com, October 20, 2005, available here.

Seth Hettena, "AP: Navy office contracted planes used in CIA missions," USA TODAY, September 24, 2005, available here.

Bojana Stoparic, "Hungarian Woman Pushes Limits of U.N. Gender Pact," Women's eNews, August 16, 2005, available here.

"Caste Discrimination Root Cause of Conflict in Nepal," Countercurrents.org, August 13, 2005, available here.

"New Report: Caste Discrimination Cause of Conflict in Nepal," Dalit Network – Netherlands, August 11, 2005, available here.

"The Untouchables: Dalits between Civil War and Caste Discrimination in Nepal," ngoCHR, News and Civil Society Perspectives from Commission on Human Rights, August 11, 2005, available here.

"Dalits suffer the most in Nepal's conflict," Initiative on Equity and Justice, August 11, 2005.

"Caste discrimination cause of conflict in Nepal: Report," OneWorld South Asia, August 11, 2005, available here.

"Caste Discrimination Cause of Conflict in Nepal: Report," The Himalayan Times, August 11, 2005.

Nat Hentoff, "Stain on the White House; Bush confronted by growing drumbeat of revulsion against U.S. practice of torture," Village Voice, August 1st, 2005 available here.

"No Case of Extra-Judicial Killings in Rivers, Says Odili," allAfrica.com, July 6, 2005.

Charles M. Sennott, "Italy seethes at US abduction of imam; Effort highlights chance for discord on terror suspects," Boston Globe, July 3, 2005, available here.

Sandro Contenta, "Rome goes public with 'transport to torture' case," Toronto Star, July 3, 2005.

Katie O'Brien, "Extraordinary Rendition: US Sanctioned Torture," The Echo Online, July 3, 2005.

"UN envoy on arbitrary executions to visit Nigeria in June and July," UN News Centre, June 1, 2005, available here.

"Editorial: Torture and the rule of law," San Diego City Beat, April 27, 2005.

Dan Robinson, Lawmakers Oppose Practice of Extraordinary Rendition, Cageprisoners, March 17, 2005, available here.

David Sarasohn, "'Extraordinary Rendition' - U.S. safeguards Human Rights?" The Oregonian, February 25, 2005, available here.

Mark Follman, "A U.S. fleet for outsourcing torture?" Salon.com, February 22, 2005, available here.

Thomas Adcock, "A New Generation Fights The Battle for Global Justice," New York Lawyer, October 29, 2004, available here.

"Philip Alston appointed UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions," United Nations Press Release, July 30, 2004.

"Communal Tensions rising in India again," Uprising Radio, October 17, 2003, available here.