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Tom Hayden, The Nation: 'The UN report, described in a lead New York Times story on October 10, is triggering calls once again for enforcement of the so-called Leahy Law, passed in the 1990s, which prohibits any US funding, weapons or training to security force units in other countries committing gross human rights violations. A loophole in the Leahy Law, however, allows Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to waive the ban by issuing a finding that the Afghan government is taking remedial measures.... No one in Congress has introduced language to expose and defund US assistance to human rights violators like the Afghan security forces, but the time may be approaching.'

http://www.truth-out.org/un-torture-report-stirs-pressure-congressional-response/1318873323



California Prison Hunger Strike Ends, Conditions of 'Immense Torture' Continue

Victoria Law, Truthout: 'Imagine a concrete room no more than eight by ten feet. It has no windows, only a perforated steel door facing a solid concrete wall. Fluorescent lights stay on 24 hours a day. Now imagine being locked in that room.'

http://www.truth-out.org/california-prison-hunger-strike-ends-conditions-immense-torture-continue/1318874282

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15 Years in Prison for Recording a Traffic Stop
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