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Cohn: Torture Is Never Legal and Didn’t Lead Us to Bin Laden
Commentary, May, 15 2011
Marjorie Cohn
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Torture is illegal under all circumstances, even in wartime
Cohn: The Targeted Assassination of Osama Bin Laden
Znet Article, May, 10 2011
Marjorie Cohn
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Targeted assassinations violate well-established principles of international law
Cohn: Stop Bombing Libya
Zmag Article, May, 01 2011
Marjorie Cohn
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Hypocritical, dangerous, & exceeding legal authorization
Cohn: The United States and Torture: Interrogation, Incarceration, and Abuse
Book, April, 19 2011
Waterboarding. Sleep deprivation. Sensory manipulation. Stress positions. Over the last several years, these and other methods of torture have become garden variety words for practically anyone who reads about current events in a newspaper or blog.
Cohn: Bradley Manning Treatment Reveals Continued Government Complicity in Torture
Commentary, March, 26 2011
Marjorie Cohn
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Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, who is facing court-martial for leaking military reports and diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks, is being held in solitary confinement in Quantico brig in Virginia.
Cohn: Stop Bombing Libya
Commentary, March, 22 2011
Marjorie Cohn
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Since Saturday night, the United States, France, and Britain have been bombing Libya with cruise missiles, B-2 stealth bombers, F-16 and F-15 fighter jets, and Harrier attack jets.
Mirer: Assault on Collective Bargaining Illegal, Says International Labor Rights
Znet Article, March, 13 2011
Jeanne Mirer
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The International Commission for Labor Rights (ICLR) sent a notice to the Wisconsin Legislature, explaining that its attempt to strip collective bargaining rights from public workers is illegal.
Cohn: Law professor says Egypt was a common destination for torture of detainees sent by U.S.
Znet Article, February, 18 2011
Marjorie Cohn
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Law professor says Egypt was a common destination for torture of detainees sent by U.S.
Cohn: U.S. Chickens Come Home to Roost in Egypt
Commentary, February, 03 2011
Marjorie Cohn
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Barack Obama, like his predecessors, has supported Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to the tune of $1.3 billion annually, mostly in military aid.
Mirer: Obama: Create Jobs by Executive Order
Znet Article, November, 09 2010
Jeanne Mirer
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Although Congress, as part of the New Deal, had appropriated money specifically for relief, FDR decided to use the money for a direct jobs program by issuing a Presidential executive order.
Cohn: Let’s Rally to Restore Peace
Commentary, November, 01 2010
Marjorie Cohn
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In their Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert effectively demonstrated how the media hypes fear.
Cohn: Israel Raid on Gaza Flotilla: US Failure to Condemn Despite UN Findings
Commentary, October, 16 2010
Marjorie Cohn
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JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law says despite United Nations Human Rights Council findings that Israel clearly broke international law in its raid of the Gaza Strip Flotilla, the US has yet to condemn the ...
Cohn: Bradley Manning
Znet Article, September, 29 2010
Marjorie Cohn
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Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is accused of leaking military secrets to the public. His supporters are holding rallies in 21 cities, seeking Manning’s release from military custody.
Cohn: Business as Usual in Iraq
Commentary, September, 14 2010
Marjorie Cohn
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Last week, President Obama ceremoniously announced that U.S. combat operations had ended in Iraq. As Democrats face an uphill battle in the upcoming midterm elections, Obama felt he had to make good on his campaign promise to move the fighting fro...
Cohn: Losing in Afghanistan
Zmag Article, September, 01 2010
Marjorie Cohn
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Wasteful military budget appropriations for a lost cause
Cohn: California Assembly Votes to Report on Human Rights to U.N. Committees
Commentary, August, 22 2010
Marjorie Cohn
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On August 9, the California Assembly took the historic step of becoming the first state to agree to publicize the text of three ratified U.N. human rights treaties, and to submit the required reports to the State Department for consideration by th...
Cohn: Landmark Ruling Declares Prop 8 Unconstitutional
Commentary, August, 09 2010
Marjorie Cohn
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In a stunning, carefully crafted 136-page opinion, U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker held in Perry v. Schwarzenegger that California’s Proposition 8, which outlaws same-sex marriage, is unconstitutional.
Cohn: John McCain: ‘We Already Won That One’
Commentary, July, 27 2010
Marjorie Cohn
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On July 15, I attended a reception in Washington DC to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the normalization of relations between the United States and Vietnam. Geoff Millard and I spoke to Sen. John McCain. When Geoff introduced himself as chairman...
Cohn: Losing in Afghanistan
Commentary, July, 07 2010
Marjorie Cohn
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Last week, the House of Representatives voted 215-210 for $33 billion to fund Barack Obama’s troop increase in Afghanistan. But there was considerable opposition to giving the President a blank check...
Cohn: Israel Murders Human Rights Workers Delivering Humanitarian Aid
Commentary, June, 01 2010
Marjorie Cohn
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On Sunday, Israel murdered human rights workers who were attempting to deliver 10,000 tons of humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza, because Gaza has been virtually cut off from the outside world by Israel. At least 19 people were reportedly kill...
