It is important to consider the story of Qursaya as the second anniversary of the revolution approaches. It's a story of violence and imprisonment, of the powerful targeting the marginalized, of ruling interests trampling over the rule of law, and (...)
Egypt is gearing up for the final stages of a tumultuous transitional period under the rule of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces and preparing to enter a new phase following a scheduled handover of government authority to a newly elected (...)
As the first anniversary of the Egyptian revolution approaches, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) is continuing to issue shrill warnings of a plot to topple the state. The most direct came from Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi himself, (...)
The attempted assassination of a representative of the United States Congress has gripped the consciousness of America.
On Saturday 8 January, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, a Democrat representing Arizona's eighth Congressional district, was (...)
The end of the year is a time for lists: “The ten best moments,” “the top five films,” “the three best albums.” It's also a time for remembrance and a chance to pay tribute to those who died over the past year. Statesmen, celebrities and athletes (...)
On the final day of the United Nations climate talks in Cancun, Diana Pei Wu, a member of Grassroots Solutions for Climate Justice, made her way to the COP16 conference site as she had done every morning.
The routine was the same as always.
First, a (...)
Among the key initial revelations in the more than 250,000 secret US embassy cables that WikiLeaks began publishing on 28 November was the level of hostility towards Iran expressed by several Arab leaders in private diplomatic discussions. The (...)
As a presidential candidate in 2007, Barack Obama took part in a questionnaire about executive power distributed by the Boston Globe. In it, Obama, a constitutional law scholar, wrote, "I reject the Bush administration's claim that the president has (...)
On 15 April, 2004, 2nd Lieutenant Ilario Pantano, a 32-year-old US marine, stopped and detained two Iraqis driving on a dirt road south of Baghdad. He instructed the two men, Hamaady Kareem and Tahah Ahmed Hanjil, to search their own car for (...)
The consequences of 9/11 on the American judicial system become shockingly clear in the trial and sentencing of Palestinian Sami Al-Arian, reports Sharif Abdel-Kouddous from Washington
A Palestinian professor and activist imprisoned in Florida for (...)
The news of Lewis "Scooter" Libby's testimony created a firestorm in Washington where US President Bush was widely criticised by Democrats on Capitol Hill, writes Sharif Abdel-Kouddous from New York
Lewis "Scooter" Libby -- the United States (...)
Horrid stories of force-feeding at Guantanamo highlight the systematic abuse of prisoners of America's war on terror, writes Sharif Abdel-Kouddous
For nearly three months, prisoners at the notorious US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have (...)
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is all but dead, writes Sharif Abdel-Kouddous from New York
A global conference to review the Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty came to a disheartening close at the United Nations last month after the world's (...)
The battle over John Bolton's nomination as the next American ambassador to the UN has entered a new phase, reports Sharif Abdel-Kouddous from New York
The furore surrounding John Bolton's nomination as American ambassador to the United Nations on (...)
The conviction of civil rights lawyer Lynne Stewart signals that America's democratic space is shrinking. Sharif Kouddous reports from New York
On 10 February, a federal jury in New York City convicted long-time civil rights attorney Lynne Stewart (...)
The movement to refuse military service in Iraq is on the rise, reports Sharif Abdel-Kouddous from Washington
In his second inauguration address on 20 January United States President George W Bush issued a recruiting call. "I ask our youngest (...)
As far as civil liberties in the US are concerned the worst is yet to come. Sharif Abdel-Kouddous, in New York, reports on the confirmation of Alberto Gonzales as US attorney general
When John Ashcroft announced his resignation shortly after (...)