In America, ‘equal justice under law’?
By Madalena Araujo, CNN The grand jury decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson over the death of an unarmed black teenager Michael Brown has angered many Americans, who feel that equal...
View ArticleBishop: Obama’s action on immigration a ‘real relief’ for millions
By Madalena Araujo, CNN President Obama’s new action on immigration will provide “real relief” for millions of families who are just trying to find “a better life,” Bishop Eusebio Elizondo, Chairman of...
View ArticleNY Congressman Hakeem Jeffries: I ‘worry every day’ about what a ‘bad apple’...
Click here to watch the full interview. By Mick Krever, CNN U.S. House Member Hakeem Jeffries, a black congressman from Brooklyn, New York, told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Thursday that he views some...
View ArticleA cry for justice in America
Imagine a world where the cry for justice rises coast to coast, perhaps echoing the last words of Eric Garner as he pleaded to the police who were harassing him "this stops today." Christiane Amanpour...
View ArticleCIA torture methods ‘are war crimes,’ says former Guantanamo chief prosecutor
By Madalena Araujo, CNN The abuses committed in the CIA’s "enhanced interrogation" program during the George W. Bush Administration were war crimes in the eyes of international law, Former Chief...
View ArticleU.S. Department of Justice performed ‘abominably’ over CIA torture program
By Madalena Araujo, CNN The CIA "enhanced interrogation" program, what amounted to torture, would not have been initiated if the Department of Justice had not performed “so abominably,” former U.S....
View ArticleCIA agents who tortured are vulnerable to prosecution in ‘any country in the...
By Mick Krever, CNN CIA agents who tortured inmates can be prosecuted anywhere in the world, the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism, Ben Emmerson, told CNN’s...
View ArticleFidel Castro must have been involved in U.S.-Cuba deal, says his niece
By Madalena Araujo, CNN Fidel Castro’s niece told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Thursday that the former president and revolutionary must have had a role in the decision-making process that led to the...
View ArticleIn America, NRA ‘thrives’ on horrific moments, says filmmaker
By Mick Krever, CNN As Republicans took control of both houses of U.S. Congress on Tuesday, a key goal for President Obama has never looked further away – enacting gun control reform. Almost exactly...
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