Killer Robots: Protectors of Human Rights?
Why a ban on the development of lethal autonomous weapons now is premature.
Human rights
Raul Castro Denies Cuba Holds Political Prisoners at Press Conference with President Obama
Dictator makes incredible claim a day after scores of dissidents were arrested.
"Cuba: the untaught lesson on the perils of socialism"
If millennials really do dig socialism, there's a museum of it just 90 miles south of Miami.
Justice, Not Amnesty, for 'Illegal' Immigrants
Granting "amnesty" supposes that a wrong was committed. But an immigrant without papers has done nothing wrong.
How Obama's War on Drugs Destroys Legal Immigrant Families
When it comes to legal immigrants and drug policy, you are guilty until proven innocent.
How Obama's War on Drugs Destroys Legal Immigrant Families
When it comes to legal immigrants and drug policy, you are guilty until proven innocent.
Gloria Steinem Believes in 'Bodily Integrity,' Just Not for Sex Workers
Feminist icon holds human rights in the highest regard-as long as they're for the right kind of people.
Morals Group Plans Worldwide Protest Against Human Rights
Amnesty International offices around the world to be targeted this month in protest of AI's support for decriminalizing sex work.
Human Trafficking in America: Myths and Realities
A Reason event on prostitution, sex trafficking, and the law
Sex Workers From Around the World Tell Hollywood to Mind Its Own Business
Hundreds of human-rights orgs, sex workers, and allies kindly ask Lena Dunham et al. to STFU about prostitution.
Resolution Calling for the Global Repeal of Blasphemy Laws Introduced in Congress
An attack on free speech is a greater blasphemy than is an insult to the divine.
Killer Robots Should Be Banned, Says Human Rights Watch
Warbots might actually behave more morally than soldiers.
This Chart Shows How Much Freedom the World Has Won and Lost Since 1972
Looking at Freedom House's data from the perspective of individuals instead of states
How the Feds Bungled the Ali Saleh al-Marri Case
President Obama cannot undo the mess his predecessor created by his fixation on torture.
This One Weird Trick Can Turn an Important Issue Into a Pointless Partisan Food Fight
The dumb debate about Obama's absence from a Paris rally
Human Rights Conference Attendee Risked Her Life to Watch Titanic
Sixth Annual Oslo Freedom Forum, a human rights conference actually organized by people who believe in human rights.
Obama Likely Violated Federal Law in Deal He Cut With Bergdahl's Captors
The law prohibits providing material assistance to a terrorist organization, which is what Obama did in releasing five untried Taliban leaders.
Why Did Nicholas Kristof Believe Somaly Mam's Lies?
The roots and consequences of a deception.
China Rejects UN Human Rights Report on North Korea, Sends Special Representative to Pyongyang
Says accusations unfounded, recommendations "divorced from reality"
UN Panel Finds Crimes Against Humanity Occurred in North Korea
Presumably panel also determined that water is wet
Will Russian Police Attempt to Arrest a Rainbow, Should One Appear at the Sochi Games?
The world is watching the nation's unpredictable anti-gay actions
Authoritarianism Persists Around the World, But Not Because of an American 'Crisis of Confidence'
Making sense of the latest Freedom House report.
Continental Human Rights Court Rules Chile Should Pay $32,000 to Victim of Pinochet Government
First ruling in favor of a victim of the Pinochet regime
Some Saudi Men Help Attempt to End Ban on Women Driving
Risk their own jobs and public backlash
China, Saudi Arabia Among Candidates For UN Human Rights Council
If you couldn't laugh you'd cry
Aung San Suu Kyi Collects Sakharov Prize 23 Years After Winning it
Awarded by the European Parliament
Saudi Arabia's Human Rights Record Criticized at the United Nations
Forced labor and lack of rights for women cited
Five New Countries Earn Seats on UN Security Council
Saudi Arabia and Chad join, despite concerns by human rights groups
UN: Widespread, Systematic Human Rights Violations in North Korrea
Report based on testimony from exiles forthcoming
Chinese Billionare Activist Arrested
Significant advocate of human rights in the country
