Kenneth Roth
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George W Bushâs impunity led to Trumpâs lawlessness | Kenneth Roth (opens the original)
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The reluctance of later administrations to repudiate Bush-era torture and endless detention laid the groundwork for recent violence If George W Bushâs abusive response to the September 11 attacks had been prosecuted rather than swept under the rug, Donald Trump would be less able to pursue his lawless policies. We canât rewind history, but we can learn from our historic failure. Twenty-five years ago, on a clear and crisp morning, I was sitting in the Human Rights Watch office in the Empire
With ICC sanctions, Trump wants to make the world safe for war criminals | Kenneth Roth (opens the original)
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The US is engaged in a lawless quest to protect American and Israeli officials The Trump administration has taken another step in its crusade against the international criminal court by imposing sanctions on two more senior ICC officials. The growing number of sanctioned jurists – now 13 – does not change the lawless nature of this quest. Donald Trump and his henchman, Marco Rubio, want to make the world safe for US and Israeli war criminals. No one should let them. The latest victims of Trump’s
Trumpâs spying on leftwing groups recalls J Edgar Hooverâs Cointelpro | Ken Roth (opens the original)
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The FBI from the 1950s to the 1970s tried to infiltrate and discredit leftist organizations. Trump seems to be repeating that sordid practice It is bad enough that the Trump administration blocked a federal criminal investigation when an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent killed Renee Good as she was turning her car away from him in Minneapolis the past January. Just before the shooting, Good and her partner had been observing and protesting against ICE officers. Instead, it turns o
Trumpâs university âcompactâ is gone. That doesnât mean the assault on education is over | Kenneth Roth (opens the original)
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The administrationâs proposed agreement met a scathing response. But universities must remain vigilant The Trump administration has quietly abandoned the poisonous deal it tried to foist on American universities. Under its so-called Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education, the administration offered select universities privileged access to federal grants if they agreed to conform with Donald Trumpâs ideology on how they should be run. Universities widely pilloried the proposal, d
Why would Trump agree to the Saudi nuclear deal? | Kenneth Roth (opens the original)
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The agreement offers the Saudis the same options Trump has sworn Iran will never have The stark contrast between Donald Trump’s nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia and his nuclear demands for Iran would be comical if not so tragic. Trump has handed the Saudis the same nuclear options he swore Iran would never have. To make matters worse, Trump seems to have offered the Saudis this sweetheart deal to make amends for his disastrous war of choice with Iran. Meanwhile, he continues to bomb Iran in a push
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