UN Rapporteur on torture: “Julian Assange is a political prisoner.”
We launch our coverage of Assange’s extradition trial by speaking with Nils Melzer, a UN official and […]
Books
Berlin’s human rights lawyer extraordinaire: Wolfgang Kaleck
Super-lawyer Wolfgang Kaleck represents Edward Snowden, founded the ECCHR and sued torturers and dirty multinationals across the […]
Politics
Spy, whistleblower, storyteller (Part 1)
Wednesday, we celebrated the release of Chelsea Manning; last week, another jailed whistleblower was in the Berlin […]
Berlin
Konrad Werner: Germany’s big fat hypocrites on CIA torture
Both Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Justice Minister Heiko Maas expressed their outrage about CIA torture last […]
Politics
In a permanent state of war
America's current militarist policies are frighteningly reminiscent of those of the Third Reich, says Todd Pierce. The […]
