Activists, lawyers, students, teachers, union members, government officials, and judges will welcome this thoroughly researched, comprehensive examination of human rights violations in the wake of 9/11. Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute Executive Director Ann Fagan Ginger has created an accessible, well-organised reference work divided into six parts. This is an indispensable tool for citizens and lawyers defending civil liberties in the era of the Patriot Act and the War on Terrorism.
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"...immensely valuable...for all Americans concerned about their Constitutional rights in the midst of a supposed 'War On Terrorism.'" -- Howard Zinn
"It extensively documents abuses that merit the careful attention of citizens concerned with freedom, human rights, and democracy." -- Noam Chomsky
"It is equally thorough, gripping and frightening, but demands to be read by every concerned citizen." -- John Conyers, Jr., Ranking Member, Judiciary Committee, US House of Representatives
"It extensively documents abuses that merit the careful attention of citizens concerned with freedom, human rights, and democracy." -- Noam Chomsky
"It is equally thorough, gripping and frightening, but demands to be read by every concerned citizen." -- John Conyers, Jr., Ranking Member, Judiciary Committee, US House of Representatives
About the Author
Ann Fagan Ginger (San Francisco, CA) is the founder, former president (1964-1988), and the current executive director of the Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute. She lectures frequently on human rights for the ACLU, National Lawyers Guild, United Nations Association, and many other organizations.
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This review is from: Challenging U.S. Human Rights Violations Since 9/11: Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute (Paperback)
Please take the review from Jill Malter with a ghrain of salt. If you review her reviews of other books it's important to note that they share a common, Pro Israeli point of view. Naturally, she has every right to hold this view. However, to defend the building of a "security wall" is beyond defensibility. If the goal was security, Israel would build the wall 1 mile within the, internationally accepted, 1967 border. That is a defensible action. The current wall is an act of imperialism at best and terror at worst. Read the Chomskey / Dershowitz debate for a more detailed discussion of this topic.
That issue aside. This is an extraordinary book that details some of the pressing issues confronting our current political situation in the US. I would also recommend Amy Goodman's book.
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A bad book on a good topic,
By Jill Malter (jillmalter@aol.com) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Challenging U.S. Human Rights Violations Since 9/11: Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute (Paperback)
I'm very interested in human rights. And I support human rights for everyone. But I know that it is not always easy for those whose rights are violated to get a hearing. The powers that be may not be interesting in publicizing their complaints. What is to be done?
The answer is to find a way to speak out, and to get allies. And this book could be part of such an effort. Instead, it achieves the opposite effect. The wrong allies have been chosen. It is bad enough to choose tyrants as allies. It is catastrophic to choose liars. It is a good idea to monitor our behavior. But that requires honesty and accuracy, not mere transmission of anti-American propaganda. Since this book mentions American involvement in the Middle East, it would have been a good idea for it to find fault with our government's tolerance for and even support of opponents of human rights, including Arafat and his gang. However, this book chooses to ignore Arafat's transgressions and find fault with Arafat's Israeli victims for building a separation fence to defend the lives of Israeli citizens! And the book finds fault with the United States for supporting Israel's right to do this at the International Court of Justice. A book about human rights that includes such a gross moral error simply can't be trusted. And those who wish to use such a book to air their grievances about transgressions of human rights thus lose an opportunity to be heard and taken seriously.
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On September 11, 2001, hijackers killed themselves and 3,100 people by crashing airplanes into the World Trade Center, into the Pentagon, and en route to a Government building in Washington, D.C. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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On September 11, 2001, hijackers killed themselves and 3,100 people by crashing airplanes into the World Trade Center, into the Pentagon, and en route to a Government building in Washington, D.C. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
three human rights treaties, human rights violations since, other nuclear explosive devices, reporting treaties, special fissionable material, corporate personhood, immigration charges, enemy combatants Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, President Bush, United Nations, States Parties, Guantanamo Bay, Supreme Court, San Francisco, White House, State Department, International Covenant, Abu Ghraib, General Assembly, First Amendment, Convention Against Torture, Secret Service, African American, Saddam Hussein, Human Rights Committee, Department of Homeland Security, Immigration Service, Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Middle East, National Lawyers Guild, Department of Defense New!
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