Human Rights

Efrain Rios Montt

Conviction of Genocidal Dictator Efrain Rios Montt Overturned by Guatemala's Highest Court

Here's a quick look back at some of the things Rios Montt did to Guatemala—with a helping hand from the US government.

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| Tue May. 21, 2013 10:43 AM PDT
America's worst prisons: San Quentin

America's 10 Worst Prisons: Dishonorable Mentions

7 runners-up, from a "gladiator school" to America's largest death row.

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| Wed May. 15, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
Riker's Island

America's 10 Worst Prisons: Rikers Island

New York City lockup has a "deeply entrenched" pattern of violence by guards, lawsuit claims.

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| Tue May. 14, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
Walnut Grove youth correctional facility

America's 10 Worst Prisons: Walnut Grove

"A picture of such horror as should be unrealized anywhere in the civilized world."

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| Mon May. 13, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

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Reeves County Detention Complex smolders following prisoner riots.

America's 10 Worst Prisons: Reeves County

An overcrowded, understaffed lockup—with health care bad enough to spark riots.

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| Fri May. 10, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
A young woman inmate at Julia Tutwiler prison

America's 10 Worst Prisons: Julia Tutwiler

Prisoners fear "that it's not safe to take a shower, that it's not safe to go to sleep...that you can be manipulated into sexual favors, it's really horrific."

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| Thu May. 9, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
Pima deaths

Want to Track Deaths Along the Border? There's an App for That

Hundreds of migrants die in Arizona every year. Data could help their families find out what happened to them.

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| Thu May. 9, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
Pelican Bay prisoner is escorted by guards.

America's 10 Worst Prisons: Pelican Bay

Where a Christmas card might land you in the hole.

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| Wed May. 8, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
LA County Jail's Twin Towers

America's 10 Worst Prisons: LA County

And you thought the Rodney King beating was bad?

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| Tue May. 7, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
Polar bear on a remnant ice floe.

10 Key Findings From a Rapidly Acidifying Arctic Ocean

Because of global warming, the Arctic Ocean is turning corrosive faster than any other waters on Earth.

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| Tue May. 7, 2013 3:03 AM PDT
Justin Bieber

Here's Why the Syrian Electronic Army Targeted Justin Bieber With Homosexuality Rumors

Inside the pro-Assad Twitter hack.

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| Tue May. 7, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
Orleans Parish prisoner with loaded gun

America's 10 Worst Prisons: NOLA

"A violent and dangerous institution," says the Justice Department.

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| Mon May. 6, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

Photos: Stark Scenes From the Guantanamo Hunger Strike

Military photographs show guards throwing away uneaten food and the "feeding chair" where detainees are force-fed.

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| Sat May. 4, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
Terminator Arnold killer robot cyborg

Lethal Battlefield Robots: Sci-Fi or the Future of War?

Warbots don't exist yet, and the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots hopes to keep it that way.

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| Fri May. 3, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
Allan B. Polunsky Unit, Texas death row

America's 10 Worst Prisons: Polunsky

"The hardest place to do time in Texas"—and then you die.

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| Thu May. 2, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

America's 10 Worst Prisons: ADX

A federal isolation facility that's "pretty close" to hell.

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| Wed May. 1, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

Obama Is Right About Gitmo: It's Bad for Us All

Every day we fail to close the infamous prison is a day we admit defeat.

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| Tue Apr. 30, 2013 9:34 AM PDT
gitmo

Can Obama Stop the Uprising at Gitmo?

Human rights advocates and now even one senator says the administration could end the hunger strike by resuming transfers of detainees out of Gitmo.

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| Fri Apr. 26, 2013 4:56 AM PDT
people on a bus

The Temp Agencies Taking Immigrants for a Ride in Chicago

The "raiteros" system provides large companies with labor at the lowest possible cost.

—By Michael Grabell, ProPublica

 | Tue Apr. 30, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

El Salvador's Children of War

Photographer Donna De Cesare spent decades amid brutal conflict, refugees, and violent gangs.

Photographs by Donna De Cesare. Text by Jeremy Lybarger.

 | Tue Apr. 30, 2013 3:00 AM PDT