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Why the Annie Le Lawsuit Matters

Sun, 09/18/2011 - 08:18

According to recent national news outlets, the family of Annie Le is filing a wrongful death lawsuit against Yale University for failing to provide adequate safety measures. However according to today's Yale Daily News report by Everett Rosenfeld, "Le relatives do not support suit" (http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2011/sep/15/le-relatives-do-not-support-suit/).


Stop Inouye from Killing Anti-Rape Amendment

Fri, 10/23/2009 - 13:39

The Huffington Post's Sam Stein has reported that Senator Dan Inouye might remove or significantly weaken Senator Al Franken's anti-rape amendment, which passed earlier this month by a bipartisan 68-30 vote in the Senate. Take action by calling or emailing his office at the number or address included in this post.


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Major Gen. Antonio Taguba and Abu Ghraib

Fri, 05/29/2009 - 11:52

Raping of men, women and children at Abu Ghraib.

Retired Major Gen. Antonio Taguba is the second Filipino American to attain general officer rank in the U.S. Army. Taguba is best known for authoring the Taguba Report, an internal U.S. Army report on detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, leaked and published in 2004. Taguba again made national headlines in June 2008, when he accused the Bush administration of committing war crimes, in a preface to a report by Physicians for Human Rights on prisoner abuse and torture in U.S. military prisons.


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