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State-mandated Internet censorship on the rise: report
A study released Friday by the OpenNet Initiative (ONI) has found a "substantial growth in the scale, scope and sophistication" of Internet censorship worldwide. The study, focusing on state-mandated censorship, found evidence of content (More) |
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US sailor pleads guilty to espionage, data theft
A US Navy sailor pleaded guilty Monday at a court-martial hearing in Norfolk, Virginia, to espionage, desertion, failing to properly safeguard and store classified information, copying classified information, communicating classified information t (More) |
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US releases four more Guantanamo Bay detainees
A national of Bahrain, two Pakistani nationals and one Iranian were transferred from US custody at Guantanamo Bay into the hands of their home governments over the weekend, the US Defense Department confirmed Monday. As expected , in addition to t (More) |
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Bahrain king signs protest restrictions into law
Bahrain's King Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa has ratified a controversial protest law that some rights groups suggest could be inconsistent with common international rights standards. The Amendments to Law 18/1973 criminalizes unauthorized protest (More) |
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State Department lawyer says torture concerns complicate Guantanamo closure
John Bellinger , the top legal adviser for the US State Department , said Monday that the US would like to close its detention camp at Guantanamo Bay , but must first make sure that detainees will not pose a security risk or face torture when return (More) |
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Guantanamo detainees who attempted suicide recovering
A US military spokesperson said Tuesday that the condition of two of the Guantanamo Bay detainees who attempted suicide last week is improving and both are expected to make full recoveries. The two men, neither of whom were prescribed antidepressa (More) |
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Guantanamo prisoners attack guards trying to stop suicide attempt
Four detainees at Guantanamo Bay attempted to commit suicide on Thursday, and several other prisoners attacked US soldiers who tried to intervene, according to a US military spokesman. Three of the detainees ingested a large amount of prescription (More) |
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US defends treatment of suicidal Guantanamo detainee
Government lawyers have defended US treatment of a suicidal Guantanamo Bay detainee in court papers filed this week, claiming that he is receiving appropriate mental health care and otherwise being treated humanely. Jumah Dossari has made nine sui (More) |
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Three former Gitmo detainees announce plans to sue US government
Three Bahraini citizens, released from Guantanamo Bay earlier this month, announced Thursday their intention to sue the United States government for detaining them for over four years without a trial at the prison facility. Additionally, the three (More) |
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Rice urges Syria to release jailed activists, cooperate with Hariri probe
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Saturday criticised Syria for its "arbitrary detention" of human rights activists "including Kamal Labwani and all the prisoners of conscience from the Damascus Spring" during a conferenc (More) |
Congress recognized Pledge of Allegiance
On December 28, 1945, Congress officially recognized the Pledge of Allegiance and encouraged its recitation in schools.
The Pledge was supposedly written in 1892 by Francis Bellamy, a Baptist minister, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Columbus Day. The words “under God” were added by Congress in 1954. The revised version of the Pledge was more recently the subject of litigation before the United States Supreme Court originally brought by Michael Newdow, a parent who unsuccessfully objected to his daughter's school district policy requiring daily recitation of the Pledge. The court ruled that Newdow had no standing. The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life offers more Pledge of Allegiance resources.
