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I am not happy for your death, Osama bin Laden
This morning I woke up with the announcement of your death. After a whole decade of chase, you had finally been caught somewhere in Pakistan in an operation whose specific details are still unknown....
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Let’s face it: torture might have helped
A few days ago, Leon Panetta, Director of the CIA, affirmed in an interview with NBC that waterboarding, among other “enhanced interrogation techniques”, provided the necessary information to go after...
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From preventive war to the global crisis
Last September was the 10th anniversary of 9/11 and the 3rd anniversary of the crash of Lehman Brothers, two events that are widely seen as turning points in recent history. Last week, 7 October marked...
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The toxic legacy of Guantánamo
The 10th anniversary of the opening of Guantánamo doesn´t only symbolise the failure of the US-led so-called ‘War on terror’ to respect human rights. Obama’s unwillingness to close the prison down...
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“The resilience of the human rights norm in an era of counter-terrorism”, by...
READ THE ARTICLE HERE This article seeks to explore the tensions arising from the interaction between human rights and counter-terrorism and contribute to the debate on the feasibility of sustaining...
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Intervening militarily in Syria? Many more questions than answers
Only last week, a US-led military intervention in Syria seemed inevitable. Today, the immediate future looks more uncertain. In a historic debate, the UK Parliament refused to endorse a military...
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