NOVANEWS Five years after President Obama promised to close Guantanamo Bay within one year, detainees have described their despair at conditions and their indefinite detention. Recent legislative amendments by Congress removed obstacles to transferring cleared […]
NOVANEWS Text comes amid clashes as new anti-protest laws take effect – Lauren McCauley (Photo: CIAT International/ cc/ Flickr)”Dear subscriber, you are registered as a participant in a mass riot.” That was the message received […]
NOVANEWS By Sajjad Shaukat In order to resolve the menace of terrorism, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on January 29, this year announced the constitution of 4-member committee comprising impartial personalities to open negotiations with […]
NOVANEWS By Sajjad Shaukat While describing war between two sovereign states, Clausewitz concedes that commerce and diplomacy are much like war. According to him, “War is a clash between major interests which are resolved by […]
NOVANEWS New bill in Congress is getting back from Obama administration, but ‘fast track auth-ority’ ill-received by most Democrats so far – Jon Queally (Photo: Friends of the Earth)Though progressives both inside Congress and out […]
NOVANEWS As other countries follow suit, soon there will be ‘no safe haven,’ warns Human Rights Watch – Lauren McCauley A billboard by German artist Nils Knoblich warns passersby about the United States’ widespread international […]
NOVANEWS First ever meta-analysis of gun research shows those with firearms in home much more likely to die by homicide or suicide – Sarah Lazare Ready access to a firearm makes people more than three […]
NOVANEWS ‘Even if execution itself has not (yet) been found a violation of the US Constitution’s ban on ‘cruel’ and unusual punishment, certainly a torturous death using experimental drug combinations is’ – Lauren McCauley (Photo: […]
NOVANEWS Following reelection of anti-base mayor, plan to move controversial military site to a new location faces set back – Jacob Chamberlain Anti-base protesters in Okinawa, Japan, April 25, 2010 (Kyodo News)Following decades of protest […]
NOVANEWS LONDON – January 20 – The Court of Appeal in London has today ruled that the case brought against the UK Government by a Pakistani victim of a drone strike cannot proceed as it […]