Category: Culture

"The United States touts itself as a beacon of democracy and human rights, yet the committee's findings prove that this could not be further from the truth," said one ACLU campaigner.  BRETT WILKINS, CommonDreams The United Nations Human Rights Committee on Friday published what the ACLU called a "scathing" report admonishing the United States' record on a broad range of domestic and international issues, most of them adversely affecting the rights of minorities, women, poor people, and migrants.  The committee assessed U.S. compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), a major human...