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penamerican: In Doug Liman’s documentary film Reckoning With…

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In Doug Liman’s documentary film Reckoning With Torture, ordinary Americans stand side-by-side with actors, writers, and former military interrogators and intelligence officers in a reading of official documents that reveals the scope…

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23 May 2012 – 10:52 am | By Fiction that Matters | Posted in human rights | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

ACLU attorney Alex Ebdo’s scathing critique of Hard…

ACLU attorney Alex Ebdo’s scathing critique of Hard Measures by Jose Rodriguez.
“Having just finished reading Mr. Rodriguez’s book, I am confident that its readers will be critics, too. Hard Measures is a shameless defense of torture, and it i…

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10 May 2012 – 10:29 am | By Fiction that Matters | Posted in human rights | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

penamerican: Actress Samantha Osaki reads at the Sundance Film…

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Actress Samantha Osaki reads at the Sundance Film Festival in 2011.
The Reckoning with Torture project is based on a simple but powerful notion: that coming to terms with human rights abuses starts with reading the documentary record. O…

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17 April 2012 – 10:52 am | By Fiction that Matters | Posted in human rights | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

This is a powerful Amnesty International animated video about…

This is a powerful Amnesty International animated video about holding perpetrators accountable for human rights violations. There is a petition at the end.

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11 April 2012 – 7:41 pm | By Fiction that Matters | Posted in human rights | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)