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Rights & Liberties Newsletter October 22nd, 2008 More from Rights & Liberties »

Tens of Thousands of Iraqis Protest U.S. Plan to Stay Until 2011 By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! An interview with Iraq correspondent Patrick Cockburn and Iraqi blogger Raed Jarrar on the Status of Forces Agreement. Read more »   As you may have noticed, AlterNet recently unveiled its 2008 Voter Guides, which outline some of the most pressing issues of our day and how Obama and McCain compare on them. From veterans' benefits to the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, to topics having to do with health, the environment, immigration, and more, go here to check out these valuable progressive guides to Election 2008. *** Tomorrow, October 23rd, in Atlanta, Amnesty International will hold a rally to protest the execution of Troy Anthony Davis. Despite all the evidence of his innocence, he faces death by lethal injection on Monday, October 27th. His time is running out. Please, go here for more information.     Daniel Ellsberg: "The U.S. President Is Not a King" By Bankole Thompson, IPS News An interview with the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers reveals why he considers this election crucial in curbing executive power. Read more »   Afghan Court Throws Out Death Sentence Against Student Journalist By Kim Sengupta, Independent UK Sayed Pervez Kambaksh was sentenced to death for downloading information on women's rights. He still faces 20 years in prison. Read more »   Dear Conservatives, Will You Help Save the Republic from Military Takeover? By Naomi Wolf, AlterNet "I hope to persuade you of the profound moral repugnance a true conservative should feel for the plans that are afoot in this nation." Read more »   Mexican Government Covers Up Murder of Journalist By John Gibler, AlterNet The cover-up is part of a horrid tradition where impunity is cemented into the fabric of the law. Read more »   "Dirty Bomb" Charges Dropped Against Gitmo Prisoner Binyam Mohamed By Andy Worthington, AlterNet Mohamed was brutally tortured after being rendered by the CIA to Morocco. "We're going to change your brain," one of his captors said. Read more »   Camp Bucca: Iraq's Guantanamo By David Enders, The Nation What will the United States do with the thousands of Iraqis it is holding in legal limbo? Read more »   PEEK and Video: The hottest buzz and videos on the web     U.S. District Court Blocks Release of 17 Uighur Prisoners from Guantanamo By Joe Shaulis, Jurist Legal News and Research They are no longer considered "enemy combatants," but the Bush administration is keeping the Chinese Muslim prisoners locked up anyway. Read more »   Ellen Slams Palin on Gay Marriage By Amanda Terkel, Think Progress "People are going to be who they're going to be and we need to love them for who they are, and let them love who they want to love." Read more »   Equality Riders Arrested in Mississippi By Staff, Soulforce Members of brave LGBT group arrested for "trespassing" on a college campus. Read more »

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