*September 11 defendant declared unfit for trial after panel finds CIA abuse rendered him psychotic.*

A Thai free speech activist has been sentenced to 4 years in prison for damaging the king's reputation with some of his remarks.

This shows how repressive Thai law is.

The Tories have rigged elections in Britain much as Republicans have done so in the US — with voter suppression and gerrymandering.

US citizens: call on the EPA to adopt a stronger limit for pollution from trucks.

The Tory minister in charge of the hostile environment in Britain calls for rejecting the European convention on human rights.

Julian Assange's perfunctory final hearing is expected very soon. Extraditing him raises issues of violating the European convention on human rights. Will the UK follow its obligations under the treaty, or use the occasion, Putin-like, to display contempt for it?