Victims of Rights Violations


The Effects of Dehumanized Institutionalization on Children

Most of us recall with horror the news about the children found languishing in state-run kennels (known as “orphanages”) when the CeauÃ?Â??Ã?Â?Ã?¸escu regime was overthrown. Many were liberated and adopted…

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D.C. Second Amendment Case Inching Forward

Alan Gura, the lawyer in our case against the District of Columbia government’s ban on the ownership of firearms in the District, has just sent me and my fellow plaintiffs…

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Censorship of Music

He may be a scumbag, but he’s entitled to sing his opinions, at least, so long as he stops short of actual incitement to violence. A reggae singer who calls…

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New Frontiers in Censorship

Indecent Dishes? My former colleague Adam Thierer, now with the Progress and Freedom Foundation, has a good piece in today’s Washington Post (requires simple registration) on proposals to extend the…

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Saudi Dissidents Jailed

Various news sources (Al Jazeera, Arabic News, CBS News, Index on Censorship) report that Matrouk al-Faleh, Abdullah al-Hamid, and Ali al-Domeini, on whom I have relayed reports earlier (1, 2),…

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