Justice

Justice Delayed

Why is it so hard to figure out who killed Christopher Stevens?

BY MARTHA CRENSHAW | OCTOBER 4, 2012

An Idealist on Death Row

Why the desperate fate of a little-known Sudanese human rights activists poses some fundamental questions about what it means to be human.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | OCTOBER 3, 2012

Unsung Heroes

Some of the world's bravest dissidents are pursuing their fight against injustice with little attention from the outside world. But that doesn't mean they aren't worth knowing about. Here's a list of remarkable people who rarely make it into the headlines.

BY TOM MALINOWSKI | OCTOBER 3, 2012

How to Save the Regime in Tehran

Shirin Ebadi, Iran's leading human rights activist, explains why on attack on the country's nuclear program is just what the mullahs have been yearning for.

BY NAZILA FATHI | SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Buddhist Monks Behaving Badly

The boys in saffron are marching again. But this time there’s nothing that's noble about it.

BY FRANCIS WADE | SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

It's Time to Act in Syria

Yes, it's true: Military involvement in Syria has its risks. But the costs of non-intervention are growing by the day.

BY MARK N. KATZ | SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Does the F.B.I. Have an Informant Problem?

How the bureau is playing fast and loose in its fight against domestic terrorism.

BY J.M. BERGER | SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Bulldozing the Special Relationship

The Rachel Corrie verdict should be a wakeup call to America.

BY HUSSEIN IBISH | AUGUST 28, 2012

Breivik Won

In the end, Norway's killer got what he wanted: official recognition that his extremist ideology doesn't make him a madman.

BY ELIAS GROLL | AUGUST 24, 2012

Gu Kai-lies?

The wacky and not-so-wacky conspiracy theories about China's trial of the century.

BY ISAAC STONE FISH | AUGUST 21, 2012

China’s Fishy Show Trial

The verdict is in: Bo Xilai's wife is guilty. But the Chinese government's carefully crafted story is full of holes.

BY CHRISTINA LARSON | AUGUST 20, 2012

Everybody Loves Pussy Riot

(Except Vladimir Putin.)

AUGUST 17, 2012

'Twitter Is My City': An Exclusive Interview with Ai Weiwei

Beijing's best-known dissident, architect, and creative provocateur tells Jonathan Landreth what's wrong with China's frenetic capital.

INTERVIEW BY JONATHAN LANDRETH | SEPT/OCT 2012

Targeted Killings: A Short History

How America came to embrace assassination.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | SEPT/OCT 2012

Epiphanies from Salman Rushdie

The Midnight's Children author reflects on life under fatwa, the Arab Spring, and his one-night stand with Twitter.

INTERVIEW BY BENJAMIN PAUKER | SEPT/OCT 2012

Burma's Lost Boys

The government in Burma is promising to clean up its act. But the army is still recruiting child soldiers.

BY PATRICK BODENHAM | AUGUST 2, 2012

Kangaroo Court

The Obama administration has done much to clean up the legal mess in Guantánamo. But as the ongoing trial of a top al Qaeda suspects makes clear, it has not done nearly enough.

BY MARIA MCFARLAND SANCHEZ-MORENO | JULY 27, 2012

Burma's Misled Righteous

How Burma’s pro-democracy movement betrayed its own ideals and rehabilitated the military

BY FRANCIS WADE | JULY 5, 2012

Justice Delayed

Ten years later, the International Criminal Court is still on trial.

BY DAVID BOSCO | JUNE 29, 2012

Mexico's Bright Light

Even as the country around it sinks into a morass of drug-fueled crime, Mexico City has remained surprisingly safe.

BY LARRY KAPLOW | JUNE 29, 2012

Sympathy for the Devil

Nostalgia for an ousted tyrant is on the rise in Ivory Coast.

BY AUSTIN MERRILL | JUNE 29, 2012

The Court of Last Resort

Will the ICC's next decade see the court expand the stop-start gains of its first 10 years?

BY RICHARD DICKER | JUNE 29, 2012

Prescription for Decline

The Supreme Court's ruling was a step in the right direction. But spiraling health-care costs could still doom America's recovery.

BY WILL MARSHALL | JUNE 28, 2012

The World's Most Meddlesome Supreme Courts

The United States isn't the only country where judges aren't exactly above the political fray.

BY KATIE CELLA | JUNE 25, 2012

Her Work Isn’t Done

This week the world is celebrating Aung San Suu Kyi’s achievements as a pro-democracy activist. Now the question is: Can she finish the job?

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JUNE 20, 2012

General Mladic in The Hague

A report on evil 
in Europe -- and 
justice delayed.


BY MICHAEL DOBBS | JULY/AUGUST 2012

The Dictator Hunter's Wanted List

9 former autocrats and bad guys that should be made to pay for their crimes.

BY REED BRODY | JUNE 18, 2012

The Freedom to Hate

As sectarian violence lashes Burma, the media are using their newfound freedom for destructive ends.

BY HANNA HINDSTROM | JUNE 14, 2012

Bipolar Policy on Equatorial Guinea

The Justice Department turns up the heat against a resource-rich dictatorship as the State Department helps its leader buff his image.

BY KEN SILVERSTEIN | JUNE 13, 2012

Up Close and Angry

The CIA's Sabrina De Sousa dishes on the Bush administration officials who ordered the botched extraordinary rendition operation -- or kidnapping, if you're an Italian judge -- that made her a wanted woman.

BY JEFF STEIN | JUNE 12, 2012