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A private security guard stands at the front entrance of the American Embassy building in Iraq inside the green zone in Baghdad in 2004.

Blackwater guards were not well-liked even by other Americans in Iraq — but they faced real dangers

Justice

Private American security contractors in Iraq seemed to operate with what some call “a willful disregard for the safety of others.” Still, they took on a tough job.

A woman holds a picture of her relative, a garment worker who went missing in the Rana Plaza collapse,  on the first year anniversary of the accident.

In Bangladesh, will a legal system ‘full of holes’ prosecute those responsible for the Rana Plaza factory collapse?

A woman holds a picture of her relative, a garment worker who went missing in the Rana Plaza collapse,  on the first year anniversary of the accident.

In Bangladesh, will a legal system ‘full of holes’ prosecute those responsible for the Rana Plaza factory collapse?