Washington under fire over ‘war on terror’, Iraq-Afghan conflicts, Wikileaks revelations. Middle East Online First Published: 2010-10-27 UNITED NATIONS – UN human rights chiefs and experts launched a new offensive on the US conduct of its “war on terror” and conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The leaking of 400,000 documents on the Iraq war and [...]
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Make Ramadan torture-free in Egypt
It’s Ramadan, but the Egyptian police continue to practise brutality and torture. This year, they should set a better example Osama Diab guardian.co.uk – 11 August 2010 Ramadan, which starts today, is the month during which the Qur’an was first revealed more than 1400 years ago. Muslims are supposed to wash away their sins during [...]
When it comes to waterboarding, labels matter
The press’s failure to call waterboarding torture impedes honest discussion of the darkest years of the Bush presidency Dan Kennedy guardian.co.uk – 6 July 2010 On 18 September 1945, barely a month after the Japanese surrender had brought second world war to a close, a sickening story appeared on page two of the New York [...]
What if it were your child?
by Joharah Baker Media Monitors Network – June 3, 2010 Almost every subject can be argued two ways, especially when the subject at hand is as controversial as the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. No matter how unjust the Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip is, there will always be those biased souls that justify it with the [...]
UK troops ‘executed Iraqi grandmother’
Royal Military Police investigate latest allegation of abuse in Basra By Robert Verkaik, Law Editor Independent – 11 January 2010 Allegations that a 62-year-old Iraqi grandmother was tortured and executed by British soldiers after her family home was raided three years ago are being investigated by the Royal Military Police. The Army’s involvement in the [...]
White House Wants Torture Suit against Yoo Dismissed
by Bob Egelko The San Francisco Chronicle - 8 December 2009 SAN FRANCISCO – The Obama administration has asked an appeals court to dismiss a lawsuit accusing former Bush administration attorney John Yoo of authorizing the torture of a terrorism suspect, saying federal law does not allow damage claims against lawyers who advise the president on [...]
Italy convicts CIA rendition agents
Al Jazeera - 04 November 2009 An Italian judge has convicted 23 US secret agents over the 2003 abduction of an Egyptian imam from a Milan street in an extraordinary rendition by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The trial was the first in the world to centre on the agency’s controversial programme, in which “terror” suspects [...]
Video: UK/USA made use of Uzbek torture
RealNewsNetwork.com Former Brit ambassador Craig Murray says UK and USA sent prisoners to Uzbek to be tortured Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this post
State won’t prosecute officers filmed beating Palestinians
By Liel Kyzer, Haaretz Correspondent Haaretz - 21 October 2009 Deputy State Prosecutor Shai Nitzan rejected an appeal against the decision not to investigate Border Police officers who documented themselves abusing Palestinians. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this post
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