Prisoner Abuse

                   

Palestinians torture Palestinians

radionetherlands.nl     30-Jul-2008   103 related          

A special Human Rights Watch (HRW) report says that both Hamas and Fatah security forces regularly torture Palestinian detainees. The HRW report gives a detailed picture of politically motivated, illegal and arbitrary arrests...                    

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Scottish Government Hires Torture Firm

fanonite.org     30-Jul-2008   1 related          

I’m a fan of the SNP Government but with this decision they’re making a grave mistake. They’ve hired a private company accused of torture at Abu Ghraib to conduct the next census. This is morally reprehensible and we might...                    

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Woman gets 15 years in death of her son

stltoday.com     28-Jul-2008   1 related          

A woman whose two-year-old son was beaten to death two years ago has been sentenced in St. Louis County Circuit Court to 15 years in prison for his murder. Lasha Roberts, 25, of the 2300 block of Montezuma Drive in Florissant,...                    

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Rights Group Wants US Officials Probed for Ordering Torture

truthout.org     28-Jul-2008          

Washington - A Nobel-prize-winning rights group said US officials committed war crimes by ordering what the group says was torture of detainees, and called for them to be probed and prosecuted. "There must be a complete and...                    

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Iraq: Britain responsible for prisoner abuse

greenleft.org.au     28-Jul-2008   47 related          

The British Ministry of Defence (MoD) on July 10 agreed to a payout of £2.83 million to ten Iraqi victims tortured in custody by British soldiers in Basra in 2003. The 10 victims were all subjected to the infamous and outlawed...                    

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Islamic justice imposed on inmates

msn.com     27-Jul-2008   41 related          

New details show U.S. prisons used to recruit for insurgency, military says BAGHDAD - For years, extremist Iraqi detainees in U.S. custody held self-styled Islamic courts and tortured or killed inmates who refused to join them,...                    

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Scottish government hires firm accused of torture in Iraq

sundayherald.com     27-Jul-2008          

American census contractor facing trial on human rights abuses in Baghdad’s notorious Abu Ghraib jail By Neil Mackay A FIRM ACCUSED of torturing Iraqi prisoners at the infamous Abu Ghraib jail in Baghdad has been hired by the...                    

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Rights group wants US officials probed for ordering torture

afp.com     25-Jul-2008   2 related          

Supporters of The Washington Region Religious Campaign Against Torture hold a rally WASHINGTON (AFP) - "There must be a complete and independent investigation of what happened in Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib and other places where...                    

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Pair sentenced to prison in NBA gambling scandal

newsday.com     25-Jul-2008   100 related          

Fears about physical abuse in jail and kudos for kicking a drug habit weren't enough to save two Pennsylvania gamblers from federal prison for their roles in corrupting an NBA referee in a betting scandal. James Battista, 42,...                    

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Shocking pictures have come to light revealing the extent.War Crimes- New York Times - Bush...

dailypaul.com     19-Jul-2008          

This week the world courts are now considering bringing those in highest office in the United States up on war crimes. Red Cross investigators concluded last year in a secret report that the Central Intelligence Agency’s...                    

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