Prisoner Abuse

                   

Eric Mink: U.S. torture tactics harm our security

sacbee.com     27-Jun-2008   6 related          

By Eric Mink - The picture got clearer — and uglier: —On Wednesday, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Physicians for Human Rights released a 121-page report detailing the results of medical tests performed on nearly a dozen former...                    

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newslookup.com: Austria's Manfred Nowak, the UN's Special Rapporteur on torture newslookup.com

Torture a Big Problem Worldwide, UN Expert Says

newslookup.com     26-Jun-2008   51 related          

Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Torture and abuse of prisoners remains a widespread problem Despite a ban on torture, it remains widespread in many countries, the UN’s Manfred Nowak recently said in an...                    

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Petition urges United States to outlaw torture

iht.com     25-Jun-2008   6 related          

A bipartisan group of 200 former government officials, retired generals and religious leaders issue a statement Wednesday calling for a presidential order to outlaw some interrogation and detention practices used by the Bush...                    

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Canadians knew of his torture, Abdelrazik says

theglobeandmail.com     24-Jun-2008   3 related          

CSIS agents were sent to Sudan to interrogate him while diplomats ignored abuse at prison, documents suggest PAUL KORING From Tuesday's Globe and Mail Abousfian Abdelrazik, fingered as an al-Qaeda operative but currently...                    

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Dogs of War: CACI - Some Publicity Is Bad

spacewar.com     23-Jun-2008          

Washington (UPI) Jun 23, 2008 - The case of CACI, the private military contractor that became notorious after its employees were investigated over allegations of torture at the U.S. military detention center at Abu Ghraib,...                    

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A microcosm of the Iraq occupation

greenleft.org.au     23-Jun-2008          

REVIEW A microcosm of the Iraq occupation Review by Chris Peterson & Tony Iltis Standard Operating Procedure Directed by Errol Morris Cinema release July 3 Standard Operating Procedure, one of several films at the Sydney Film...                    

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Physicians Report on Torture: A Questionable Case

freerepublic.com     22-Jun-2008   2 related          

Why didn't the press ask Physicians for Human Rights about how weak most of their evidence of torture by Americans turned out to be? Despite claims uncritically repeated in some media outlets, medical examinations of 11 former...                    

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Bush administration tortured detainees, ‘committed war crimes’

aftermathnews.wordpress.com     23-Jun-2008   3 related          

USA Today | Jun 19, 2008 The U.S. general who led the Army’s investigation of the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal says the Bush administration “has committed war crimes” as a result of what happened to detainees in Iraq,...                    

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servefeed.com: Israeli army accused of abusing Palestinian prisoners servefeed.com

Israeli army accused of abusing Palestinian prisoners

servefeed.com     22-Jun-2008   17 related          

Israeli army accused of abusing Palestinian prisoners Have your say on What are you talking about? in our Forums An Israeli anti-torture watchdog said in a report on Sunday Israeli soldiers routinely abuse bound Palestinian...                    

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Rights group accuses Israel of abusing Palestinian prisoners (AFP)

yahoo.com     22-Jun-2008   292 related          

JERUSALEM (AFP) - An Israeli rights group claimed on Sunday the military regularly abuses Palestinian prisoners, including children, after their arrest. In its annual report, the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel...                    

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