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Bush can hold terrorist suspect indefinitely: US court

Bush can hold terrorist suspect indefinitely: US court

Mick Meaney July 19, 2008 0

A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that President George W. Bush has the power to keep a terrorist suspect jailed indefinitely, but that the detainee has the right to challenge his detention as

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Westminster blasted over rights of asylum seekers

Westminster blasted over rights of asylum seekers

Mick Meaney July 13, 2008 0

By Rachelle Money | ALEX SALMOND has blasted the home secretary on the UK’s asylum policy, accusing the government of trampling on asylum seekers’ rights by raiding families at dawn and locking them up

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U.S. treatment of Khadr may have exceeded military’s own guidelines

U.S. treatment of Khadr may have exceeded military’s own guidelines

Mick Meaney July 13, 2008 0

By OMAR EL AKKAD | In subjecting Omar Khadr to the so-called “frequent flier program” – a sleep deprivation technique that has since been prohibited – the U.S. military may have exceeded even its

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Many migrant women workers in Saudi treated like slaves

Many migrant women workers in Saudi treated like slaves

Mick Meaney July 8, 2008 2

Saudi Arabia should implement labor, immigration, and criminal justice reforms to protect domestic workers from serious human rights abuses that in some cases amount to slavery, Human Rights Watch said in a new report

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Zimbabwe Government Blocks Aid for Six Million In Need

Zimbabwe Government Blocks Aid for Six Million In Need

Mick Meaney June 18, 2008 0

By Ephraim Nsingo | Sixty-six year old Gogo Lethiwe Ncube gazes at a distant truck cruising towards the Avoca Shopping Centre in Insiza, Matabeleland South Province and starts smiling. “Why does that vehicle not

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Are We Pro-Slavery?

Are We Pro-Slavery?

Mick Meaney June 11, 2008 0

By Walter Williams | Let’s do a thought experiment asking whether Americans are for or against slavery. You might say, “What are you talking about, Williams? We fought a war that cost over 600,000 lives

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Clinton urges Bush to boycott Beijing Olympics

Clinton urges Bush to boycott Beijing Olympics

Mick Meaney April 7, 2008 1

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton urged President George W. Bush on Monday to boycott the Beijing Olympics opening ceremonies this summer unless China improves human rights. Clinton, in a statement, cited

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ID card rebels offer £1,000 for Brown’s fingerprints

ID card rebels offer £1,000 for Brown’s fingerprints

Mick Meaney April 6, 2008 0

Jamie Doward, home affairs editor The Observer, Sunday April 6 2008 Two of Britain’s leading civil liberties groups are to offer a £1,000 reward for the fingerprints of the Prime Minister or Home Secretary

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More Sharp Words Traded Over Lapsed Wiretap Law

More Sharp Words Traded Over Lapsed Wiretap Law

Mick Meaney April 6, 2008 0

By ERIC LICHTBLAU WASHINGTON — A new round of political sparring erupted Friday over the government’s wiretapping powers, as the Bush administration asserted that the lapsing of a surveillance law a week ago has

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Bill proposes violent criminals should submit DNA

Bill proposes violent criminals should submit DNA

Mick Meaney March 31, 2008 0

Meg Bernhardt ANNAPOLIS — A bill to allow officers to take a sample of DNA from people charged with certain violent crimes is close to passage in the Maryland General Assembly, despite fears that

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UK: Mass genetic surveillance

UK: Mass genetic surveillance

Mick Meaney March 31, 2008 0

Richard Taylor Britain’s police want to routinely put children as young as five on the National DNA Database (NDNAD), even when no crime has been committed. Gary Pugh, the DNA spokesman for the Association

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SOCPA: The GLA’s campaign against Brian Haw

SOCPA: The GLA’s campaign against Brian Haw

Mick Meaney March 31, 2008 0

Having failed to get rid of Brian Haw by force the Greater London Authority is trying again by legislation, their responses to the government consultation ‘Managing Protest around Parliament’ all seem to be aimed

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Watchdog’s threat to 42-day terror law

Watchdog’s threat to 42-day terror law

Mick Meaney March 31, 2008 0

Alan Travis | The Guardian The government’s own human rights watchdog threatened last night to launch a legal challenge to Labour’s plan to introduce a law that would let police detain terror suspects without charge

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Monk dies from Chinese food blockade

Monk dies from Chinese food blockade

Mick Meaney March 28, 2008 0

A Buddhist monk died of starvation due to a 12-day blockade of food and water to major monasteries in Lhasa by Chinese forces, Tibetans in exile reported Wednesday. Lama Thokmey died Monday in the

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Fingerprint Scanners Help Companies Track Workers

Fingerprint Scanners Help Companies Track Workers

Mick Meaney March 27, 2008 0

NEW YORK (AP) ― Some workers are doing it at Dunkin’ Donuts, at Hilton hotels, even at Marine Corps bases. Employees at a growing number of businesses are starting and ending their days by

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MoD: British soldiers breached Iraqi’s human rights

MoD: British soldiers breached Iraqi’s human rights

Mick Meaney March 27, 2008 0

British soldiers breached the human rights of an Iraqi who died while in UK custody in Basra more than four years ago, the defence secretary, Des Browne, said today. Baha Mousa, a hotel receptionist,

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U.S., Canada violated rights of Gitmo detainee

U.S., Canada violated rights of Gitmo detainee

Mick Meaney March 27, 2008 0

OTTAWA – The U.S. is violating international norms by holding a Canadian former child soldier at Guantanamo Bay, his lawyers told Canada’s high court Wednesday as they sought to force the country’s intelligence service

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In Iraq, Was I a Torturer? Asks Soldier

In Iraq, Was I a Torturer? Asks Soldier

Mick Meaney March 27, 2008 0

When 27-year-old Ben Allbright returned from Iraq, he was treated like a hero. But he is haunted by the “harsh interrogations” he oversaw. The prisons in Iraq stink. Ask any guard or interrogator and

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Children in care to get Biometric IDs

Children in care to get Biometric IDs

Mick Meaney March 27, 2008 0

Children in care should get school photos and passports, Ministers said yesterday, as they launched plans designed to give thousands of vulnerable children in care a happy and healthy childhood. Whether this will mean

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Don’t extend DNA database, says minister

Don’t extend DNA database, says minister

Mick Meaney March 27, 2008 0

The DNA database should probably not be extended and should certainly never become universal, Home Office Minister Tony McNulty has said, writes Matthew George. He also told the Commons Home Affairs Committee, which is

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Firms’ biometrics records ‘can be hacked’

Firms’ biometrics records ‘can be hacked’

Mick Meaney March 20, 2008 0

The growing use of biometrics to identify individuals is “insecure and in need of immediate attention,” according to an IT systems company. Fujitsu Siemens said biometrics is increasingly being used in the business world

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Police Censorship of Smash Edo film

Police Censorship of Smash Edo film

Mick Meaney March 20, 2008 0

Police have intervened across the country to censor ‘On the Verge’ an independent documentary about a campaign to shut down a Brighton weapons manufacturer. So far establishments in Southampton, Chichester and Bath and Oxford

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Wiretapping’s true danger

Wiretapping’s true danger

Mick Meaney March 20, 2008 0

History says we should worry less about privacy and more about political spying. As the battle over reforms to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act rages in Congress, civil libertarians warn that legislation sought by

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Panel approves DNA bill testing for convicts

Panel approves DNA bill testing for convicts

Mick Meaney March 20, 2008 0

COLUMBIA – South Carolina would make DNA testing available for prisoners who claim they’re innocent under a bill heading to the Senate Judiciary Committee. The co-founder of the Innocence Project told senators today that

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Former UN chief links democracy, human rights

Former UN chief links democracy, human rights

Mick Meaney March 20, 2008 0

UN chief Boutros Boutros Ghali stressed here Wednesday the significance of the close relationship between democracy and defence of human rights. Ghali was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the 4th Seminar of

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