Daily Archives: April 3, 2009 »

The Global Impact of U.S. “War on Terror” Abuses

Mick Meaney April 3, 2009 0

By JOANNE MARINER | My last column began to sketch out the global human rights impact of the U.S. “war on terror.” It described how U.S. abuses such as torture, enforced disappearance, and arbitrary

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Spy agency clarifies torture policy

Mick Meaney April 3, 2009 0

OTTAWA The top spy at CSIS says it was “unfortunate” that a senior CSIS official got the agency’s policy on torture wrong. Jim Judd, director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, distanced the spy

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Culture observed during slavery still being practised

Mick Meaney April 3, 2009 0

By Kerrie Bynoe | In the harsh years of slavery, the men and women in the Caribbean still found a way to hold on to their cultural identities. In their small circles, enslaved men

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G20 Violence: Death at the Hands of the Police

Mick Meaney April 3, 2009 2

For those who have followed mainstream media coverage of the protests against the scandalous G20 (who are deciding to give the IMF, those with the Structural Adjustment Plans to steal from the poor, an

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