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Guantánamo’s Uighurs In Bermuda: Interviews And New Photos
As representatives of the world’s media descended on Bermuda to meet the four Uighurs (Muslims from China’s oppressed Xinjiang province) who had just arrived in the capital, Hamilton, after being freed from Guantánamo and
Read More »The truth behind Depleted Uranium (DU) Contamination and its usage
There has been significant publicity about the use of Depleted Uranium (DU) munitions, its ability to travel very long distances and the consequences to our health. So where does DU come from, why is
Read More »Tasers can obtain DNA samples?
The rationalizations for ‘pain compliance’ – that is, torture to get you to go along with police orders – will likely only ramp up from here. Need DNA for a case? How about doing
Read More »Iran Restricts Foreign Media
Cell Phone Network Shut Down, Websites Blocked in Effort to Control Information Coming Out of Tehran As Friday’s election gave way to a weekend of riots in the capital city of Tehran and accusations
Read More »Obama smoothes passage of war spending bill by pledging to suppress torture photos
Negotiators in the US House and Senate on Friday reached a tentative agreement on a $105.9 billion “emergency” war-funding bill for US military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan through September. The Obama administration
Read More »New Poll Shows Human Rights Still Matter
Rising support for the British National party (BNP) has not dented widespread commitment among Britons to civil liberties, a poll out today shows. According to pollsters ComRes, who conducted research for civil liberties group
Read More »Home Secretary to rethink ID cards
A review of the principles underpinning the government’s £6billion national identity card scheme is among the first orders of Alan Johnston, the new home secretary. Unnamed sources close to Jacqui Smith’s successor confirmed to
Read More »UK Iraq inquiry ‘must not be held in secret’
Gordon Brown was under intense pressure last night to throw open a new inquiry into the Iraq war to the public as families of soldiers who died, and anti-war MPs, reacted with horror to
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