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Blackwash outrage as MPs ‘publish’ their expenses
THE House of Commons last night stood accused of spending more than £2 million on a bungled cover-up, after publishing details of MPs’ expenses with huge swathes blacked out. Critics said the heavily-edited disclosure
Read More »Slavery apology has disclaimer
The Senate passed a resolution Thursday calling on the U.S. to apologize officially for the enslavement and segregation of millions of African-Americans and to acknowledge “the fundamental injustice, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery and
Read More »Is the writing on the wall for the Government’s ID card scheme?
Why are we asking this now? The Government had been due to award a key contract as part of its grand biometric ID card scheme this autumn. Three companies – Thales, Fujitsu and
Read More »All in a day’s work for the Israeli army: beating and torturing children
Jonathan Cook reports on how Israeli soldiers routinely, and as a matter of policy, practise torture against Palestinian children, hundreds of whom are “convicted in Israel’s military courts each year, with children older than
Read More »Letter reveals Tony Blair knew of secret policy on terror interrogations
Tony Blair was aware of the existence of a secret interrogation policy which effectively led to British citizens, and others, being tortured during counter-terrorism investigations, the Guardian can reveal. The policy, devised in the
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