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Torture

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Name: Torture

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 31 Documents (in Politics)

Stephen Harper

My Canada Does Not Condone Torture (mike watkins dot ca)

Evidence continues to mount that Canada was complicit in hiding the facts of Afghan detainee torture allegations. Implicated are senior officials and politicians in the federal government which include former and current Ministers of Defence Gordon ... [Progressive Bloggers - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Torture, Canada, Stephen Harper, Detainee

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 17 hours ago - 10 Documents (in Politics)

Britain's torture cover-up continues

The latest high court opinion in the case of Binyam Mohamed reveals Britain's commitment to covering up complicity in tortureIn the government's desperate commitment to cover up British complicity in torture, the drip-drip-drip of evidence seeping out ... [Guardian.co.uk - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Torture, Binyam Mohamed, Central Intelligence Agency, Jay Bybee

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 40 Documents (in Politics)

Peter MacKay

Afghan prison abuse probe rejected

OTTAWA - A top diplomat's account of the rampant torture and rape of Afghan detainees is not credible, Defence Minister Peter MacKay said Thursday as he rebuffed opposition calls for a full public inquiry into "massive and systemic" government cover- ... [CNEWS - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Abuse, Richard Colvin, Peter MacKay, Torture

First Reported 7 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Politics)

United Nations

UN warns of torture, killings in Yemen

The United Nations has called on Yemen to investigate allegations of unlawful killings and torture committed by its security forces in the north of the country, Press TV reported. 'The committee expresses its grave concern at allegations of extrajudicial ... [Trend News Agency - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Yemen, Torture, United Nations

First Reported 20 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

CIA Secret Torture Prison Found at Fancy Horseback Riding Academy

The CIA built one of its secret European prisons inside an exclusive riding academy outside Vilnius, Lithuania, a current Lithuanian government official and a former U.S. intelligence official told ABC News this week.Where affluent Lithuanians once rode ... [PrisonPlanet - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Central Intelligence Agency, Torture, John Sifton, Charles Gibson, Vilnius

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Politics)

Central Intelligence Agency

EXCLUSIVE: CIA Secret 'Torture' Prison Found

ABC finds the location of a "black site" for alleged terrorists in Lithuania. ... [ABC News - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Central Intelligence Agency, Torture, Lithuania

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents (in Politics)

2009 Media Release: Commission welcomes outlawing of torture and prohibition of the death penalty

The Australian Human Rights Commission has welcomed the introduction today of the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Torture Prohibition and Death Penalty Abolition) Bill 2009, as a landmark piece of legislation in Australia’s Human Rights protections.Commission ... [Australian Government - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Torture, Capital Punishment, Australia, Human Rights Commission, Human Rights

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11 hours ago - 3 Documents

Karzai sworn in for second term

News: UN envoy lauds Govt ... Political: Public sector casual employees: Permanency from Nov 1 ... Business: Global investors target Sri Lanka ... Sports: Jayawardenas torment the Indians ... ... [Sri Lanka Daily News - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Sri Lanka, Torture, United Nations

First Reported 6 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 2 Documents

The Price Of Trying KSM

In an idealized view, our judicial system is insulated from the ribald passions of politics. In reality, those passions suffuse the criminal justice system, and no matter how compelling the case for suppressing evidence that would actually effect the ... [The Auto Channel - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Torture, Pretrial Conference, Criminal

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 4 Documents (in Politics)

Diplomat says Canada handed Afghan detainees over for torture

OTTAWA — A senior Canadian diplomat said he was on orders from his Ottawa superiors to leave no paper trail about his allegations that Canada was handing detainees over to Afghan custody where they were allegedly tortured and abused.Richard Colvin, a ... [Canada.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Torture, Canada, Abuse, David Mulroney

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Politics)

KSM and MSM

This image of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was taken in July 2009 under an agreement with Guantanamo prison camp staff that lets Red Cross delegates photograph detainees and send photos to family members.Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and the corporate “mainstream” ... [Public Record - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Torture, Justice System, Interrogation, Khalid Sheikh Mohammad

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

Scientology faces allegations of torture in Australia

Australian prime minister considers inquiry after senator tables allegations including forced abortions, assault and blackmailAustralian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has said he would consider an inquiry into the Church of Scientology after a senator tabled ... [Mail & Guardian Online - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Scientology, Allegation, Torture, Abortion

Quotes

The latest U N resolution expresses deep concern over the "ongoing and recurring human rights violations in the Islamic Republic of Iran" such as 'torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, including flogging and amputations, the continuing high incidence and increase...

UN body condemns rights violations, growing number of executions and suppression in Iran [National Council of Resistance of Iran - 52 mins ago]

Canadian Ambassador John McNee said Iran has consistently failed to live up to its international human rights obligations. "These failings were made only all the more evident following the June 12 presidential election, when the use of force by Iranian security forces resulted in the death, injury and arrest of many individuals; when many of those who were detained were subjected to torture and denied access to legal representation; when freedom of association, assembly and expression were drastically curtailed" he said. He added that as long as such serious violations continue, the General Assembly must encourage positive change

UN GA Condemns Post-Election Abuses in Iran [GlobalSecurity.org - 3 hours ago]

...of a speedy trial,' said the petition, claiming that their fundamental right to a fair trial guaranteed under the Constitution had been violated. "No efforts have been made by the prosecution to bring the witnesses to court or complete the trial" said the petition, blaming the delay on the 'lethargy of the police'...

20 years later, police lose murder case documents [Times of India - 3 hours ago]

...Yemen to investigate allegations of unlawful killings and torture committed by its security forces in the north of the country, Press TV reported. "The committee expresses its grave concern at allegations of extrajudicial killings by security forces and other serious human rights violations in different parts of the country, in particular the northern Saada province and the south of the country" the UN committee against torture said on Wednesday

UN warns of torture, killings in Yemen [Trend News Agency - 4 hours ago]

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UN GA Condemns Post-Election Abuses in Iran [GlobalSecurity.org - 3 hours ago]
20 years later, police lose murder case documents [Times of India - 3 hours ago]
Malaysia Airlines to provide affordable travel ... [thestar.com.my - 3 hours ago]
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Murder of Gay Puerto Rican Teen Generates Talk ... [New America Media - 3 hours ago]
UN warns of torture, killings in Yemen [Trend News Agency - 4 hours ago]
US says Iran nuclear ambition raising Mideast t... [Kuwait News Agency - 4 hours ago]
UN Panel "deeply concerned" at "... [Kuwait News Agency - 4 hours ago]
The Rome Declaration on Tibet on the 5th World ... [United Nations and Peoples Organisation - 4 hours ago]
UNPO Speaks About Indigenous Issues at the Euro... [United Nations and Peoples Organisation - 4 hours ago]
UN targets Iran's rights violations [Sky News Australia - 4 hours ago]
Palin biography makes waves [Times Online - 4 hours ago]
Political: Sen. Levin Introduces Resolution Con... [Forex TV - 4 hours ago]
Hundreds rescued from U.K. flooding [Yahoo! Canada - 4 hours ago]

Blogs

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Poland: Catholics Propose Adding Cross to Natio... [Global Voices Online - 3 hours ago] The recent ruling of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Soile Lautsi, who was offended by crucifixes displayed in her child's school in Italy, states: The ...
My Canada Does Not Condone Torture (mike watkin... [Progressive Bloggers - 3 hours ago] Evidence continues to mount that Canada was complicit in hiding the facts of Afghan detainee torture allegations. Implicated are senior officials and politicians ...
Barbados, Guyana: Doctor Complicit? [Global Voices Online - 3 hours ago] Barbados Underground suggests that the doctor who examined the minor brutalised by Guyana police “was complicit in the torture…the concealment of a crime against ...
Good Thing We've Got a Real "Law &... [Progressive Bloggers - 3 hours ago] Prime minister Stephen Harper can't stand crime. He can't stand it when white collar folks do it. He can't stand it when blue collar types do it. He really can't ...
Blog still down ; Conservative Credibility Not ... [Progressive Bloggers - 4 hours ago] âThat evidence and the suggestion that every single Taliban prisoner that was taken into custody and turned over was tortured is simply not credible and cannot ...

Audio/Video

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'Elite' Club Conceals CIA 'Torture' Cells [ABC News - YouTube - 11/19/2009]
'Elite' Club Conceals CIA 'Torture' Cells [ABC News Video: World News with Charles Gibson - 11/19/2009]
Latest: ITN 15 minute News programme - Tuesday ... [ITN News - YouTube - 11/17/2009]
Women burn themselves to flee abuse [Reuters Video: Top News - 11/17/2009]
Iraq torture claims: 'Allegations are not facts' [ITN News - YouTube - 11/14/2009]

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