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2009-07-03: Headlines
Antiwar.com: The Lingering Effects of Torture 2009-07-03
Like many of the other inmates interrogated at Guantánamo Bay, Adeel's personal nightmare did not end when he returned home.
Daily Kos: Will we ever see the CIA Torture Report? 2009-07-03
by reflectionsv37 If you were thinking we might get a chance to see that CIA torture report by the end of this week. I suggest you stop holding your breath.
The Public Record: CIA Now Delays IG's Torture Report Until the End of the Summer 2009-07-03
By Jason Leopold The CIA told a federal court judge that it will not be able to determine whether any part of a report prepared by the agency's inspect ...
The Public Record: Defense Department Releases Previously Secret Torture Documents 2009-07-03
The Department of Defense released redacted documents Thursday related to abuse and torture of detainee held e in US custody at Guantanamo Bay and other ...
Telegraph.co.uk: Baby P scandal council still failing, says official report 2009-07-03
... over the past six months only very "limited" progress has been made by Haringey Council, where the torture and death of the 17-month old boy took place.
Davao Today: An open letter demanding a genuine peace and human rights agend ... 2009-07-03
Behind each instance of displacement is a crime perpetuated against humanity — aerial bombardments, hamletting, strafing, torture, summary executions.
Radio Australia: Cambodia's torture prison survivors testify at tribunal 2009-07-03
In Cambodia, evidence is being heard against the former head of the notorious Tuol Sleng prison, Comrade Duch. Only a handful of prisoners survived Tuol ...
Hamburg: Founder of ex-Nazi Chilean commune hospitalised - The Local 2009-07-03
Schäfer set up the large, self-sufficient German colony in an isolated region south of Santiago in 1961 after fleeing Germany to escape child abuse charges.
2TheAdvocate: Letter: We don't torture; that's US morality 2009-07-03
But listing himself as “retired military” doesn't give me any sense that I must respect his opinion above all others. There are thousands of military men ...
ReporterNews.com: Conaway works to keep abuse photos secret 2009-07-03
“The disclosure of these photographs which depict abuse at locations other than Abu Ghraib would lay to rest once and for all the spurious claim that abuse ...
Malaysia Kini: Maids: An uphill battle against abuse, torture 2009-07-03
Domestic helper Siti Hajar, 33, from Garut district, Indonesia is a picture of calm as she leans against the wall at a shelter for abused maids and dream ...
Lew Rockwell: Real Change on Cuba 2009-07-03
The treatment of prisoners is also subject to the principles of the Geneva Conventions, which prohibit, among other things, the torture of prisoners.
Medical News Today: What Is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder? What Is PTSD? What Cause ... 2009-07-03
Family history of mental health problems - people who have a close relative with mental health problems, or those who experience child abuse are at higher ...
California Chronicle: Jury Returns Sentence of Life Imprisonment Without Possibility ... 2009-07-03
... cruel, and depraved manner involving torture or serious physical abuse, that when he committed the murders of Mitchell and Jimmerson, he created a grave ...
Philippine Information Agency: Give evidence, Teodoro appeals to alleged military torture victim ... 2009-07-03
This was the call, or a challenge, which Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilbert Teodoro appealed to a Filipino-Americ ...
Sioux Falls Argus Leader: From Our Mail: Water boarding: Interrogation or torture? 2009-07-03
Terry L. Sohl of Brandon wasn't impressed when former Vice President Dick Cheney began making media rounds in May and talked about interrogation technique ...
Californian: ESCONDIDO: Jury signals split over execution for killer - North County Times 2009-07-03
Earlier this week, the same panel of four men and eight women convicted Castaneda, 24, of first-degree murder, torture and child abuse in the beating death ...
Express Buzz: Batchmates torture Chaitanya student 2009-07-03
HYDERABAD: If the worst case of ragging could be termed as an infliction of pain by senior students upon their juniors, the torture of M Sravan Kumar ...
Salon: The still-growing NPR "torture" controversy 2009-07-02
It is vital to keep in mind -- as I noted last week in arguing why it's so vital that torture photos be released -- that there is still very much an active ...
MLive.com: Man sentenced to 20-40 years in prison for torture, robbery ... 2009-07-02
GRAND RAPIDS -- The last of three codefendants accused of robbing and torturing four young men in a Kentwood ...
WQAD: Iowa court overturns animal neglect conviction in dog's sword ... 2009-07-02
By AP DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Court of Appeals has reversed an animal neglect conviction for a Fort Madison man who killed a puppy with a samurai ...
Connecticut Post: Fireworks can be torture for dogs, officer says 2009-07-02
NORWALK -- Police warn dog owners that Fourth of July fireworks can turn an otherwise normal dog into a panting, quivering bundle of fur.
Philippine Information Agency: Palace orders probe of torture raps vs military 2009-07-02
Manila (2 July) -- Malacañang has called for an immediate probe into the abduction and torture case filed against the military by a Filipino-Americ ...
Real News Network: 07-02-2009 UN official demands torture accountability UN official ... 2009-07-02
July 2 - A few days after the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, TRNN Senior Editor speaks to Michael Ratner, President of the Centre ...
Atlantic Online: Will Obama Now Defend Torture In Court? 2009-07-02
I wish I knew that the answer was categorically not. But we've learned the hard way that the Obama Department of Justice can defend things it doesn't ...
Human Rights Watch (press release): Honduras: Decree Suspends Basic Rights 2009-07-02
"The authorities should be clearly reminded that acts of torture, inhuman and degrading treatment, and enforced disappearances are absolutely prohibited ...
Daily Kos: Beyond Yoo: Army Field Manual Allows Torture with Drugs 2009-07-02
by Valtin According to recent news stories (see Spencer Ackerman's article in the Washington Independent), the Obama administration task force ...
Daily Kos: Bagram AFB : America's OTHER Torture Chamber 2009-07-02
by Vyan Much has been made of various Torture Techniques deployed at Guantanamo Bay, and the Obama Administration has both promised to close the base ...
Daily Kos: Why is the Obama Adminstration Engaging in WaPo Salons? 2009-07-02
While there may be some smei-reasonable debate about releasing torture photos and CIA tapes of detainee abuse (but let's not argue about that in a diary ...
Daily Kos: Will We Demand "No Torture?" 2009-07-02
by unaspenser Will we demand that the Taliban treat our soldier well? Will we call for international oversight? Will we lecture about the use of torture?
MWC News: The Banality of Evil Applies to Everyone 2009-07-02
Moreover, the CIA agents and US soldiers at Abu Ghraib obviously had no moral reservations about the murder, torture, and sex abuse committed against Iraqi ...
The Public Record: ACLU: Obama Admin. Relying On Tortured Confession In Habeas Case 2009-07-02
"Since his arrest in 2002, Mr. Jawad has been subjected to repeated torture and other mistreatment and to a systematic program of harsh and highly coercive ...
AllAfrica.com: Congo-Kinshasa: Secret Police Accused of Torture 2009-07-02
Victims and human rights groups have accused national intelligence agents in Lubumbashi in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, of arbitrary ...
AllAfrica.com: Nigeria: Bakassi - Lamentations of Troubled Nigerian Fishermen 2009-07-02
We are daily subjected to extreme torture. They force us to pay taxes and levies that are strange and heavy. They insist that we must pay N250 ...
Consortium News: Obama 'Bottles Up' Torture Probes 2009-07-02
By TheRealNews.com The Obama administration is moving to “bottle up” the pressure for exacting accountability from ex-President George W. Bush and h ...
RINF.COM: CIA torture report delayed again 2009-07-02
The US Justice Department is again delaying the release of an internal CIA report on the agency's secret detention and interrogation program during the Bush ...
Atlantic Free Press: Israeli doctors colluding in torture 2009-07-02
A boy of 14 who was beaten repeatedly on a broken arm reported the abuse to a doctor who, he said, replied only: “I had nothing to do with that.
BBC News: Torture murder inquiry video hope 2009-07-02
A video montage has been released by detectives investigating the murder of an elderly woman who was battered to death with her own marble rolling pin.
The Corkman: Catholic Church still at odds with the rest of our society 2009-07-02
The priests who raped, beat and inflicted psychological torture on children should absolutely and without question be named and shamed.
Green Party Watch: Obama Keeps Bush Torture Memo Mum. Will Progressive Dems Do Anything? 2009-07-02
One of the most common arguments against the Green Party comes from within the Democratic Party, in the form of the plea that activist energy ought to ...
Informante: Can police fight crime without torture? 2009-07-02
The international community that believes in the salient principles of Human Rights have demonstrated its legal abhorrence of torture by adopting ...
Tamil Brisbane: Sri Lanka: Twenty years of impunity - Amnesty | Forum in Brisbane 2009-07-02
... Sri Lankan governments to provide accountability for serious human rights violations, including enforced disappearances, killings, and torture.
Salon: The still-growing NPR "torture" controversy 2009-07-02
There are several noteworthy developments since I wrote on Tuesday about the refusal of NPR's Ombdusman, Alica Shepard, to be interviewed by me about NPR' ...
Salon: The still-growing NPR "torture" controversy 2009-07-02
I just saw your most recent column, criticizing Lisa [sic] Shepard for declining your interview request. Could you please give me a call when you have ...
The People's Voice: John Yoo, Donald Rumsfeld and the Systematic Torture of Prisoners 2009-07-02
[Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. Rumsfeld instructed officials at the Department of Defense to organize a working group to access the fallout ...
Spectator.co.uk: To become an extremist, hang around with people you agree with 2009-07-02
Acts of torture and humiliation by American soldiers at Abu Ghraib prison? The American financial crisis of 2008? The widespread belief, in some parts ...
Crosby Herald: Bar South closed after blood-spattered 'torture' room find 2009-07-02
A TOWN centre bar has lost its licence after the discovery of a blood-soaked 'torture' room. Images reminiscent of a Quentin Tarantino movie greeted police ...
Western Morning News: Warm homecoming for hero Marines 2009-07-02
... of abuse from protesters in London who accused them of "genocide and torture" in ugly scenes described as "disgraceful" by politicians from all sides.
Kombo.com: I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream 2009-07-02
With its highly advanced intelligence and seemingly limitless hatred for mankind, AM manages to keep them perpetually alive despite the endless torture he ...
MLive.com: Sentencing set for Bay City couple who burned, beat 7-year-old boy - The Saginaw News 2009-07-02
In return for their pleas, prosecutors agreed to drop charges of torture and second-degree child abuse. If convicted of the torture charges, the Pasquale ...
Ocala: 'Mad Men' 'Fringe' '24' 'Lost' 2009-07-02
New FBI agent/torture convert Renee Walker was about to "harshly interrogate" Alan Wilson, a bad guy pretty high up on the bad-guy flow chart.
New Straits Times: Dust makes school daily torture 2009-07-02
KUANTAN: Labourer R. Batumalai knows the value of a good education but off and on these past few months, he was forced to stop his son from going to school ...
The News-Press: Cape police issue warrant for suspect in kidnapping-torture case 2009-07-02
Police have issued a warrant for a man accused of kidnapping and torturing a Cape Coral resident ...
Shanghai Daily: Two deaths reported at 'water torture' detention house 2009-07-02
TWO deaths in custody have been uncovered at a detention house in north China's Hebei Province which is being ...
The Epoch Times: Psychiatric Abuse in China Highlighted at International Congress 2009-07-02
The mechanisms are arrest, detention, torture and execution, the justification is social order and state security and the phrase used to describe ...
Green Party Watch: Israel to deport Cynthia McKinney, others 2009-07-02
They ( Israel) will torture you, deny you to work, cannot travel, intimidation, persecution, jail without charges and finally killed for sake of Jews.
engadget: Wind powered knitting machine takes the tedium out of your ... 2009-07-02
Called the Wind Knitting Factory, the machine itself looks like a cross between an old-timey coffee grinder and a medieval torture device (which we like ...
CNET News: Report: Guilty verdict overturned in MySpace suicide case 2009-07-02
Anyone who is against the use of torture, and who wishes to prosecute people in charge of Guatanamo Bay who have used methods of torture do obt ...
The Washington Independent: BREAKING: Obama Administration Wants CIA Torture Report Withheld ... 2009-07-02
Word's coming now that the Obama administration is seeking to withhold the CIA's 2004 inspector-general report on ...
CNET News: Yamaha YHT-791BL 2009-07-02
The introduction to "Seabiscuit" is a torture test for video processors and the HTR-6250's processor was sufficiently pained, as the image was obviously ...
ScienceBlogs: The Obama Administration's Torture Apologists 2009-07-02
Ed Brayton is a participant in the Center for Independent Media New Journalism Program. However, all of the statements, opinions, policie ...
Tips-Q GLBT News: NYT's Egan: Bush Years of 'Sanctioned Torture and War Built on Deceit' 2009-07-02
Liberal New York Times reporter turned liberal nytimes.com blogger, Timothy Egan, posted "Capture the Flag" on Thursday, on how heartening it was to see ...
Times Daily: Father arrested in beating 2009-07-02
Daniel Frances Brink, 43, 2835 Lauderdale 259, Florence, was arrested Tuesday night and charged with torture, willful abuse of a child under 18 years old ...
TPMMuckraker: CIA Again Delays Release Of Key Torture Report 2009-07-02
The release of the long-awaited CIA inspector general report on torture has been postponed once again.
Zimbabwe Times: MDC's contradictions a matter of concern 2009-07-02
Why did Zwizwai keep quiet when his party was accusing the army of murder and torture of alluvial diamond miners last year?
New York Times: Torture-Free but Still a Rock Star 2009-07-02
From left, John Stirratt, Pat Sansone, Glenn Kotche, Mikael Jorgensen, Nels Cline and Jeff Tweedy of Wilco at the Wiltern Theater in Lo ...
Jakarta Globe: Living Memory of The Torture Years 2009-07-02
The night of Oct. 21, 1965, was one that Putu Oka Sukanta will never forget. After returning from a movie theater in Pasar Minggu, South Jakart ...
Ventura County Reporter: Support for ending the use of torture 2009-07-02
Margaret Morris (Power to Speak, 6/18) wrote an argument against torture based on all of the logical reasons normally put forth.
ScienceBlogs: Thoughts From the Interface of Science, Religion, Law and Culture 2009-07-02
In the second case, an Iraqi prisoner named Manadel al-Jamadi died on November 4, 2003, while being interrogated by the CIA at Abu Ghraib pri ...
Demotix: Keti Koti : Abolition of Slavery in Suriname 2009-07-02
Lots of visitors not forgets giving a pose front of different scenes for their memorial photos. It's truly great day also for children because lots ...
2009-07-02: Headlines
Scoop.co.nz: Yoo, Rumsfeld & the Systematic Torture of Prisoner 2009-07-02
"Establish a working group within the Department of Defense to assess the legal, policy and operational issues relating to ...
Daily Kos: Beyond Yoo: Army Field Manual Allows Torture with Drugs 2009-07-02
by Valtin According to recent news stories (see Spencer Ackerman's article in the Washington Independent), the Obama administration task force ...
Canada Free Press: Latest Iran Twitter: “Next 4 years: Public intimidati ... 2009-07-02
By Editor Wednesday, July 1, 2009 Khamenei has been in power for 20 years persecuting whoever is against him. Isn't this dictatorship?
MyBangalore: 'Queerious: March for 'Bangalore Pride', 2009 2009-07-02
This section has been used as an arbitrary and discriminatory weapon in the hands of police and goondas to harass, abuse, extort and torture sexuality ...
Zawya: Arab dissent finds voice in cyberspace 2009-07-02
But it, too, was shut down last month, so now Mr Alkhair uses his personal Facebook page to publish news and updates about victims of abuse.
Polish News: Human Rights and Impunity 2009-07-02
As for human rights, it should be mentioned that México has signed on to the UN international anti torturing treaty. But, in fact, the enforcement of th ...
PR Newswire (press release): Court Should Suppress Evidence Obtained Through Torture in Jawad ... 2009-07-02
"That Mr. Jawad was a juvenile - perhaps as young as 12 - when his abuse began makes the coercive nature of his interrogations all the more barbaric and ...
Washington Post: ACLU Says Government Used False Confessions 2009-07-02
"The government's continued reliance on evidence gained by torture and other abuse violates centuries of US law and suggests the current administration ...
BusinessDay: Politics and the meaning of words 2009-07-02
It is hard to remember a public personality being swamped with so much abuse, much of it of a humiliating personal kind. Though I can see that having been ...
Ventura County Reporter: Support for ending the use of torture 2009-07-02
Margaret Morris (Power to Speak, 6/18) wrote an argument against torture based on all of the logical reasons normally put forth.
Informante: Can police fight crime without torture? 2009-07-02
The international community that believes in the salient principles of Human Rights have demonstrated its legal abhorrence of torture by adopting ...
Californian: VISTA: Jury learns of convicted killer's childhood - North County Times 2009-07-02
It's the same panel that earlier this week convicted Castaneda of first-degree murder and torture in the beating death of Escondido toddler Cesar Razo.
Daily Kos: Dear Mr. President: And Where Shall We Sweep the HOMICIDES? (2nd ... 2009-07-02
in the People's House, brings me to to the related issue of those photos Obama is blocking: I strongly believe we need to publish the 2000 torture pho ...
Scoop.co.nz: Yoo, Rumsfeld & the Systematic Torture of Prisoner 2009-07-02
One year later, photos depicting US soldiers abusing and humiliating detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq were publicly released.
New Straits Times: Dust makes school daily torture 2009-07-02
KUANTAN: Labourer R. Batumalai knows the value of a good education but off and on these past few months, he was forced to stop his son from going to school ...
Examiner.com: Letter to me from Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) 2009-07-02
It is also important to note that the abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq were uncovered and made public by the military. These were cases of abuse ...
The Public Record: ACLU: Obama Admin. Relying On Tortured Confession In Habeas Case 2009-07-02
"Since his arrest in 2002, Mr. Jawad has been subjected to repeated torture and other mistreatment and to a systematic program of harsh and highly coercive ...
Dissident Voice: Open Letter in Response to the American Psychological Associati ... 2009-07-02
Even now, the Board relies on the Bush Administration tactic, employed in the Abu Ghraib debacle, of blaming the abuse on a “few bad apples.
Spectator.co.uk: To become an extremist, hang around with people you agree with 2009-07-02
Acts of torture and humiliation by American soldiers at Abu Ghraib prison? The American financial crisis of 2008? The widespread belief, in some parts ...
ScienceBlogs: The Power of Images and the Hypocrisy of Blocking Them 2009-07-01
They're able to delude themselves that the extreme abuses at Abu Ghraib were unauthorized aberrations -- rather than the inevitable by-products of ...
The Moderate Voice: Torture and Accountability 2009-07-01
Today is the day that the Obama administration is supposed to finally release that much-anticipated 2004 Inspector-General's report on the Bush ...
The Canadian Press: Guantanamo Bay detainee seeks to discount dozens of interrogati ... 2009-07-01
WASHINGTON — Attorneys for a Guantanamo Bay prisoner asked a federal judge on Wednesday to throw out the man's statements during more than 57 interrogati ...
North County Times: ESCONDIDO: Man convicted of murder, torture in toddler's death 2009-07-01
A jury on Tuesday found Jose Maurice Castaneda guilty of first-degree ...
Toronto Star: 7 countries you wouldn't want to live in 2009-07-01
Here are seven countries where you wouldn't want to be a citizen: Thousands of political prisoners, executions, torture, starvation, and "enforced ...
Asianjournal.com: filam to sue RP Gov't for alleged torture 2009-07-01
LOS ANGELES – A Filipino American woman who claims that members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) kidnapped her and two friends last May ...
The Keene Sentinel: Abortion is also torture, by Esther Malloy 2009-07-01
President Obama has clearly expressed his strong opposition to what he calls “torture” at Guantanamo Bay. He has stated to the rest of the world ...
The Sun: Maddie cop torture rap 2009-07-01
THE disgraced ex-boss of the Madeleine mccann probe has been charged with torturing a witness in another missing child case. Goncalo Amaral, 49, is accused ...
Triumph: The Obama effect on Indian elections 2009-07-01
... one responsible for Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, Bagram; guilty of transferring suspects to the countries which torture prisoners; the looting of Baghdad ...
The Age: The lost boys 2009-07-01
Rod, now 64, and his brothers, Mick and Gordon, are suing the State Government for the sexual, physical and mental torture they suffered as state wards ...
Daily Kos: Voltaire and the Bogeyman 2009-07-01
And he was way less trusting and much more suspicious and even hyper after that, like a minor version of a torture victim never knowing when the next set ...
Telegraph.co.uk: British Army faces 20 new Iraq torture claims 2009-07-01
New claims of torture and abuse of Iraqi civilians by British soldiers will be made in 20 fresh cases being prepared by human rights lawyers in Lond ...
Kathimerini: Report claims police abuse 2009-07-01
Those held in Greek jails and detention centers “run a considerable risk of being mistreated,” according to a report by the Council of Europe's anti-torture ...
Coast News: Man found guilty of torture, murder of toddler 2009-07-01
ESCONDIDO — A North County jury convicted a young man June 30 of charges relating to the torture and death of his girlfriend's toddler ...
Thaindian.com: Joe Jackson Shameless 2009-07-01
But to many, this wasn't much too surprising as Michael in many of his interviews said that he was subjected to abuse and torture by his father during h ...
Muskogee Daily Phoenix: THE PEOPLE SPEAK: Be aware, evil walks this wicked world 2009-07-01
There are countless victims of cruelty, torture, neglect, abuse and murder every day both in the animal kingdom and human race, most of the time ...
London Review of Books (subscription): The Irresistible Illusion 2009-07-01
They appear to betray the hopes of Afghans who trusted us and to allow the Taliban to abuse district towns. No politician wants to be perceived to ...
Inter Press Service: RIGHTS-MALAYSIA: An Uphill Battle Against Abuse And Torture 2009-07-01
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 1 (IPS) - Domestic helper Siti Hajar, 33, from Garut district, Indonesia is a picture of calm as she leans against ...
BuzzFlash: The Waiting is Torture: CIA Inspector General Report Delayed ... 2009-07-01
The report also ironically includes a State Department condemnation of other countries' use of torture, such as "patterns of abuse of prisoners in Saudi ...
United Press International, Asia: Bangladesh must criminalize torture 2009-07-01
By Rater Zonaki Hong Kong, China — Torture by the police and security forces is part of life in Bangladesh. This may be shocking to a citizen of a country ...
B'Tselem: 1 July '09: Detainee held by Palestinian Authority dies, torture ... 2009-07-01
On 11 June 2009, Palestinian Authority security forces in the West Bank detained Haitham 'Amru, 33, a resident of Beit a-Roush al-Fauqa, a village in Hebr ...
Film Threat: PUBLIC ENEMIES 2009-07-01
When authorities on the hunt apprehend and, quite shockingly, torture her, it appears that Mann eyes current US policies beyond our crime tradition.
Consortium News: Iraq: A Bitter Strategic Failure 2009-07-01
... whole,” including the slaughter of civilians and extensive use of torture and sexual abuse against Iraqis who dared to resist their nation's occupier.
Ethiopian Review: Torture survivors testify at the US Congressional Human Right ... 2009-07-01
The panel also criticized treatment of refugees who come to the United States after fleeing from torture and abuse in other countries.
Amnesty International UK: Russia: Ongoing abuses in North Caucasus lend lie ... 2009-07-01
... 'disappearances', arbitrary detention, alleged torture, threats to and harassment of families of those affected, and forced eviction of people displaced ...
The Epoch Times: Eradicating Torture 2009-07-01
LISTENING TO TESTIMONY: Hans Hogrefe, special assistant to Representative James McGovern (D-Mass) on the Tom Lantos Human Right ...
Reuters: Khmer Rouge torture survivor saw "hell on earth" 2009-07-01
PHNOM PENH, July 1 (Reuters) - One of the few survivors of the Khmer Rouge's notorious Tuol Sleng prison gave chilling testimony of "hell ...
Earthtimes (press release): Khmer Rouge survivor tells court of wife's death in torture prison 2009-07-01
Phnom Penh - A survivor of a notorious Khmer Rouge torture prison wept Wednesday as he told Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes tribunal how the Maoist regime ...
Inquirer.net: US embassy probes filam's torture claims 2009-07-01
MANILA, Philippines—The United States embassy in Manila is now looking into the allegations of Filipino-American activist Melissa Roxas that she w ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release): PAKISTAN: 10421 Cases of police Torture reported 2009-07-01
Madadgaar Helpline, Karachi, reported in its report on torture that in the first six months of year 2009 (January to June 2009) 695 reported cases of police ...
Crikey: You say tomato, I say torture 2009-07-01
Here's something a little different from our usual topics, but which relates to the issue of intellectually honest reporting. The On the Media program ...
DC Velocity: pallet torture tests 2009-07-01
At its Innovation Center in Orlando, Fla., pallet pooler CHEP drops, torques, and otherwise mistreats pallets in the name of performance testing.
ScienceBlogs: Group Works to Disbar Torture Lawyers 2009-07-01
Ed Brayton is a participant in the Center for Independent Media New Journalism Program. However, all of the statements, opinions, policie ...
Radio Australia News: Horror testimony continues at Cambodia's Khmer Rouge war crime ... 2009-07-01
He described extensive torture at the hands of S21 staff. He recalled daily whippings from guards trying to extract confessions of joining the CIA or KGB ...
The News-Press: Cape Coral police still looking for beating, torture suspect 2009-07-01
Police are continuing a search for a man accused of taking part in the severe beating and torture ...
Standard: Lobby wants army barred from UN duty over torture 2009-07-01
Human Rights Watch (HRW) wants the military and police units accused of torture barred from United Nations peacekeeping operations.
Ha'aretz: Thousands back embattled Israeli doctor over accusations ... 2009-07-01
Thousands of people this week signed a petition backing the Israeli president of the World Medical Association, following a campaign ...
Law.com: Tortured Logic: Strange Pursuit of Another Torture-Memo Lawyer 2009-07-01
The National Lawyers Guild San Francisco Bay Area Chapter delivered more than 100 complaints to the State Bar on Friday, demanding disciplinary acti ...
Culture Buzz: Torture: What If You Were The Victim? 2009-07-01
Acat.ch, an association that fights for the abolition of torture, has launched a creative ambient marketing campaign. They did this very simply by placing ...
York Daily Record: DA: Doctor won't say 'torture' in Darisabel case 2009-07-01
The York County District Attorney's Office wants to add another criminal charge and another aggravating factor in the capital murder case ...
Voice of America: Sri Lanka Urged to Probe the Murder of Tamil mps 2009-07-01
"Now both these men, and this is what I think is important, had both called for the creation of a Commission of Inquiry in cases of torture, rape and death ...
The News International: Youth dies of alleged police torture 2009-07-01
By Our Correspondent A TWENTY-YEAR-OLD youth died due to an alleged torture by CIA Civil Line police on Wednesday. The victim's family, relatives ...
www.worldbulletin.net: EU torture watchdog: detainees at high risk in Greece police 2009-07-01
Detainees run a high risk of being ill-treated in Greek police or border stations, a European watchdog on torture said in a report published.
Beliefnet.com: Explicit 'Right Wing' Hopes for Major Terrorist Attack on US 2009-07-01
Torture and mass murder, good, no torture or mass murder, bad. I try and try to find something of redeeming value in such people.
Washington Post: Latest Palin Controvery Just a Subset of War Over Direction of GOP 2009-07-01
Cheney defending torture shows just how bankrupt they are. The thing that we must hope for is that the Republicans find a moral compass: if they do ...
Senegambia News: Ecowas Court Dismisses Gambia's Objection to Torture Lawsuit 2009-07-01
You have a case to answer, Ecowas Court tells Gambia Government - but will defendants show up in court again in October? In yet another landmark decisi ...
Prophezine: The Fall and Rise of Human Violence By Berit Kjos 2009-07-01
Christianity had taught men to protect, not abuse, women. So in 1912, when the passengers of the sinking Titanic climbed into a limited number of lifebo ...
Tehran Times: Israeli doctors colluding in torture 2009-07-01
A boy of 14 who was beaten repeatedly on a broken arm reported the abuse to a doctor who, he said, replied only: “I had nothing to do with that.
Huffington Post: Release of the "Holy Grail" of Torture Reports Delayed Again 2009-07-01
Today was supposed to be the day that the Justice Department -- after two delays -- released an unclassified version of the CIA Inspector General's 2004 ...
The Washington Independent: Another Delay in the CIA Inspector General Torture Report 2009-07-01
Remember how the Justice Department was supposed to declassify the 2004 CIA inspector general's report on the “enhanced ...
WA today: Torture claims hit Indonesian police 2009-07-01
Indonesia's police force is celebrating its 63rd anniversary but there's little cheer from a public that is routinely subjected to torture, brutality ...
UWGB: Jeffreys' new book: 'Spirituality and the Ethics of Torture' 2009-07-01
A new book by Prof. Derek Jeffreys takes a strong stand on the use of torture as part of the “war on terror.” His book, Spirituality and the Ethics ...
ohmidog!: A new and worthy field: Animal forensics 2009-07-01
Merck's work showed the animal was alive during the torture and the teens pleaded guilty. A few years later, she was called to a field in Virginia ...
The CMC Forum: Obama's Troubling Civil Liberties Record 2009-07-01
Shutting down a powerful symbol of the US government's disgraceful torture practices will help America regain moral leadership in foreign affairs.
DigitalJournal.com: Al Qaeda Accused of Using Male Rape to Recruit Suicide Bombers 2009-07-01
Rape, according to this author, was done as a way of punishment, torture, coercion and a host of indignities that brought about an abhorrence and fear ...
Manila Bulletin: Probe on torture of Fil-Am activist ordered 2009-07-01
Malacañang yesterday ordered defense authorities to look into the alleged torture and abduction of a Filipino-American activist by ...
www.DiamondNe.ws: HRW: Forced Labor and Torture in Zimbabwean Diamond Fields 2009-07-01
“Zimbabwe's new government should get the army out of the fields, put a stop to the abuse, and prosecute those responsible.” In February 2009, Human Right ...
Huffington Post: Release of the "Holy Grail" of Torture Reports Delayed Again 2009-07-01
What amazed me, however, was that, while filling his memos with largely implausible justifications for the use of torture, Bradbury cited from the Inspect ...
Weekly Blitz: Drug users demand dignity, participation and evidence based policies 2009-07-01
Protesting torture and cruelty in de-addiction centers, drug users called upon the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, to “clean up” drug treatment ...
Al-Arabiya: CIA report on detention set to be made public 2009-07-01
Several Guantanamo detainees have alleged severe torture and abuse and horrific stories of their abuse have put further pressure on Obama who has vowed ...
Shanghai Daily: Water torture detainee complains about treatment 2009-07-01
A BLIND detainee says he became seriously ill after being forced to drink up to 15 liters of tap water a day ...
ChristianToday: Eritrean Christians tell of torture and imprisonment 2009-07-01
Christians in Eritrea who were tortured and jailed for their faith have given searing accounts of the brutality they faced to Release International ...
Times Online: Former Khmer Rouge prisoner describes torture at S-21 2009-07-01
One of the last four survivors of the Khmer Rouge's most infamous jail wept today as he told a Cambodian war crimes tribunal how he lost his wife at Tuol ...
San Diego Union Tribune: Man, 24, found guilty of tot's torture death 2009-07-01
NORTH COUNTY COURTS — A Guatemalan man accused of torturing and killing his girlfriend's 2-year-old son in 2005 was found guilty ...
Irish Echo: McAleese speaks of sadness and healing 2009-07-01
The Ryan report documented decades of sexual, physical and emotional torture inflicted on thousands of children in orphanages, industrial and reformatory ...
TechRadar UK: Plasma and LCD TVs Review 2009-07-01
... to distracting artefacts in certain situations, such as when a character walks in front of a chain link fence (from my favourite torture disc Se7en).
Sacramento Bee: Detainee attorney seeks to suppress interrogations 2009-07-01
The military tribunals at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, prison allow evidence obtained through coercion but not torture, leaving it to the judge to decide ...
2009-07-01: Headlines
Law.com: Tortured Logic: Strange Pursuit of Another Torture-Memo Lawyer 2009-07-01
The National Lawyers Guild San Francisco Bay Area Chapter delivered more than 100 complaints to the State Bar on Friday, demanding disciplinary acti ...
Telegraph.co.uk: British Army faces 20 new Iraq torture claims 2009-07-01
New claims of torture and abuse of Iraqi civilians by British soldiers will be made in 20 fresh cases being prepared by human rights lawyers in Lond ...
San Diego Union Tribune: Man, 24, found guilty of tot's torture death 2009-07-01
NORTH COUNTY COURTS — A Guatemalan man accused of torturing and killing his girlfriend's 2-year-old son in 2005 was found guilty ...
WA today: Torture claims hit Indonesian police 2009-07-01
The anniversary came a week after Amnesty International released the findings of research showing Indonesian police commonly torture and abuse people ...
Toronto Star: 7 countries you wouldn't want to live in 2009-07-01
Here are seven countries where you wouldn't want to be a citizen: Thousands of political prisoners, executions, torture, starvation, and "enforced ...
Globe and Mail: Scan with a pen 2009-07-01
The software does a very good job of recognizing text, flubbing only one line of the lyrics torture test ("What so proudly we nailed at tne twighlight' ...
Kathimerini: Report claims police abuse 2009-07-01
Those held in Greek jails and detention centers “run a considerable risk of being mistreated,” according to a report by the Council of Europe's anti-torture ...
Film Threat: PUBLIC ENEMIES 2009-07-01
When authorities on the hunt apprehend and, quite shockingly, torture her, it appears that Mann eyes current US policies beyond our crime tradition.
Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone: SORRY, MR. BUSH 2009-07-01
Obama's CIA director told Congress that there's a "review process that's built into [Obama's] executive order" that allows torture to continue.
The Herald: Plymouth Royal Marines abused at homecoming parade 2009-07-01
Mr Haw, who has been camped in central London for eight years, led the abuse, bellowing through a megaphone: “Your genocide, torture and looting of a nati ...
TechRadar UK: Plasma and LCD TVs Review 2009-07-01
... to distracting artefacts in certain situations, such as when a character walks in front of a chain link fence (from my favourite torture disc Se7en).
Senegambia News: Ecowas Court Dismisses Gambia's Objection to Torture Lawsuit 2009-07-01
You have a case to answer, Ecowas Court tells Gambia Government - but will defendants show up in court again in October? In yet another landmark decisi ...
Jakarta Post: Moving toward a human rights-friendly police force 2009-07-01
However, it is also undeniable that in public perception and supported by some surveys, the Indonesian police force is still synonymous with torture ...
USA Today: Obama's left flank 2009-07-01
He has also wisely refused to release the so-called torture photos so as not to inflame world opinion and endanger servicemembers.
Times Herald-Record: Kathleen Parker: Give Mark Sanford credit for adding dramatic ... 2009-07-01
No one who managed to get through the torture of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's news conference admitting to an affair would disagree.
York Daily Record: DA: Doctor won't say 'torture' in Darisabel case 2009-07-01
The York County District Attorney's Office wants to add another criminal charge and another aggravating factor in the capital murder case ...
The Epoch Times: Eradicating Torture 2009-07-01
LISTENING TO TESTIMONY: Hans Hogrefe, special assistant to Representative James McGovern (D-Mass) on the Tom Lantos Human Right ...
North County Times: ESCONDIDO: Man convicted of murder, torture in toddler's death 2009-07-01
The panel of four men and eight women also found Castaneda guilty of assault and child abuse allegations. They also found that the illegal immigrant ...
ohmidog!: A new and worthy field: Animal forensics 2009-07-01
Merck's work showed the animal was alive during the torture and the teens pleaded guilty. A few years later, she was called to a field in Virginia ...
VDARE.com: Pirates of the Mediterranean 2009-07-01
The Israeli human rights organization, B'Tselem, says, according to Time Magazine, that "the ill-treatment and torture of Palestinian child prisoner ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release): PAKISTAN: 10421 Cases of police Torture reported 2009-07-01
The nature of abuse includes 87 cases of murders, 99 Rapes, 124 illegal detentions, 287 physical tortures, and 98 harassment cases.
DAWN.com: Up for barter 2009-07-01
Also, this practice has to be seen as a heinous form of child abuse and the Child Marriage Restraint Act of 1927 that prescribes imprisonment ...
School Library Journal: Grades 5 & Up 2009-07-01
Nonstop action and recurring scenes of graphic violence, death, and torture will keep readers on the edge of their seats as they race toward the climactic ...
Phnom Penh Post: Tuol Sleng victim recalls abuse 2009-07-01
S-21 torture survivor Chum Mey shows the Khmer Rouge Tribunal Trial Chamber the scars that resulted from a torture session in which his toenails were pulled ...
The South African Star: Yet another all-Williams final likely 2009-07-01
Safina was hit with a code violation for racquet abuse when she double-faulted on set-point in the first set tie-break, but she recovered her composure ...
Inquirer.net: US embassy probes FilAm's torture claims 2009-07-01
MANILA, Philippines—The United States embassy in Manila is now looking into the allegations of Filipino-American activist Melissa Roxas that she w ...
WISH: New law to help domestic 2009-06-30
"It's been torture not knowing if I could leave the house." She's hopeful she will have a better sense of security after her abuser goes back to court soon.
The Public Record: Obama Vows to Deal With Torture, But His Pledge Doesn't Apply ... 2009-06-30
2, 2004, memo drafted for military police and interrogators at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and signed by Col. Marc Warren, the top legal adviser to Lt. Gen.
Salon: The suppressed fact: Deaths by US torture 2009-06-30
After the Abu Ghraib scandal, a review of Kenami's death was launched, and Army reviewers criticized the initial criminal investigation for failing ...
Toronto Star: Camping: Once torture, now tempting 2009-06-30
These expeditions into the great outdoors usually started inside a Canadian Tire store, where my father led us through aisles of tents, portable stoves ...
The BLT: Blog of Legal Times: Group Targets Bar Licenses for Lawyers Involved in 'Torture Memos' 2009-06-30
A group calling itself Velvet Revolution in May filed a dozen bar complaints against former and current government lawyers who had some role in signing off ...
The Associated Press: Khmer Rouge survivor describes torture at S-21 2009-06-30
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — One of three living survivors from the Khmer Rouge's main torture center testified Tuesday that he endured beating ...
Independent: Army faces 20 more abuse claims from Iraqi civilians 2009-06-30
The Army faces a judicial review over abuse claims The British Army faces 20 fresh claims of torture and abuse of Iraqi civilians in a series of damaging ...
WashingtonTV: Iran political prisoners may face torture, says rights group 2009-06-30
Washington, 30 June (WashingtonTV)—Amnesty International said on Monday that it was “gravely concerned” that several opposition leaders detained ...
The Washington Independent: ACLU to Argue Against Use of Evidence Obtained Through Torture ... 2009-06-30
The ACLU has embarked on an important campaign for accountability for the torture and abuse that US officials have inflicted on detainees.
The Catholic Review: Torture survivors testify at Human Rights Commission hearing 2009-06-30
WASHINGTON – Torture survivors and advocates implored Congress June 25 to investigate allegations of military torture of war prisoner ...
KGTV, 10News.com: Man Convicted Of Torturing, Killing 2-Year-Old 2009-06-30
Castenada, 24, was also convicted of assault on a child with force likely to produce great bodily injury or death, torture and felony child abuse.
Worldmeets.us: America in Iraq: Six Years of Mass Destruction 2009-06-30
She [America] resorted to torture, as shown by the Abu Ghraib prison scandal. As for the missing, they are too numerous to count.
Australia.TO: Peaceful Africa and World: Taking a stand on conflict resolution 2009-06-30
Violence and torture are employed and applied to silence the society. In essence, the primary problems militating against the society were neglected ...
Salon: NPR Ombudsman refuses interview regarding "torture" 2009-06-30
npr's Ombudsman, Alicia Shepard, wrote a column last week justifying npr's policy of using euphemisms such as "enhanced interrogation tactics" -- ...
The Moscow Times: Train Bomb Suspects Claim Torture 2009-06-30
01 July 2009By Alexandra Odynova / The Moscow timestwo Ingush suspects charged in the 2007 bombing of a Moscow-St. Petersburg train told a court Tuesday ...
Real News Network: Torture Accountability Action Day 2009-06-30
A day before the Obama administration came out with an executive order, which will allow to incarcerate terror suspects indefinitely, people across the U ...
Daily Kos: Iraq Veterans Urge Obama to Release Torture Photos 2009-06-30
The release of all the photos and documents are essential to this process of learning the facts and healing a deeply troubled nation.
PETA (press release): PETA Urges El Dorado to Ban Bullhooks, Electric Prods as City ... 2009-06-30
"Mayor McKibban and the City Commission must send circuses the message that these instruments of torture will not be permitted in El Dorado.
Frontline: Torture by law 2009-06-30
Aung San Suu Kyi addressing a rally in Arakan State in Myanmar in this picture believed to be taken in December 2002. IF there be soft persecuti ...
The Herald: Homecoming marred by protest chants 2009-06-30
It was as they approached Parliament that veteran protestor Brian Haw bawled through a megaphone: "Your genocide, torture and looting of a nation w ...
Bianet: Turkey Pays for Censorship and Torture: 52613 Euros 2009-06-30
The ECHR has penalised Turkey with over 50000 Euros in several cases of torture and violation of the freedom of expression. The European Court of Hum ...
Los Angeles Times: Review: 'New York' 2009-06-30
Fluff gives way to some slow-motion torture, romance is upended by impossible plot contrivances. What Director Khan intends as an examination of the abuse ...
ConnieTalk: HSUS Releases Scary Results On Petland 2009-06-30
... associated with Kathy Bauck in New York Mills, Minnesota - Bauck has been convicted of multiple counts of animal torture and one cont of animal abuse.
FindLaw: Obama's New Euphemism 2009-06-30
The Bush administration will no doubt be remembered for torture, Guantanamo, and Abu Ghraib, as well as for catchy euphemisms like ...
Lankaweb: Geneva, human rights and the level playing field 2009-06-30
On torture, the world will be reminded over and over again about Guantanamo Bay or Abu Ghraib. Some would insist that a more detailed explanation ...
Northumberland Today: Foxes still on the run from some 2009-06-30
I appreciate the chance to open the eyes of yourself and those of the public to a travesty of justice, and an honouring of torture and abuse sanctioned ...
Philippine Star: Spelling Bee minus the torture 2009-06-30
The Tony Award winning musical will return for limited repeat performances from July 3 to 12 at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza, Makati.
Examiner.com: The oft-delayed CIA inspector general report on torture: reading ... 2009-06-30
On Friday, CIA again delayed the release of a declassified 2004 inspector general report that details the agency's internal investigation into its torture ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune: Downturn gives bullies more power to torture, MBAs adapting ... 2009-06-30
While previously employees could jump to another job when the verbal abuse, humiliation, career sabotage or intimidation he defines as bullying got to ...
United Press International, Asia: Proposed bill against torture an eyewash 2009-06-30
Hong Kong, China — This is the third of four articles analyzing deep-rooted problems within the Indian police force.
Computerworld: Office-compatibility torture test 2009-06-30
In infoworld's tests using complex Word and Excel documents, openoffice.org 3.1 failed to deliver on its promise of better Microsoft Office interoperability ...
guardian.co.uk: British government 'in denial' over Iraqi prisoner abuses 2009-06-30
The government tonight was accused of responding to evidence of the torture and mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners with "denial and obfuscation".
Phnom Penh Post: "I cry every night," he told the court. "I am like a mentally ill ... 2009-06-30
Pictured: Chum Mey testifies before the ECCC Tuesday (above); Chum Mey shows the judges his feet, which were disfigured by torture (at right). Pho ...
NJ.com: 'Surveillance' movie review: A dour dirge from David Lynch's daughter - The Star-Ledger 2009-06-30
Pretty soon the picture will be awash in strangulation, sadism, vomit and gore -- and a particularly nasty lesbian torture-murder -- as the agents track ...
TIME: Kill Dill: Depp's Dillinger Disappoints 2009-06-30
Some agents also made use of what the bureau called "vigorous physical interviews" — torture during questioning — as if Billie were an al-Qaeda suspect ...
New York Times: Semifinals Will Be Sisters vs. Russians 2009-06-30
... to start the first set and lose the first set, receiving a code violation for racket abuse after flinging her instrument of self-torture to the grass.
Gamasutra: Feature: 'Persuasive Games - Gestures As Meaning' 2009-06-30
But there's still a direct correlation in the game between direct manipulation, the movements of a controller that roughly map to torture.
Media Monitors Network: Israeli doctors colluding in torture ...while world's medical ... 2009-06-30
Jonathan Cook is a freelance writer based in Nazareth. His website is at www.jkcook.net. He contributed this article to Media Monitors Network (MMN).
Dissident Voice: Open Letter in Response to the American Psychological Associati ... 2009-06-30
Even now, the Board relies on the Bush Administration tactic, employed in the Abu Ghraib debacle, of blaming the abuse on a “few bad apples.
2009-06-30: Headlines
New York Times: How Long Is Long Enough? 2009-06-30
It turned out, as a military judge would later rule, that Jawad's Afghan captors had obtained his confession by torturing him. Then the boy was taken by U ...
Sioux City Journal: Rally backs stronger animal abuse laws 2009-06-30
Bobby Loggins, 35, the puppy's owner, faces misdemeanor charges of animal torture and of filing a false police report in the June 9 incident, the latter ...
The Public Record: Obama Vows to End Torture, But His Pledge Doesn't Apply to ... 2009-06-30
By Jason Leopold President Barack Obama just announced that the US government "is committed to taking concrete actions against torture.
Bournemouth Daily Echo: Water torture for Bournemouth woman in flooding battle 2009-06-30
Sandy Riley is one of the people worst hit by Winton's periodic floods and now finds herself in a legal black hole.
guardian.co.uk: Khmer Rouge survivor describes torture at S-21 2009-06-30
AP foreign, Tuesday June 30 2009 Associated Press Writer= PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — One of three living survivors from the Khmer Rouge's main torture ...
Malay Mail: Maid alleges 2 years of TORTURE 2009-06-30
SHE was allegedly told to stay away from her employer's two children as she had kuman (germs). She was also allegedly forced to bathe with bleach.
OpEdNews: Obama's Torture Hypocrisy 2009-06-30
Nor did Obama mention how US forces abused Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib, the same prison used by Saddam Hussein. Nor was there any reference to prisoner ...
The Malaysian Insider: More migrant workers report abuse 2009-06-29
Reports of torture and physical abuses on migrant workers, especially from Indonesia, have soured bilateral relations between the two countries.
Facing South: Honduran coup shines spotlight on controversial US military ... 2009-06-29
Before the torture debates about Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib, there was the School of Americas -- a US military training school in Fort Benning, Georgi ...
ABS CBN News: Fil-Am to sue RP gov't for kidnapping, torture 2009-06-29
MANILA - A Filipino-American who has accused Philippine military agents of abducting and torturing her last May is set to file various legal actions against ...
CNN Political Ticker: Disbarment of lawyers involved in interrogation policies sought 2009-06-29
"If [government photos showing abuse of detainees] are not disclosed, how do we know exactly what abuses we may or may not be prosecuting for?
Daily Times: LHCBA condemns 'torture' of lawyers in Kasur 2009-06-29
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) leaders have condemned reported torture on lawyers in Kasur by police and Water and Power Development ...
Common Dreams (press release): Veterans Call For Release of Detainee Abuse Photos 2009-06-29
The organization is asking the public to take photos of themselves with messages supporting the end of torture and the release of the photographs.
Mirror.co.uk: Argentina's officers on Falklands War torture rap 2009-06-29
Argentine army officers may be charged with torturing their own troops during the Falklands War. More than 80 cases are under investigati ...
Inquirer.net: Doctor testifies on Melissa's torture marks 2009-06-29
MANILA, Philippines—A volunteer-doctor from the human rights group Karapatan Monday took ...
Reuters UK: Bagram: Where the future of Guantanamo meets its tortuous past 2009-06-29
One of them is Damien Corsetti who was brought up for charges of detainee abuse in both Bagram and Abu Ghraib prisons). Nonetheless, such treatment wasn't ...
AsiaNews.it: Tibetans commemorate World Day Against Torture 2009-06-29
Each year the United Nations recall the firm and total condemnation of torture and all inhuman treatment. Tibetans in China point out ...
Awoko: Torture of victims' day observed 2009-06-29
A local Non- Governmental Organization, Forum of Conscience (FOC) and its member organization the World Organization against Torture (OMCT) on Friday ...
FinalCall.com: Shell pays settlement, ends Nigerian abuse lawsuit 2009-06-29
The Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA) has been deployed primarily against foreign military and government officials accused of torture and murder ...
The Spokesman Review: Monday's Loose Thread 2009-06-29
Torture's writ thus runs in the editorial room of newspapers.” “Certainly, abuse of human beings and abuse of words go hand in hand.
Huffington Post: Obama Falsely Shouts Fire 2009-06-29
... sleep deprivation and physical abuse. An extraordinary article by Luke Mitchell in this month's Harper's Magazine shows we are continuing that torture.
Los Angeles Times: Corruption plays key role in Iraqi justice 2009-06-29
The government official, who was not authorized to speak publicly, said security forces are also dealing with credible reports of torture and of undisclosed ...
Real News Network: Torture Accountability Action Day 2009-06-29
A day before the Obama administration came out with an executive order, which will allow to incarcerate terror suspects indefinitely, people across the U ...
Voice of America: Zimbabwe Rights Groups Urge Government to Pass Tough Anti-Torture Law 2009-06-29
By Jonga Kandemiiri Nearly a dozen Zimbabwean human rights groups are urging the country's unity government to enact legislation that would make torture ...
Bay Area Indymedia: Code Pink Protest Yoo & Torture 2009-06-29
by Oaks4Peace News Crunchers Code Pink protested outside John Yoo's house, despite police presence (number of cops fluctuated between 3 and 2 officers ...
MINA: CIA crucified Abu Ghraib prisoner 2009-06-29
“No criminal charges have ever been brought against any CIA officer involved in the torture program, despite the fact that at least three prisoner ...
Atlantic Online: The Value And Limits Of Torture Photographs 2009-06-29
[W]hen images do show torture or execution actually happening, not just victims' bodies afterwards, they encourage us to feel enraged at the people doing ...
Salon: Establishment view of Obama's civil liberties record 2009-06-29
One last related point: Ever since Obama reversed himself on the question of whether to suppress the torture photos, I've been searching for an Obam ...
FOXNews: Kenyan Security Forces Accused of Civilian Rape and Torture 2009-06-29
NAIROBI, Kenya — A human rights group says Kenyan security forces tortured hundreds of civilians and raped at least a dozen women during a three-day ...
Reuters: Kenyan forces again accused of torture, rape 2009-06-29
The security forces routinely deny allegations of abuse. They say rights groups swallow politically motivated accounts by activists. "The story of torture ...
E! Online: Britney Spears' Twitter Hacked But She's A-OK 2009-06-29
"Dermaroller is the new hot insane medeival torture device Angelina i hear did to her skin at Cannes," she says. When people aren't really making sense ...
CBS News: Abu Ghraib Scandal Haunts US Soldier 2009-06-29
Lynndie England, former Army reservist and the face of the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, is pictured in Keyser, West Virginia on June 17, 2009.
Daily Kos: Top Torture Lawyers Still in Government Employ 2009-06-29
We've heard of John Yoo and Alberto Gonzales, and maybe even Jay Bybee. Some of us recall John Ashcroft, Michael Mukasey, and even David ...
Hot Air: Is Soraya “torture porn”? Hardly 2009-06-29
The New York Times offered a weird review of The Stoning of Soraya M, oddly jux'ed with one from the same writer for also-excellent The Hurt Locker.
Voice of America: Congress to Consider Crimes against Humanity Bill to Curb Asylum Abuse 2009-06-29
“There are laws on the books that allow US prosecutors to prosecute alleged perpetrators of genocide or torture or recruiting and using child soldiers ...
2009-06-29: Headlines
Voice of America: Congress to Consider Crimes against Humanity Bill to Curb Asylum Abuse 2009-06-29
“There are laws on the books that allow US prosecutors to prosecute alleged perpetrators of genocide or torture or recruiting and using child soldiers ...
Examiner.com: Obama's 'transparency' myth 2009-06-29
Then it was the suppression of the most recent Abu Ghraib torture photos (which showed US soldiers beating, torturing, and raping Arab captives).
Mirror.co.uk: Argentina's officers on torture rap 2009-06-29
Argentine army officers may be charged with torturing their own troops during the Falklands War. More than 80 cases are under investigati ...
Opposing Views: President Obama Leaves Open Loopholes for Torture 2009-06-29
Yet Murat Kurnaz's allegations of torture and abuse have never been properly investigated; those responsible for ordering and creating the US torture ...
Los Angeles Times: Corruption plays key role in Iraqi justice 2009-06-29
The government official, who was not authorized to speak publicly, said security forces are also dealing with credible reports of torture and of undisclosed ...
Los Angeles Times: Khmer Rouge tribunal hears first testimony from survivor ... 2009-06-29
Heng Sinith, AP A foreign photographer, left, takes a photo of Vann Nath, 63, a survivor from the S-21 prison during the Khmer Rouge regime on a screen at ...
Bay Area Indymedia: Code Pink Protest Yoo & Torture 2009-06-29
by Oaks4Peace News Crunchers Code Pink protested outside John Yoo's house, despite police presence (number of cops fluctuated between 3 and 2 officers ...
GMA news.tv: Palace ready to face probe over 'torture' of Fil-Am activist 2009-06-29
DARK PLACE. In between sobs, Melissa Roxas on Sunday relates her experience in the hands of her captors. BAYAN Photo MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine ...
USA Today: Witch hunts and torture 2009-06-29
In Washington today, politicians too often just stand their ground. Liberal strategist Bob Beckel and conservative columnist Cal Thomas provide a better ...
The Christian Century: Faith leaders press Obama for torture comission 2009-06-29
Prominent religious officials led a march to the White House last month to urge President Obama to form a commission of inquiry into interrogation practice ...
The Washington Independent: Why Isn't the Justice Department Enforcing the Convention Against ... 2009-06-28
Marcy Wheeler made a great point on Friday that's worth following up on. President Obama's declaration to commemorate ...
Telegraph.co.uk: Iran dissident remembers the torture his comrades are now going ... 2009-06-28
Hundreds of protesters have been thrown into Iran's jails in the past fortnight, including the dreaded Evin prison. By Angus mcdowall Kianoosh Sanjari, 26 ...
The Zimbabwe Standard: ngos Urge Tough Laws Against Torture 2009-06-28
THE inclusive government must enact laws that make torture a criminal and cruel offence that cannot be pardoned, the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum h ...
Minivan News: Torture exacerbated drug problem, says president 2009-06-28
President Mohamed Nasheed has said the previous government's policies to deal with drug abuse exacerbated the problem. In his third radio address on Friday ...
Inquirer.net: Fil-Am activist recounts torture by military 2009-06-28
MANILA, Philippines—It was a journey back to a “dark place” in her life. But it was a journey which Filipino-American Melissa Roxas took ...
AllAfrica.com: Uganda: Bill On Torture to Be Tabled in House 2009-06-28
Kampala — A Bill on the prevention and prohibition of torture in Uganda will soon be tabled before Parliament, human rights activists said on Friday.
Express Buzz: Of power and abuse 2009-06-28
Torture was used to demoralise, intimidate and repress civilians and sexual abuse (electric shock to genitals, raping women, forcing male detainees to ...
Macon Telegraph: Commentary: A doctor's notes on torture 2009-06-28
This is the question that Bush administration lawyers answered when they legalized now-infamou ...
Malaysia Star: School surau used as 'torture centre' 2009-06-28
INSTEAD of using the school's surau to perform prayers, students of a religious school turned it into a “torture centre” to bully the junior student ...
The Spokesman Review: Torture should be punished 2009-06-28
So, psychologists Mitchell and Jesson have been fired by the CIA. The designers of the Bush administration's program of torture lived and worked right here ...
ZNet: Judge Orders Release From Guantánamo Of Al-Qaeda Torture Victim 2009-06-28
In over three years of researching and reporting about the prisoners held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, I learned early on to expect, as one of Guantánamo' ...
The Daily Star: Perpetrators of torture during emergency must be tried 2009-06-28
A panel of jury at a token tribunal against torture in their verdict on Saturday said torture cannot have any place in the process of state affairs ...
Center for Research on Globalization: CIA Crucified captive in Abu Ghraib Prison 2009-06-28
“No criminal charges have ever been brought against any CIA officer involved in the torture program, despite the fact that at least three prisoner ...
Daily Times: AI asks India to end torture in IHK 2009-06-28
ISLAMABAD: International human rights watchdog Amnesty International (AI) has said the Indian government must take immediate steps to end torture and other ...
The Statesman: Victim of British torture tells of his life of suffering 2009-06-28
LONDON, 28 JUNE: Mr Wambugu Wa Nyingi is smiling. He has survived torture, been crippled and left for dead. Now he is jubilant. “I'm happy that I'm coming ...
Irish Times: Abusers plunged State into terrible darkness - McAleese 2009-06-28
It catalogued decades of sexual, physical and emotional torture of youngsters in church and state care over a 70-year period.
2009-06-28: Headlines
Center for Research on Globalization: CIA Crucified captive in Abu Ghraib Prison 2009-06-28
“No criminal charges have ever been brought against any CIA officer involved in the torture program, despite the fact that at least three prisoner ...
The Zimbabwe Standard: NGOs Urge Tough Laws Against Torture 2009-06-28
THE inclusive government must enact laws that make torture a criminal and cruel offence that cannot be pardoned, the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum h ...
The Spokesman Review: Torture should be punished 2009-06-28
So, psychologists Mitchell and Jesson have been fired by the CIA. The designers of the Bush administration's program of torture lived and worked right here ...
Telegraph.co.uk: Iran dissident remembers the torture his comrades are now going ... 2009-06-28
Hundreds of protesters have been thrown into Iran's jails in the past fortnight, including the dreaded Evin prison. By Angus mcdowall Kianoosh Sanjari, 26 ...
The Daily Star: Perpetrators of torture during emergency must be tried 2009-06-28
A panel of jury at a token tribunal against torture in their verdict on Saturday said torture cannot have any place in the process of state affairs ...
IraqSlogger: Ninewa: Claims of Assault, Torture by Soldiers 2009-06-28
BAGHDAD – Just as June 30th approaches and the performance of the Iraqi security forces is more of a deciding ...
Fijivillage: UN works on torture ban in Fiji 2009-06-28
The United Nation High Commissioner for Human Rights is now working closely with the security forces in the country to ban torture and ill-treatment ...
Irish Times: McAleese to meet abuse survivors 2009-06-28
Speaking at an event to mark the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture in TCD last week, she said the Ryan report demanded “a fresh focu ...
Rising Kashmir: ICHR conveys session in support of Kashmir torture victims 2009-06-28
Srinagar, June 28: On the occasion of the International Day in support of victims of Torture, the ICHR Kashmir Centre EU convened a session in support ...
Orlando Sentinel: My Word: There are no justifiable reasons for using torture 2009-06-28
Recently, President Barack Obama made public secret memorandums detailing harsh tactics used to interrogate ...
ZNet: Judge Orders Release From Guantánamo Of Al-Qaeda Torture Victim 2009-06-28
In over three years of researching and reporting about the prisoners held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, I learned early on to expect, as one of Guantánamo' ...
Express Buzz: Of power and abuse 2009-06-28
Torture was used to demoralise, intimidate and repress civilians and sexual abuse (electric shock to genitals, raping women, forcing male detainees to ...
Irish Times: Abusers plunged State into terrible darkness - McAleese 2009-06-28
It catalogued decades of sexual, physical and emotional torture of youngsters in church and state care over a 70-year period.
Inquirer.net: Fil-Am activist recounts torture by military 2009-06-28
MANILA, Philippines—It was a journey back to a “dark place” in her life. But it was a journey which Filipino-American Melissa Roxas took ...
The Washington Independent: Why Isn't the Justice Department Enforcing the Convention Against ... 2009-06-28
Marcy Wheeler made a great point on Friday that's worth following up on. President Obama's declaration to commemorate ...
Minivan News: Torture exacerbated drug problem, says president 2009-06-28
President Mohamed Nasheed has said the previous government's policies to deal with drug abuse exacerbated the problem. In his third radio address on Friday ...
Democratic Underground: The consequences of President Obama's refusal to hold torturer ... 2009-06-28
Some of the photos of the prisoners show US personnel torturing, sexual assaulting and raping male and female detainees, including children.
BBC News: Argentine army in torture ruling 2009-06-28
About 70 Argentine army officers can be charged with torture of their own soldiers during the 1982 Falklands War, a federal appeals court has ruled.
The Statesman: Victim of British torture tells of his life of suffering 2009-06-28
LONDON, 28 JUNE: Mr Wambugu Wa Nyingi is smiling. He has survived torture, been crippled and left for dead. Now he is jubilant. “I'm happy that I'm coming ...
Macon Telegraph: Commentary: A doctor's notes on torture 2009-06-28
This is the question that Bush administration lawyers answered when they legalized now-infamou ...
Pakistan Times: Torture cases go unreported in IHK: HR activists 2009-06-28
SRINAGAR (IHK): In occupied Kashmir, human rights activists have said that the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) is the prime reason for torture ...
Washington Post: Another Detainee Debacle 2009-06-27
Judge Leon, a George W. Bush appointee to the US District Court for the District of Columbia, wrote powerfully and convincingly that the torture and abuse ...
guardian.co.uk: Abuse videos damage Israel 2009-06-27
As recruiting tools go, the Abu Ghraib photos were second to none in rallying anti-western Iraqi insurgents; likewise, footage such as this can only ...
Daily Kos: Our torture policy comes home to roost 2009-06-27
The abuse of demonstrators in Tehran is another reminder of why the US absolutely MUST unequivocally reject torture, indefinite detention and other denial ...
Daily Monitor: Bill on torture to be tabled in House 2009-06-27
A Bill on the prevention and prohibition of torture in Uganda will soon be tabled before Parliament, human rights activists said on Friday.
Rising Kashmir: Navlakha contests torture report of ACHR 2009-06-27
Speaking at a function commemorating the day he took dig at the latest report of ACHR which was released on 25 June. “The ACHR has recorded only the torture ...
Financial Times: Zimbabwe criticised over diamond field abuse 2009-06-27
A leading human rights group has criticised Zimbabwe over killings, forced labour and torture in a recently discovered ...
Salon: Obama contemplates Executive Order for detention without charges 2009-06-27
That, for instance, is the precise pattern that's driving his suppression of torture photos. Two federal courts ordered the President to release the pho ...
The Salinas Californian: Man gets life in prison for torture, other crimes 2009-06-27
Marco Villa, 36, of Marina was sentenced to life in prison Friday by Judge Russell Scott for torture, burglary, assault and witness intimidation.
Mac Dose of All Things Apple: Breaking Serbia's Silence, Torture of Bosniaks in Sanjak - Palluxo! 2009-06-27
According to the Sanjak Committee for Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms, "Although the authorities of Serbia, Montenegro and the Federal Republic ...
Washington Post: 2nd Delay Sought On Detainee Report 2009-06-27
The requests for delay came as the United Nations honored victims of torture in an international call for remembrance. President Obama issued a White House ...
2009-06-27: Headlines
Prison Planet.com: DOJ further delays release of key torture report 2009-06-27
The release of a five-year-old inspector general's report on the CIA's torture program has been delayed again after the Department of Justice asked for more ...
Financial Times: Zimbabwe criticised over diamond field abuse 2009-06-27
A leading human rights group has criticised Zimbabwe over killings, forced labour and torture in a recently discovered ...
OpEdNews: The 9/11 Trials: A Message To The Torture Accountability Crowd 2009-06-27
By Jon Gold A thought I had years ago, more like a "dream," was that eventually, the American people would have the equivalent of the Nuremberg Trials ...
Jakarta Post: TNI must `stop torturing civilians' 2009-06-27
Poengky said detained civilians were made to suffer mental and physical abuse during their detention. "The torture and detention occur very systematically ...
Washington Post: 2nd Delay Sought On Detainee Report 2009-06-27
The requests for delay came as the United Nations honored victims of torture in an international call for remembrance. President Obama issued a White House ...
E-Pao.net: Photo exhibition on torture at Kumbi 2009-06-27
Imphal, June 26 2009: MLA, N Mangi today said that there is no reason for giving objection to the deployment of state IRB and police commandos in the hill ...
Haveeru Online: President Nasheed: Detoxification centre to be opened soon 2009-06-27
Friday was also the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, and President Nasheed said that drug abuse in the Maldives and inhuman torture ...
Daily Kos: No Place to Hide: Torture, Psychologists, and the APA 2009-06-26
The role that psychologists--and the American Psychological Association--have played in the context of national security detainee abuse ...
Politics Daily: Human Rights Expert: US Should Launch Torture Probe 2009-06-26
Friday, June 26, is United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. And there are good reasons to think that -- within the United State ...
Reuters Canada: Author recounts torture, puts experience to work 2009-06-26
TORONTO (Reuters.com) -- For Iranian-Canadian Ezat Mossallanejed, working with victims of torture is a chance to give back to ...
Huffington Post: Awaiting an End to Injustice: Rendition Victim's Wife Speaks ... 2009-06-26
Britel's experiences are part of a larger pattern of widespread torture and abuse committed by the US government under the Bush administration.
Huffington Post: Never Forget: The International Day in Support of Victims of Torture 2009-06-26
The Guantánamo and Abu Ghraib prisons, in particular, became high-profile symbols of this regression, and new terms such as 'water-boarding' and 'rendition'
Common Dreams (press release): Over 100 State Bar Complaints Filed This Week Against Torture ... 2009-06-26
SAN FRANCISCO - June 26 - The National Lawyers Guild San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (NLGSF) delivered over 100 complaints against former Department ...
Daily Kos: The Acid Drip of Torture 2009-06-26
In January Jose Padilla, the alledged dirty bomber, sued John Yoo for violating his constitutional rights after suffering years of abuse in prison.
Daily Kos: Dear Mr. President: And where shall we sweep the HOMICIDES? 2009-06-26
in the People's House, brings me to to the related issue of those photos Obama is blocking: I strongly believe we need to publish the 2000 torture pho ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty: Russian Activists Hold Action Against Torture 2009-06-26
Ten activists in the Russian city of Orenburg have held a public demonstration to protest torture in the region, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports.
Atlantic Online: How The Iranians Use Torture 2009-06-26
Torture is generally being applied with two primary objectives—to force prisoners to identify others involved in the demonstrations and coerce false ...
guardian.co.uk: Show Britain is on the right side by barring torture, say security ... 2009-06-26
Defence, security and intelligence grandees will next week launch a critique of the government's strategy for dealing with terror, including a demand th ...
THISDAY: NHRC Calls for Criminalisation of Torture 2009-06-26
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) yesterday marked the United Nations International Day in support of victims of torture with a call on the National ...
New Vision: Human rights body wants death sentence for perpertrators of torture 2009-06-26
Uganda Human Rights commission is advocating for the Death sentence as an extreme penalty to perpetrators of Torture. The demand is made on the eve of ...
Scotsman: Murder, torture, slavery… Mugabe mine hell 2009-06-26
AN APPALLING tale of mass murder, extreme cruelty and rapacious greed by Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe's government ...
Taipei Times: UK parliament probing torture of terror suspect 2009-06-26
A British parliamentary inquiry into allegations of British collusion in torture is to investigate whether counterterrorism chiefs ordered the repeated ...
ifaonline.co.uk: Pensioners who lost $4m 'kidnap and torture' financial adviser 2009-06-26
By IFAonline German pensioners who lost $4m in savings in a Florida property investment scheme reportedly kidnapped and tortured the financial adviser ...
The Muslim News: Obama blocks Iraqi prisoners rape photos 2009-06-26
Obama backtracked on his election campaign pledge to release the images, which were part of 400 cases of abuse at Abu Ghraib, claiming publishing the pho ...
Daily Dunklin Democrat: Local man charged with felony for torturing, killing puppy 2009-06-26
A 19-year-old Kennett man is currently facing a class D felony charge of animal abuse after killing his brother's puppy. According to a report by Jesse ...
Bulatlat: Fil-Am Melissa Roxas to Speak Publicly About Abduction, Torture ... 2009-06-26
LOS ANGELES, CA – In her first public appearance since being released from captivity, Melissa Roxas, a US citizen abducted and tortured in the Philippine ...
The Washington Independent: BREAKING: 2004 CIA Inspector General Torture Report's Release ... 2009-06-26
It was supposed to be a magical day: the day when, in response to an agreement reached in a lawsuit brought by ...
Bulatlat: 'Philippine Military Has Its Own Abu Ghraib' 2009-06-26
Protesters in front of the Nica building depict an Abu Ghraib-like torture scene. View slideshow (Photo by Ronalyn V. Olea / bulatlat.com) “Torture is ...
Zee News: Wacko to many, God to some 2009-06-26
But Michael's autobiography, 'Moonwalk', the same year revealed such startling instances about the torture that the singer faced as a child that it left ...
The Salinas Californian: Marina man sentenced to life in prison for torture, burglary ... 2009-06-26
Monterey County District Attorney Dean Flippo announced today that Marco Villa was sentenced to life in prison by Judge Russell Scott for torture, burglary ...
Salt Lake Tribune: Protesters call for investigation of US torture allegations 2009-06-26
President Barack Obama has reinstated the ban on torture by American forces, saying abuses during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan hurt ...