The UK’s involvement.
Tag: torture
Gina Haspel: Torturers Should be Punished, not Promoted
Haspel deserves #PrisonNotPromotion
US Senate: Reject Haspel for CIA Director
Trump, Terrorism, and the Politics of Witch Hunts
Trump Nominees’ Troubling History on Torture
‘Pro-Torture Picks’: Human Rights Watch Slams Pompeo’s Appointment
Massive Single-Base Reaper Drone Army Deployment To Afghanistan
Isiah Holmes looks at the questions raised by the new deployment of drones to Afghanistan.
North Carolina Citizens’ Commission Examines US Torture
This week, the North Carolina Commission of Inquiry on Torture, a nongovernmental group, will hold public hearings to examine the State of North Carolina’s role in the notorious CIA rendition program.
American General: US-Backed Rebels Detaining ISIS Supporters And Doctors
(TFC)– In mid-October, US Army Major General James B Jarrard of a joint spec ops task force operating throughout Syria and Iraq attended a press conference. He made headlines for accidentally stating America has 4000 boots in Syria, not a…
US Senate Disregards Bradbury Role in Torture
Jack Straw MI6 Rendition Trial to be Heard in Secret
(Reprieve) – The High Court has decided today that the trial involving the rendition and torture of a leading Gaddafi opponent and his pregnant wife should be conducted in secret. Abdul-Hakim Belhaj and his wife Fatima Boudchar opposed the Government’s request…
The Torture-Friendly Trump Administration
(OtherWords) – It should come as no surprise to anyone that Donald Trump is pro-torture. He said on the campaign trail he’d approve waterboarding “in a heartbeat,” plus “a hell of a lot worse.” He added: “Only a stupid person would say…
MPs Urge Theresa May to Stop UK Cooperation with Saudi Executioners
(Reprieve) – A cross-party group of senior MPs have urged Theresa May to take immediate steps to ensure UK assistance played no role in the conviction of 14 young men for protest-related offences who now imminent execution in Saudi Arabia. The…
Abusive Philippine Cops Get Kid Glove Treatment
(HRW) – How does the Philippine National Police deal with personnel implicated in torture of criminal suspects? Reassignment and anger management training. That’s the lesson of an incident last month exposed in a cellphone video that has since gone viral that shows a…