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.
(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…
(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…
(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…
(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…
(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…
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