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Jorge Rafaél Videla dies in jail aged 87
Phil Gunson (source 
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Argentinian dictator infamous for torture, murder and the abduction of children of his opponents Article history Jorge Rafaél Videla in 1978, two years after he led the coup that overthrew the Perón government in Argentina. Thousands of citizens were ‘disappeared’ under his brutal regime. Photograph: Eduardo Di Baia/AP comments The former Argentinian dictator Jorge Rafaél Videla was a prominent member of the group of uniformed tyrants … Continue reading
Posted in Historical, Human rights, Obituary, South America, Torture
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Trial by Error: Justice in Post-Qadhafi Libya
Editorial (source )
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Tripoli/Brussels – Middle East/North Africa Report N°140 – EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS There are many necessary cures to Libya’s pervasive insecurity, but few more urgent than repairing its judicial system. Qadhafi-era victims, distrusting an apparatus they view as a relic, take matters in their hands; some armed groups, sceptical of the state’s ability to carry out justice, arbitrarily detain, torture or assassinate presumed Qadhafi loyalists; … Continue reading
Israel injecting dangerous viruses into Palestinian prisoners
Editorial (source )
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A Palestinian released from Israeli jails, Rania Saqa, has brought to light that the Israeli regime injected detainees that are out of prisons with dangerous viruses. Noting that Palestinian prisoners suffer from serious and chronic diseases such as bladder cancer and liver disorders, Rania has revealed that the Tel Aviv regime injects prisoners with dangerous viruses before releasing them. The released prisoner has asked the … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Human rights, Humanity, Middle East, Society, Torture
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Gitmo: The national anxiety disorder
Sam Sacks (source )
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Ask the United States why the prison facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is still open, and you’ll see only irrational answers and fear in return. The Northeast gate marks the end of U.S. soil as the road leads into Cuba at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base.(Reuters / Bob Strong) Ask someone with an obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) about his or her often bizarre and inexplicable habits … Continue reading
Posted in A, Central America, Global issues, Human rights, Intelligence, North America, Security, Terrorism, Torture
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Burma’s Glass Half-Full
Doug Bandow (source )
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After decades of repression, reform has come to Burma. But much remains to be done. This week the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) will debate Burma’s progress, and particularly whether to drop its designation of Burma, or Myanmar, as a “country of concern.” For years Burma competed for the world title of worst government. North Korea usually took home the crown, but Burma’s leaders … Continue reading
Posted in A, Asia, Diplomacy, Global issues, Historical, Human rights, Leadership, Oppression, Politics, Sanctions, Torture
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Prisoner Left in Solitary 2 Years Receives $15.5M Settlement
KEVIN DOLAK (@kdolak) (source )
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A man who was driving across country in 2005 and found himself thrown in a New Mexico jail for DWI and then spent nearly two years in solitary confinement, has won $15.5 million in one of the largest prisoner civil rights awards in U.S. history. Stephen Slevin, 59, was depressed in 2005 when he decided to drive across the country, with no particular goal or … Continue reading
Posted in A, Judgement, Law & Order, Torture
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Lord Neuberger warns over deportation of terror suspects to torture states
Owen Bowcott, legal affairs correspondent (source )
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Britain’s most senior judge says policy would mean pulling out of UN and European court of human rights. Lord Neuberger has given his first interview since becoming president of the supreme court. Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian Britain will have to withdraw from the United Nations as well as the European court of human rights if it wants to deport terrorist suspects to states … Continue reading
Posted in A, Europe, Global issues, Humanity, Law & Order, Terrorism, Torture
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Deported Tamils Brutally Tortured
Trevor Grant (source )
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Rejected Tamil asylum seekers are not being returned to a safe environment in Sri Lanka, as Foreign Minister Bob Carr claims. A new report details the rape and torture that truly awaits them, writes Trevor Grant. The Australian Government’s insistence that Tamil asylum seekers can return safely to Sri Lanka has been contradicted by the British High Court and detailed evidence showing that refugees have … Continue reading
Posted in Asylum seekers, Australasia, Humanity, Refugees, Torture
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Israel rejects torture claims in Zygier case
Ruth Pollard (source )
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ISRAEL has defended its actions in the case of Ben Zygier, the Australian citizen who died in its custody, rejecting allegations he was tortured and committing to releasing a judge’s report into his death in coming days. ‘He got all the things he was entitled to in the due process of law, everything. Lawyers, family, visits, court, supervision of the court, everything‘. Israel’s Parliament announced … Continue reading
Posted in Australasia, Intelligence, Middle East, Security, Torture
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