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On July 17, 1998 an assembly of diplomats in Rome created the International Criminal Court and charged it with the responsibility of prosecuting individuals accused of committing crimes against humanity, war crimes, genocide and crimes of aggression.
The Court opened its doors on July 1, 2002, made its first arrest in March 2006 and began its first trial on January 26, 2009. The Court’s jurisdiction is limited to crimes committed after its (…)
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CLOSING GUANTANAMO: A Case for the International Criminal Court
30 January 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
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Obama Order to Shut Gitmo, CIA Detention Centers
22 January 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
The Mandate Also Requires U.S. Interrogators to Adhere Strictly to Army Rules
By JAKE TAPPER and HUMA KHAN
Following a meeting with 16 retired military officers today, President Obama signed three new executive orders, the first of which calls for shutting down the controversial Guantanamo Bay detention center "as soon as practicable, and no later than one year from now," as ABC News first reported Wednesday.
"The president believes that what he did today will enhance the security of (…) -
Guatanamo Bay : Probe into MI5’s role in “torture”
1 November 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
By Hasan Suroor
Source : "The Hindu"
LONDON: The British government has ordered an investigation into MI5’s role in the alleged torture of a British resident being held at Guantanamo Bay to extract confession from him.
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is reported to have asked Attorney-General Baroness Scotland to investigate allegations that an MI5 officer took part in unlawful interrogation of Binyam Mohamed (30), when he was arrested in Pakistan in 2002 on terror charges.
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CIA Prison: Systematic Use of Torture in Diego Garcia Island
2 August 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
By Masood Haider*
NEW YORK, Aug 1: The Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) on Friday called for investigations by the US Congress and British parliament into allegations made in a Time magazine report that the Bush administration had covertly used a facility in Diego Garcia, a British island off the coast of India, as a secret CIA detention centre.
In a statement, the Boston-based organisation of doctors demanded that the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) be given immediate (…) -
Voice of the White House June 2, 2008
4 June 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
Voice of the White House June 2, 2008
TBR News.org – June 2, 2008
“My colleague here showed me an overview, official study concerning U.S. detainees. It is not generally known to the public but the U.S government now has over 30,000 (31,082 as of May 19, 2008 ) people in secret custody, all over the world.
An official U.S. program of torture and ‘rendition’ has been going on since before 9/11 and has never stopped. A number, estimated to be approximately 3,500, have been killed (…) -
Guantanamo Bay judge relieved of duties after threatening to suspend proceedings
31 May 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
“The military judge in the Omar Khadr trial in Guantanamo Bay has been relieved of his duties, a move that Mr. Khadr’s defence counsel implied is a result of the judge siding with the defence on a number of evidence-disclosure issues in the controversial military tribunal case.”
Omar Khadr is the Canadian child soldier that the United States government has been holding captive in Guantanamo Bay for the last six years.
“Mr. Khadr’s U.S. military defence lawyer, Lieutenant Commander Bill (…) -
Supreme Court of Canada rules that Guantanamo Bay is illegal : update on Omar Khadr
25 May 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
On Friday May 23, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a judgment stating that Guantanamo Bay was an illegal operation and ordered “the Canadian government to hand over interrogation documents to Omar Khadr’s defence lawyers.”
Omar Khadr is the Canadian child soldier that the United States government has been holding captive in Guantanamo Bay for the last six years.
If the Bush administration has its way, Khadr will be the first person put on trial anywhere in the world for “war crimes” (…) -
Kathy Kelly : Prisons, a new form of slavery (video, 4’17)
25 May 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
Added: May 21, 2008 ( http://therealnews.com/c.ph...)
Kathy Kelly: None of the three best known candidates are dealing with the issues facing the poor.
video:
http://internationalnews.over-blog.com/article-19859581.html
Kathy Kelly (b. 1953[1]) of Chicago, Illinois is an American peace activist, pacifist, three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee and one of the founding members of Voices in the Wilderness (From Wikipedia) -
Shut down holding centers for migrants in Europe
8 May 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
JOIN THE CAMPAIGN TO SHUT DOWN TEMPORARY HOLDING CENTRES FOR MIGRANTS IN EUROPE BY SIGNING THIS PETITION please sign the petition here:
These days, immigration is one of the main issues on the European Union’s agenda. Currently, the European Parliament is debating a proposal for a directive establishing "Common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegal staying third-country nationals". The proposed directive is applicable to all third-country nationals, (…) -
The United States has 1/4 of the World’s Prisoners
24 April 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentAmerican Exception: Inmate Count in U.S. Dwarfs Other Nations’
By ADAM LIPTAK
Photo: http://prisonersoverseas.com
The United States has less than 5 percent of the world’s population. But it has almost a quarter of the world’s prisoners.
Indeed, the United States leads the world in producing prisoners, a reflection of a relatively recent and now entirely distinctive American approach to crime and punishment. Americans are locked up for crimes — from writing bad checks to using drugs (…)