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Torture

                   

China: We won't torture Guantánamo returnees

miamiherald.com
Oct 9, 2008 9 related
        

Reacting to a U.S. court order to transfer Uighur Muslims to the United States, China said it respects the rule of law and forbids torture. BEIJING -- China on Thursday rejected concerns that it would torture Chinese Muslims...

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spiegel.de: From left to right: Mohamedou Ould Slahi, Osama bin Laden, Ramzi Binalshibh and Mohammed Atta spiegel.de

From Germany to Guantanamo: The Career of Prisoner No. 760

spiegel.de
Oct 9, 2008
        

Mohamedou Ould Slahi is believed to have provided aid to the Sept. 11 attackers, and he has pledged his loyalty to Osama bin Laden. But the Mauritanian suspect only began talking to investigators after he was tortured at...

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China Says It Will Not Torture Muslims if They Are Returned

sptimes.ru
Oct 9, 2008
        

BEIJING — China on Thursday rejected concerns that it would torture Chinese Muslims held by the U.S. military at Guantanamo Bay if they are returned to China, saying they will be dealt with according to the law.

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voanews.com: Qin Gang talks to reporters in Beijing, 07 Oct 2008 voanews.com

China: We Won't Torture Gitmo Detainees

military.com
Oct 9, 2008 388 related
        

BEIJING - China on Thursday rejected concerns that it would torture Chinese Muslims held by the U.S. military at Guantanamo Bay if they are returned to China, saying they will be dealt with according to the law. China has...

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Ban calls on Member States to uphold human rights while fighting terrorism

un.org
Oct 9, 2008 1 related
        

9 October 2008 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has underscored that nations are duty-bound to protect human rights while countering terrorism, in a new report made public today. “Member States are bound to ensure respect...

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Riot in Egypt after police kill pregnant woman

alarabiya.net
Oct 9, 2008 7 related
        

Around 100 Egyptians set fire to a police truck on a main road in central Egypt on Thursday after a pregnant woman died during a police raid on her house, police sources said. Mervat Abdu Salam, 32, stood in the way of police...

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US Defense Manual: How to train death squads and crush revolutions from San Salvador to Baghdad

mathaba.net
Oct 9, 2008 1 related
        

The secret of surge: covertly train paramilitaries, censor the press, ban unions, employ terrorists, conduct warrantless searches, suspend habeas corpus, conceal breaches of the Geneva Convention - and make the population love...

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Aberdeen man pleads guilty in cat killings

gmnews.com
Oct 9, 2008
        

ABERDEEN — Anthony Appolonia, 50, of Aberdeen, has pleaded guilty to 19 counts of third-degree animal cruelty in connection with the torture and killing of 19 cats, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office....

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Sentencing in Portage torture case delayed

rhinelanderdailynews.com
Oct 9, 2008
        

PORTAGE, Wis. - The sentencing hearing for a woman in a Portage torture and murder case has been delayed from Friday until Nov. 4 to allow the defense lawyer more time to study a presentence investigation.

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Sri Lanka: Karunas presence in Parliament a travesty of justice

nieuwsbank.nl
Oct 8, 2008 1 related
        

Woensdag 8 oktober 2008 | Amnesty International ] 8 oktober 2008 The Sri Lankan Parliament should reject, through a vote of no confidence, the membership of Vinayagamoorthi Muralitharan, otherwise known as Karuna, who is...

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