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Category Archives: Torture
Kafka
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 5 April 2012 CONCEALING TORTURE In a draconian crackdown on civil liberties redolent of the totalitarian … Continue reading
Posted in China, Justice, Korea, Media, Torture, UK
Tagged civil liberties, internet surveillance, Kafka, secret courts
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UK seeks torture “assurances” from Jordan
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 5 March 2012 PONTIUS PILATE It’s that man again, Abu Qatada. He just won’t go away. … Continue reading
Posted in Jordan, Torture, UK, USA
Tagged Abu Qatada, Habeas Corpus, King Abdullah, Magna Carta, Pontius Pilate, Theresa May
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War and the USA
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 15 February 2012 We continue the process – started on 30 January 2012 – of publishing … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Military, Politics, Torture, UN, USA
Tagged Abu Ghraib, capital punishment, My Lai, Obama
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From Magna Carta to Abu Qatada
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 8 February 2012 BLACK PROPAGANDA Nothing that spies say about anything should be treated as true … Continue reading
Posted in Jordan, Justice, Politics, Torture, UK, UN
Tagged Abu Qatada, Bethlehem, Habeas Corpus, Magna Carta, Rice-Davies, spies
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The US Empire: a source of evil
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. The United States is an Empire. Moreover, unlike past empires, it does not simply dominate a … Continue reading
Posted in Torture, USA
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Asylum seekers “tortured in Congo” after forcible repatriation from UK
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. Blog: People from the Democratic Republic of Congo seeking asylum in UK have been forcibly repatriated … Continue reading
Posted in Congo (DR), Justice, Politics, Torture, UK
Tagged Democratic Republic of Congo, Justice First, torture, UK Border Agency
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UK plan to keep torture secret
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. Blog: A leader (“An open or shut case”) in the UK Guardian on 20 October hits the … Continue reading
Posted in Justice, Torture
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