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  • Justice for Abu Ghraib? U.S. on Trial
    19 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    The conviction of Specialist Charles Graner for atrocities committed at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq is a first step toward accountability for the detainee abuse scandal, but it must not be the end of the process.
    Each passing day brings new evidence that the mistreatment of Muslim prisoners - far from being an isolated incident at Abu Ghraib - was widespread in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Detainees in Afghanistan were frequently beaten, held naked and deprived of sleep for (…)

  • Torture Scandal: High level officers encouraged mistreatment of detainees
    17 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    FORT HOOD, Tex., Jan. 16 - The Army reservist accused of being the ringleader of the abuses at Abu Ghraib prison failed to convince a jury he was following orders when he mistreated detainees, but higher-ranked officers still may be prosecuted, military officials and lawyers for the officers say.
    The reservist, Specialist Charles A. Graner Jr., who was sentenced here on Saturday to 10 years in prison, could offer no witnesses or evidence to prove that higher-ups authorized the treatment (…)

  • US To Try 20 More Troops For Iraq Abuse
    17 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Suzanne Goldenberg
    The Pentagon plans to put at least 20 more US troops before military courts for abuse of detainees in the wake of last week’s high profile trial of the ringleader in the Abu Ghraib scandal, military spokesmen said yesterday.
    The various prosecutions of soldiers accused of mistreating and, in some cases, murdering detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantánamo Bay have been in the works for months, but have been largely overshadowed by the trial of the man who became (…)

  • Donald Rumsfeld and Alberto Gonzales should be prosecuted for war crimes
    14 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    By CORPORATE CRIME REPORTER
    Human Rights Watch Wants War Crimes Prosecution of Bush Administration
    19 Corporate Crime Reporter 3(3), January 13, 2005
    Human Rights Watch today called for a war crimes prosecution of high-ranking officials in the Bush administration.
    Kenneth Roth, the group’s executive director, called on the Bush administration to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate any U.S. officials who participated in, ordered, or had command responsibility for torture or (…)

  • Iraq, torture? Not if cheerleaders do it, lawyer claims
    12 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Jenny Booth
    Forcing naked Iraqi prisoners to pile themselves in human pyramids was not torture, because American cheerleaders do it every year, a court was told today.
    A lawyer defending Specialist Charles Graner, who is accused of being a ringleader in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, argued that piling naked prisoners in pyramids was a valid form of prisoner control.
    "Don’t cheerleaders all over America form pyramids six to eight times a year. Is that torture?" said Guy (…)

  • Lawyers battle over Pinochet fate
    15 December 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Lawyers for former Chilean President Augusto Pinochet are fighting a court ruling that he is fit to stand trial for alleged human rights abuses.
    They scored a minor initial victory when an order to place the 89-year-old under house arrest was suspended.
    Victims’ families celebrated as Judge Juan Guzman’s ruling brought him a step closer to trial on charges of murder and kidnapping during the 1970s.
    But Gen Pinochet’s lawyers say he is being persecuted.
    They are now appealing against (…)

  • Berlusconi ally found guilty of Mafia collusion
    13 December 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Tony Barber
    The ghosts of Italy’s mafia-infested political history returned to centre stage this weekend after a business associate and political ally of Silvio Berlusconi, prime minister, was convicted of collusion with the Sicilian Mafia.
    Marcello Dell’Utri, 63, was sentenced to nine years in prison on Saturday by a court in Palermo, Sicily’s capital, after a trial in which the main evidence came from crime bosses who testified for the prosecution.
    "This is a sentence that will (…)

  • Police State ID Card Bill Passes Without Congress Even Reading It
    9 December 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Police State ID Card Bill Passes Without Congress Even Reading It 3,000 page bill passage mirrors first Patriot Act sneak-through
    Ron Paul Liberty Committee | December 7, 2004 http://capwiz.com/liberty/issues/alert/...
    Related: Emergency Alert: National ID/Patriot Act 2 Legislation On Verge Of Passing http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/december2004/...
    UPDATE: December 7th at 7:38 p.m. The U.S. House passed the conference report on the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (…)

  • Barbara Olson’s call from Flight 77 never happened
    3 December 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Global Echo: http://globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=2434
    Barbara Olson’s call from Flight 77 never happened
    The contortions of all involved not to leave a paper trail in the form of phone bills proves it.
    by: rowland morgan on: 2nd Dec, 04
    Most of the 25 male passengers on Flight 77 were well-connected military-industrialists. Three of them were with Boeing aerospace. It seems likely that these individuals would have possessed mobile phones in their pockets, if not the others. (…)

  • Rumsfeld Sued for Alleged War Crimes
    2 December 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Alleging responsibility for war crimes and torture at Baghdad’s Abu Ghraib prison, a human rights group has filed a criminal complaint in Germany against US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other top US officials.
    The New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and Berlin’s Republican Lawyers’ Association said they and five Iraqi citizens mistreated by US soldiers were seeking a probe by German federal prosecutors of leading US policymakers.
    They said they had chosen (…)