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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 (…)

  • War Crimes Rountable- Who is really responsible for Abu Ghraib?
    12 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    War Crimes Roundtable
    As the Abu-Ghraib prison scandal began to pierce through the public consciousness, Contributing Editor Mark LeVine brought together four leading experts on international and American constitutional law to explore the implications of the scandal and the larger issue of the violations of international and American law that have become part of the fabric of the US-led occupation of Iraq.
    The extent of the daily violations of international law, including systematic war (…)

  • From the Collectif guantanamo france on the third anniversary of the concentration camp
    10 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The longest and biggest hostage taking of the 21st century enters its 4th year: guantanamo, a violation of right and sovereignty
    On this Monday, January 10th, the detention by the USA of 545 citizens from 42 countries at the concentration camp of Guantanamo, located on the territory of the Republic of Cuba, enters its 4th year. 202 other detainees have so far been released or repatriated.
    The expression ‘concentration camp’ has not been invented by the Nazis or by the Soviet rulers, but (…)

  • Memo reveals Bush authorized torture
    8 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Tim Wheeler
    WASHINGTON During confirmation hearings on Alberto Gonzales nomination as Attorney General, senators should question him about a recently uncovered memo that George W. Bush ordered the torture of detainees at Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo and other military prisons around the world, several human rights groups suggested last month.
    The groups, who joined in an ACLU Freedom of Information (FOIA) lawsuit, which won release of the memo and other incriminating documents, are (…)

  • Gonzales also tried to give President power to imprison Americans incommunicado
    7 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Focusing on torture as the main objection to Alberto Gonzales’ taking over as Attorney General distracts us from his greater sin: his attempt to give the president the power to imprison Americans incommunicado and indefinitely, without recourse to courts or lawyers. Such contempt for our civil rights shows that Gonzales cannot be trusted to protect them.
    The White House, with Gonzales as legal adviser, argued for this unchecked and arbitrary power in two cases, all the way up to the US (…)

  • U.S. preparing for lifetime jailing of terror suspects without trial
    4 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Washington Post | January 2, 2005
    WASHINGTON - Administration officials are preparing long-range plans for indefinitely imprisoning suspected terrorists whom they do not want to set free or turn over to courts in the United States or other countries, according to intelligence, defense and diplomatic officials.
    The Pentagon and the CIA have asked the White House to decide on a more permanent approach for potentially lifetime detentions, including for hundreds of people now in military and (…)

  • Newly found faith lands Marine in jail
    1 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    THE SAGINAW NEWS
    CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — U.S. Marine Cpl. Joel D. Klimkewicz says he’s willing to clear land mines and risk his life for his country.
    He’s just not willing to pick up a gun.
    Because of his new-found religious faith, the Birch Run native is spending his holidays behind bars as a conscientious objector, convicted by military superiors who see him as a disobedient soldier.
    "I couldn’t see Jesus Christ taking human life," said Klimkewicz in a phone interview from the Camp (…)

  • Amaia Urizar says Spanish Civil Guard officers raped her with pistol
    31 December 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The video of the press conference here
    The Basque organization against torture TAR and the family of Amaia Urizar denounced in a press conference that Amaia had been violated in the barracks of Guardia Civil. Amaia Urizar had been arrested by Guardia Civil and had been kept in secrecy during five days. Here the terrible testimony of Amaia Urizar.
    Attention : testimony and text very hard
    AMAIA URIZAR DE PAZ
    I was arrested on Friday, October 29th, at three AM, while I was in my (…)