Tag: Torture
CIA Director Describes How the U.S. Outsources Torture
‘In rare remarks about a sensitive issue, the director of the CIA confirmed today that the U.S. government works with foreign intelligence agencies to capture and jointly interrogate suspected terrorists. “There are places throughout the […]
UN torture investigator barred from US prisons
‘On Tuesday, Juan Méndez, the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on Torture, Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, accused the United States government of refusing him access to Guantánamo Bay and other federal prisons, where […]
Impending Threat to Canadian Democracy: Harper Government’s ‘Anti-Terrorism Act’ isn’t about Terrorism, it’s a Torture Act
‘The Harper government’s Bill C-51, or Anti-Terrorism Act, has been in the public domain for over a month. Long enough for us to know that it subverts basic principles of constitutional law, assaults rights of […]
Meet the “Dirty Brigades” – The U.S. Trained and Funded Iraqi Soldiers Accused of War Crimes
This is another one of those “you can’t make this stuff up” articles, which perfectly highlights the complete idiocy and incompetence of American foreign policy. It’s no wonder nothing gets better, considering the corrupt status quo continues to merely rotate…
The CIA Secret Prisons in Europe. Political Camouflage in the EU. Washington’s ‘European Partners in Crime’
‘It is common knowledge that at end-January 2015 the global movement Amnesty International published a report, titled “Breaking the conspiracy of silence: USA’s European “partners in crime” must act after Senate torture report”, which throws […]
Total Mainstream Media Blackout of Chicago Secret ‘Black Site’ at Homan Square
‘As the nation continues to react to the newly discovered ‘black site’ operated by Chicago Police, the mainstream media continues to bury it’s head in the sand. National media outlets like Fox, MSNBC, and CNN […]
Four More Victims Come Forward From Chicago Secret Prison, Man Tortured Over Weed
‘Four more victims of incarceration at Chicago’s Guantanamo Bay style secret detention/torture center, known as Homan Square, have come out and spoken to The Guardian about their experience being essentially treated like cattle. They are […]
UN Reveals ‘Credible and Reliable’ Evidence of US Military Torture in Afghanistan
‘The United Nations revealed Wednesday it has “credible and reliable” evidence that people recently detained at U.S. military prisons in Afghanistan have faced torture and abuse. The UN’s Assistance Mission and High Commissioner for Human […]
The disappeared: Chicago police detain Americans at abuse-laden ‘black site’
‘The Chicago police department operates an off-the-books interrogation compound, rendering Americans unable to be found by family or attorneys while locked inside what lawyers say is the domestic equivalent of a CIA black site. The […]
How Britain’s treatment of ‘The Hooded Men’ during the Troubles became the benchmark for US ‘torture’ in the Middle East
‘When Amal Clooney flies into Belfast shortly to meet a group of former Irish prisoners known as ‘The Hooded Men’ it will be the latest chapter of an extraordinary story concerning a quest for justice […]