Category: State Terror
Obama signs order to close Guantanamo
Promising to return America to the "moral high ground" in the war on terrorism, President Obama issued three executive orders Thursday to demonstrate a clean break from the Bush administration, including one requiring that the Guantanamo Bay detention facility be
Terror suspect interview ruling due
The High Court is to rule on a challenge by the BBC over a Government refusal to allow it to film and broadcast an interview with a terror suspect detained in the UK for more than seven years without trial.
Sri Lanka ‘still torturing’ Tamils
The UN has already found that evidence of the killing of up to 40,000 civilians amid allegations of serious human rights abuses amounted to "credible allegations" that war crimes had been committed during the last days of the civil war
US soldier jailed for Afghan murders
A US army sergeant was convicted by court-martial yesterday of murdering unarmed civilians and cutting fingers from their corpses as ringleader of a rogue platoon in Afghanistan's Kandahar province. The guilty verdict on all counts, returned after five hours of
Over 30k sign petition urging Govt to stop Babar’s extradition
More than 30,000 people have signed the e-petition urging the UK Government to stop the extradition of British detainee Babar Ahmad to the US and put him on trial in the UK instead. It is currently the highest ranked e-petition
Saudi Arabia executes eight Bangladeshi nationals
Eight Bangladeshi men have been executed in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh on Friday. The migrant workers, who were beheaded in public, were sentenced to death for the alleged murder of an Egyptian man in April 2007. Since the end
Police pay out £20k for the wrongful arrest of ‘terrorist’
The Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire Police has paid £20,000 in compensation to Rizwaan Sabir for his wrongful arrest and seven days’ detention under the Terrorism Act 2000 in May 2008.
Baha Mousa inquiry accuses British military of gratuitous violence
Baha Mousa, a 26-year old hotel worker in Basra, Iraq, died eight years ago following an “appalling episode of serious gratuitous violence” carried out by British soldiers in “a very serious breach of discipline,” a public inquiry has concluded.
British army faces further inquiries into alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners
The Baha Mousa report is not the only one to look into the question of the "systemic" abuse of Iraqi prisoners. A second inquiry is to open later this year, examining disputed allegations that up to 20 men were tortured
Mao Hengfeng was delivered home from detention unconscious and in a wheelchair
The last time Mao Hengfeng was home from jail, the celebration was short-lived. She had roughly two days of freedom before being re-detained on vague charges. Two weeks ago, when Chinese police returned Mao Hengfeng home from her most recent
