Concerns are growing among human rights groups and ex-soldiers about UK government plans for a new law to protect British soldiers from prosecution for any acts of murder or torture committed after the invasion of Iraq.
State Terror
‘It took 400 years to get to this point and will take a long time to make things right’
“When those folks are on the sidelines when black and brown bodies are being killed in our midst, it leaves a community feeling devalued, like they don’t matter,” said licensed social worker, Habeebah Rasheed Grimes.
The ten crucial questions affecting the world in the year 2020
What will the upcoming year bring in world affairs? A presidential election looms in America; the wave of leaderless protests from Chile to Lebanon is rolling on; China’s rising belligerence is being felt on the streets of Hong Kong and more.
License to kill for Britain’s secret service makes UK a police state
A ruling by British judges declaring it legal for Britain’s state security service – MI5 – to shield agents or informers from prosecution for crimes committed in the line of duty is a hugely sinister development.
Deepcut inquests: Campaign ends for James Collinson hearing
Yvonne Collinson-Heath and Jim Collinson said they saw the families of three other soldiers who died at the Army base in Surrey face new inquests and they did not have the strength.
Can the NPA save face on unresolved [historical] apartheid deaths?
Several important steps have been made over the last two weeks on the thorny and long-ignored plight of the prosecution of post Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) cases.
Probe the mystery of Luthuli’s death
No matter how much you try to suppress it, the truth has a way of floating to the top. Nowhere was this more convincingly illustrated than in the recently concluded Ahmed Timol inquest.
The Inquirer Report : Ending the [international] torture trade
Shock belts, spiked batons, and electrified thumbscrews can serve no other purpose than to inflict pain on people. But although torture is prohibited by international law, goods such as these are still produced and sold worldwide.
