Newsweek magazine is demanding the release of a Canadian journalist held in Iran.The CBC reported that Maziar Bahari was taken by a group of men believe to be "security officials" on Sunday from the apartment he share with his mother, according to Newsweek foreign editor...
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Another Gitmo prisoner has come forward to describe the torture he received at Guantanamo Bay. And, no, there was no "ticking bomb" Hollywood-ish scenario this time either. Lakdar Boumediene was never...
"Rare footage showing life in British prisoner of war camp is going on display at a new exhibition at the Imperial War Museum North in Manchester. There were over 1000 prisoner of war camps in Britain from World War II, but few moving pictures remain. Graham Satchell reports....
What this article doesn't say is how this man was tortured. How he was tied by his wrist with leather straps and hung by them for a week at a time. Or how his genitals were mutilated while he was in custody of this...
Civilian refugees imprisoned in internment camps in Vauvuniyaa [TamilNet, Thursday, 12 February 2009, 11:55 GMT] The civilian refugees who either fled the war zone or caught by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) are denied not only the freedom of movement to go out of the buildings in...
The case of Binyam Mohamed who is currently held by US authorities at Guantanamo has been big news in the UK this week as the US allegedly put pressure on the UK courts not to release information about...
Prisoner and Braveheart star Patrick McGoohan has died at the age of 80.The Emmy award winning actor died in Los Angeles after a short illness. The news was confirmed by his son-in-law, film producer Cleve...
"Report Blames Rumsfeld for Detainee Abuses By SCOTT SHANE and MARK MAZZETTI Published: December 11, 2008 WASHINGTON — A report released Thursday by leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee said top Bush...
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George Bush announced the pardons of 14 individuals and commuted 2 prison sentences today, and many more are expected to receive the same breaks before the president concludes his term on January...
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"The Colbert Report: Our Next President will be a P.O.W. POSTED BY: TheInDecider In a speech laying out his economic agenda last week, John McCain called on his fellow prisoners. John McCain says we're all prisoners. If that's the case, why shouldn't...
Asia's longest serving political leader is facing the prospect of losing his job as the President of the Maldives. The Indian Ocean tourist paradise is having its first taste of democracy with multi-party elections being held to choose a president for the next five years. The...
" Gov. Ed Rendell calls for halt to prisoner releases"" Responding to mounting criticism of Pennsylvania's parole process after the killing of a Philadelphia police...
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A French prisoner, with links to organized crime, was shot and killed by a sniper shortly before he was scheduled to be interrogated by police as part of an ongoing murder investigation. In prison on an unrelated conviction, the 29 year-old prisoner was believed to have...
It is begining or just an end, 19 year of jail has weakend him or prepared him for final solution.The spirit of freedom and constant struggle for that makes Win Tin a real winner." I will keep fighting...
This video if of a man who was a senior officer to McCain while both were POW's during the Vietnam War."John McCain has been exploiting his prisoner of war experience every chance he gets. He has used this story...