'Dear President Obama: I was raped over and over again'

Torture is one of the worst crimes against humans, but is still prevalent worldwide. The Amnesty International asked ten well-known people to write a letter to President Obama against torture; the ten were joined...

Baluchistan is second Bangladesh; 2,000 missing persons famili...

The fate of more than 2,000 missing persons in Baluchistan is still unkown to their families as Pakistan intelligence and military is repeating Nazi-style atrocities they perpetrated in the former East...

Obama is a Neocon Liar

The following is my commentary concerning, "UN Official Demands Torture Accountability," (by Edger. Antemedius.com. July 2, 2009) and specifically Edger's comment at the end of that post as follows, "Where is the...

Sri Lanka captured Canadian

A Canadian is kept in the camps for the former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam cadres. These camps are different than the detention camps that the Sri Lankan government calls as welfare villages. The Sri Lankan...

What did i do to die?

" "Excited Ranbir Singh, an 24yrs old MBA, dresses up for his first day of work at a new office in Dehradun with Kotak Mahindra, with best wishes and blessings from family starts his journey from meerut on his bike...

UN official demands torture accountability

Ratner: Navi Pillay, UN human rights advocate says senior officials must be held accountable

Cambodia: Survivor of S-21 Prison Camp Testifies Against Duch

Vann Nath, a survivor of prison camp S-21, took the stand today to testify against Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch.  Duch ran the prison camp S-21 in which all but 14 out of 15 000 captives were...

Torture Accountability Action Day

David Swanson: Only by prosecuting torture can we end it

News and rumors from Iran- June 26-27-28

Large amounts of money from leading Iranian banks are reported to being transferred out of the country. Rafsanjani is reported to have enough votes from the Council of Experts in Qom to displace Khameini, delayed...

Can Obama Reform Health Care, Mortgages, Markets and Iran?

If you could stop all police brutality today, either in Iran or in the United States,where would you choose to bring an end to all police brutality?  If you say it is more important to stop police brutality in Iran, then I am going to guess that your skin is white or...

UN Human Rights Watchdog Criticizes U.S. Policies

Navanethem Pillay, the top United Nations human rights advocate, appealed to the Obama administration to release Guantanamo prisoners or try them in a court of law. She also said that officials that authorized...

BBC: Inmates at U.S Bagram Prison in Afghanistan were beaten

"Earlier this year former detainee, Lakhdar Boumediene, described to ABC News his experiences being abused by U.S. forces at Bagram Airforce base, now more former (released) detainees have come forward. The BBC...

Secular Baluch activists face killings, torture

As the world prepares to observe June 26 as an international day against torture, countless secular Baluch activists who think Allah has no business in politics are missing and face torture in Pakistani military...

Manohara Odelia Pinot: Tortured by Malaysian Prince Husband

A medical examination today confirmed that 17-year-old Manohara Odelia Pinot had been raped, tortured, and in other ways physically abused by her husband, 31-year-old Malaysian prince Tengku Temenggong Mohammad Fakhry. "'The medical examination has been completed and the...

Ex-Gitmo prisoner: US tortured me with needles, IV tubes

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...

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