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The Insurgent’s Tale

Posted: 30 Aug 2008 11:54 PM CDT

A veteran foot soldier reveals his role in the jihad — and why he’s having second thoughts about a holy war that seems to have no end (This article originally appeared in the Dec. 15, 2005 issue of Rolling Stone) TOM DOWNEY Khalid had been in Iraq for only a few weeks, but he was already [...]

Terrorising Muslims in the Name of Countering Terrorism

Posted: 30 Aug 2008 09:56 PM CDT

By Yoginder Sikand, TwoCircles.net In the face of a seemingly unending wave of fake encounters, killings and arrests of innocent Muslims across the country falsely accused by the police of being ‘terrorists’, a three-day Peoples’ Tribunal was recently held in Hyderabad on ‘Atrocities Committed Against Minorities in the Name of Fighting Terrorism’. Organised by three noted Delhi-based [...]

Chomsky: Britain has failed US detainees

Posted: 30 Aug 2008 09:10 PM CDT

By Robert Verkaik, Law Editor Britain has failed in its duty to stop the US from committing “shameful acts” in the treatment of suspects detained during the war on terror, one of America’s most respected intellectuals warns today. In an interview with The Independent, Professor Noam Chomsky calls on the Government to use [...]

Detainees in Al Jalama Israeli prison on hunger strike

Posted: 30 Aug 2008 08:39 PM CDT

Lawyer Bothaina Doqmaq, head of the Mandela Institute in Palestine, reported on Friday that the detainees in several sections and in solitary confinement in Al Jalama Israeli prison and interrogation center started a hunger strike on Thursday in protest to the harsh living conditions and the administration’s rejection to move them to ordinary sections although [...]

Miliband fails in court bid to keep ‘torture proof’ secret

Posted: 30 Aug 2008 08:20 PM CDT

The Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, has failed to persuade the High Court that evidence which could help prove the innocence of a British resident held in Guantanamo Bay must remain secret. Lord Justice Thomas and Mr Justice Lloyd Jones ruled yesterday that Mr Miliband had not properly considered allegations of “medieval” torture made by Binyam [...]

US lawyers urge retrial of al-Shaiba

Posted: 30 Aug 2008 08:17 PM CDT

SANA’A, (Saba) – A US lawyers team for Yemeni Guantanamo detainees has urged to retry Ramzi al-Shaiba, one of Yemeni detainees at the Guantanamo Bay, who was sentenced to death, the state-run 26sep.net has said. The team doubted Ramzi’s mental capabilities as he asked the authorities to use the death penalty against him. [...]

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