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Latest tagged entries for 'ABUSE'
America's problem is again a usurping king called George
Sunday, 18 June 2006 12:00 A GMT-05
The power grabs by George W Bush are an attempt to give the executive a near imperial power.
Cleveland Woman Convicted Of Felony And Sentenced To 60 Days In Jail For Putting Up Anti-Bush Posters
Sunday, 4 June 2006 11:53 A GMT-05
Carol Fisher, an activist and a cancer survivor, is sentenced to 2 months behind bar for posting anti-Bush slogans in Ohio.
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New Army documents reveal US knew of and approved torture before Abu Ghraib scandal
Saturday, 3 June 2006 8:09 A GMT-05
Army documents released by the ACLU allege the government's knowledge and approval of prisoner abuses in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere prior to the time the Abu Ghraib prison scandal broke out.
Couple Arrested For Asking For Directions
Saturday, 20 May 2006 12:00 A GMT-05
Baltimore City police arrested a Virginia couple over the weekend after they asked an officer for directions.
Bush's Imperial Presidency
Thursday, 27 April 2006 12:33 P GMT-05
Jim Hightower's excellent article on the imperial leanings of the Bush administration.
New Report: Rumsfeld ‘Personally Involved’ In Torture Allegations at Gitmo
Saturday, 15 April 2006 1:18 P GMT-05
Rumsfeld alleged to have personally advised the interrogators at Gitmo to use some abusive tactics on a high-value detainee.
Who's really locked up in Guantanamo?
Wednesday, 5 April 2006 10:45 A GMT-05
Tom Malinowski, Washington advocacy director of Human Rights Watch, on Guantanamo Bay prison.
9/11 Detainees In New Jersey Claim Abuse With Dogs
Monday, 3 April 2006 10:33 P GMT-05
Abuse similar to that which took place at Abu Ghraib alleged.
Daughter: DIA security roughed-up mom, 83
Saturday, 1 April 2006 7:16 P GMT-05
An 83-year old woman instructed to stand up against medical advice and generally treated in a rough manner by a TSA agent at the Denver International Airport.
Argentines Mark 30 Years Since 'Dirty War'
Friday, 24 March 2006 3:50 P GMT-05
The 'dirty war' in Argentina started 30 years ago with the military takeover.
Quiet force behind Bush policies
Friday, 24 March 2006 10:23 A GMT-05
Cheney's chief of staff David Addington: the quiet mover and shaker who stays in the shadows.
My 12 Days in Detention
Tuesday, 21 March 2006 11:31 P GMT-05
A news reporter in Iraq describes his time in captivity after he wrongly ends up on a U.S. military 'wanted list.'
Secrecy grows more common with war on terror as excuse
Monday, 13 March 2006 9:36 P GMT-05
USA Today on the increased use of secrecy in the US under the guise of the war on terror.
A patriot's open letter to President Bush
Sunday, 12 March 2006 11:20 A GMT-05
Joseph W. DuRocher, a second-generation US Navy veteran, is returning his military insignia and awards to signify his protest against the current US policies.
The Death of the Intelligence Panel
Friday, 10 March 2006 1:31 P GMT-05
The Senate panel tasked with overseeing intelligence would no longer do its job and stop the President who is engaged in illegal spying on citizens.
They Came for the Chicken Farmer
Friday, 10 March 2006 1:07 P GMT-05
An excellent New York Times editorial on innocent victims of the war on terror who through their sheer bad luck end up in hellholes like Gitmo.
Tracing the Trail of Torture
Tuesday, 7 March 2006 2:51 A GMT-05
An overview of torture in the war on terror.
'War on terror' trials could allow evidence obtained through torture
Sunday, 5 March 2006 9:59 A GMT-05
US military tribunals for terror suspects to allow some evidence obtained through torture.
A national disgrace
Sunday, 5 March 2006 1:55 A GMT-05
Attorney Thomas P. Sullivan on the conditions at the Guantanamo prison camp.
The follies of Guantanamo
Wednesday, 23 November 2005 12:04 P GMT-05
At the detention camp in Guantanamo the interrogators sometimes torture detainees, but they can't even determine their age.
Abuse, Forced Labor Rampant in New Orleans Justice System
Wednesday, 12 October 2005 5:20 P GMT-05
The videotaped beating of a New Orleans resident offers but a small sample of the widespread brutality, deprivation and railroading that have come to characterize the city’s response to alleged crimes.
Republican Congressman Slams Bush On Militarized Police State Preparation
Wednesday, 12 October 2005 12:44 P GMT-05
Ron Paul says indictment story is far more damaging than media is portraying, avian flu martial law provisions aimed at gun confiscation.
Hunger Strike Spreads at Guantanamo Camp
Tuesday, 20 September 2005 9:02 P GMT-05
A hunger strike started in June by terror suspects imprisoned by the U.S. military at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (Gitmo) – and reportedly settled – has been restarted and is growing, with 15 detainees hospitalized and 13 being fed through tubes.
After Blocking the Bridge, Gretna Circles the Wagons
Friday, 16 September 2005 10:15 P GMT-05
Long wary of next-door New Orleans, the town stands by its decision to bar the city's evacuees.
Police made their storm misery worse
Friday, 9 September 2005 2:41 P GMT-05
Police locked people in the flooded city, sometimes with no supplies to stay alive.
