Category Archives: Human Rights

Outlawed

Posted on July 29, 2006 by Mash

    "Outlawed" is a video created by WITNESS and tells the story of torture and extraordinary rendition practiced by the Bush Administration. According to WITNESS: "Outlawed: Extraordinary Rendition, Torture and Disappearances in the ‘War on Terror’" tells the stories … Continue reading →

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The War On Terrorism Exception To International Treaties

Posted on July 29, 2006 by Mash

    Two months after the United Nations Committee Against Torture released its report criticizing the Bush’s Administration’s use of torture, the United Nations Human Rights Committee followed up with its own report. The committee criticized the United States for … Continue reading →

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We Have Ways Of Making You Talk!!!

Posted on July 29, 2006 by Mash

In the spring of 2002, the Bush Administration scored a major coup against al Qaeda. The third ranking member of al Qaeda, Abu Zubaydah, was captured in a daring raid in Pakistan. This surely was a major blow to the … Continue reading →

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Going After The Family

Posted on July 29, 2006 by Mash

On April 29, 2003 Waleed bin Attash was arrested by police in Karachi, Pakistan. He is suspected of planning the attack on the USS Cole. He has since been "disappeared" into the secret detention centers of the Central Intelligence Agency. … Continue reading →

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Pakistan Postpones Mirza Tahir Hussain’s Execution Again

Posted on July 28, 2006 by Mash

[Hat tip to Beagle for bringing this to my attention in a comment.] The Pakistan High Commission in London confirmed, on the day a protest was scheduled at its doorstep, that Mirza Tahir Hussain’s execution has been stayed again for another … Continue reading →

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