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		<title>Khmer Rouge tribunal files genocide charge against ex-leader of Cambodia&#8217;s 1970s regime</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
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Last Khmer Rouge defendant charged with genocide

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The last of the former Khmer Rouge leaders standing trial for alleged crimes committed three decades ago was charged Monday with genocide.
Ieng Thirith, the ultracommunist regime&#8217;s social affairs minister and the wife of another defendant, Ieng Sary, had earlier been charged with crimes against humanity. .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/khmer-rouge-tribunal-files-genocide-charge-against-ex-leader-of-cambodias-1970s-regime-246817/" title="Khmer Rouge tribunal files genocide charge against ex-leader of Cambodia&#8217;s 1970s regime">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Khmer Rouge prison chief&#8217;s trial enters final stage at U.N.-backed tribunal in Cambodia</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:46:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sopheng Cheang</dc:creator>
		
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Trial of Khmer Rouge prison chief in final stage

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Prosecutors in the genocide trial of a former Khmer Rouge prison chief demanded he be sentenced to 40 years in jail for his role in the killing of thousands of Cambodian prisoners.
Kaing Guek Eav commanded the notorious S-21 prison, where those accused of ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/khmer-rouge-prison-chiefs-trial-enters-final-stage-at-un-backed-tribunal-in-cambodia-234568/">Khmer Rouge prison chief&#8217;s trial enters final stage at U.N.-backed tribunal in Cambodia</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Canada&#8217;s top court hears appeal in case of youngest Guantanamo detainee</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:07:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Gillies</dc:creator>
		
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Canada Supreme Court hears Gitmo case
OTTAWA — Canada&#8217;s federal government is urging the country&#8217;s top court to overturn a judicial order that obligates the government to seek the repatriation of the youngest detainee held by the U.S. at Guantanamo Bay.

Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper has steadfastly refused to request the return of Omar Khadr, the .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/canadas-top-court-hears-appeal-in-case-of-youngest-guantanamo-detainee-228585/">Canada&#8217;s top court hears appeal in case of youngest Guantanamo detainee</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Philippine leader signs anti-torture law amid criticisms of her government&#8217;s rights record</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
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Philippine president signs anti-torture law

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine president signed a bill criminalizing all forms of torture and prohibiting state authorities from using secret detention centers, her spokesman announced Friday.
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo&#8217;s government, which has been fighting communist and Muslim insurgencies, has come under severe criticism from international rights groups, the U.S. State ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/philippine-leader-signs-anti-torture-law-amid-criticisms-of-her-governments-rights-record-228187/" title="Philippine leader signs anti-torture law amid criticisms of her government&#8217;s rights record">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Zimbabwe judge rules torture can be raised in case that has shaken coalition</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angus Shaw</dc:creator>
		
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Zimbabwe judge: Torture can be raised in case

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Defense lawyers for a top prime minister&#8217;s aide can raise torture allegations at his trial, a judge ruled Wednesday in a case that has shaken Zimbabwe&#8217;s troubled coalition government.
Judge Chinembiri Bhunu also ruled that a weapons dealer can testify at Roy Bennett&#8217;s trial, setting the .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/zimbabwe-judge-rules-torture-can-be-raised-in-case-that-has-shaken-coalition-225735/" title="Zimbabwe judge rules torture can be raised in case that has shaken coalition">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Former Bush aide asks court to toss convicted terrorist&#8217;s lawsuit challenging torture memos</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
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Former Bush aide seeks to toss torture memos suit

SAN FRANCISCO — A former Bush administration lawyer is asking a federal court to toss a lawsuit by a convicted terrorist who accuses him of drafting the legal theories that led to his alleged torture.
John Yoo, a former senior Justice Department official, asked the 9th U.S. Circuit ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-bush-aide-asks-court-to-toss-convicted-terrorists-lawsuit-challenging-torture-memos-225155/" title="Former Bush aide asks court to toss convicted terrorist&#8217;s lawsuit challenging torture memos">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mexican prison guard arrested for torture; abuse sparked deadly riots that killed 2 Americans</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mexican-prison-guard-arrested-for-torture-abuse-sparked-deadly-riots-that-killed-2-americans-221305/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
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Guard arrested for torture in Tijuana prison riots

TIJUANA, Mexico — Mexican police caught a prison official who spent a year on the run from charges of killing a 19-year-old inmate, whose beating death sparked riots that left nearly two dozen dead, including two American prisoners.
Marco Antonio Ibarra, the chief guard at Tijuana&#8217;s La Mesa State ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mexican-prison-guard-arrested-for-torture-abuse-sparked-deadly-riots-that-killed-2-americans-221305/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Mexican prison guard arrested for torture; abuse sparked deadly riots that killed 2 Americans</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mexican prison director accused of torturing inmates, killing 1, caught after year on the run</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
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Mexican prison director arrested for torture

TIJUANA, Mexico — Mexican police caught a prison official who spent a year on the run from charges of killing a 19-year-old inmate, whose beating death sparked riots that left nearly two dozen dead, including two American prisoners.
Marco Antonio Ibarra, the chief guard at Tijuana&#8217;s La Mesa State Penitentiary, was ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mexican-prison-director-accused-of-torturing-inmates-killing-1-caught-after-year-on-the-run-221303/" title="Mexican prison director accused of torturing inmates, killing 1, caught after year on the run">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Trial begins for Argentina&#8217;s last dictator, ex-generals for kidnapping, torture and murder</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa Hand Orellana</dc:creator>
		
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Last Argentine dictator, ex-generals go on trial

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Trial began Monday for Argentina&#8217;s last dictator, Reynaldo Bignone, five former generals and two others accused of kidnappings and murders in one of the nation&#8217;s largest torture centers, the Campo de Mayo military base.
Bignone is accused of holding ultimate responsibility for cases of torture, illegal  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/trial-begins-for-argentinas-last-dictator-ex-generals-for-kidnapping-torture-and-murder-215452/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Appeals court: Canadian man mistaken for terrorist, detained after 9/11 attacks cannot sue US</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Neumeister</dc:creator>
		
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Appeals court: Detained Canadian cannot sue the US

NEW YORK — A Canadian engineer cannot sue the United States after being mistaken for a terrorist when he was changing planes in New York a year after the 2001 terrorist attacks, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.
The judges of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/appeals-court-canadian-man-mistaken-for-terrorist-detained-after-911-attacks-cannot-sue-us-215174/">Appeals court: Canadian man mistaken for terrorist, detained after 9/11 attacks cannot sue US</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>UN rights panel: threats, killing of Russian journalists, rights activists alarming</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:39:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliane Engeler</dc:creator>
		
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UN panel: killing of Russian journalists alarming

GENEVA — Russia fails to protect journalists, activists, prison inmates and others at odds with authorities from a wide range of abuses, including torture and murder, the U.N. Human Rights Committee said Friday.
The findings came in a report by an 18-member panel of independent experts who urged the Kremlin .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/un-rights-panel-threats-killing-of-russian-journalists-rights-activists-alarming-212469/">Source &nbsp;: UN rights panel: threats, killing of Russian journalists, rights activists alarming</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Zimbabwe: UN torture investigator stopped at airport after ignoring word he would be blocked</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/zimbabwe-un-torture-investigator-stopped-at-airport-after-ignoring-word-he-would-be-blocked-210235/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
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Zimbabwe: UN torture investigator stopped
JOHANNESBURG — The United Nations&#8217; torture investigator said Wednesday he was stopped by immigration authorities as he tried to enter Zimbabwe in defiance of officials who rescinded his invitation.

Manfred Nowak told The Associated Press in a telephone interview that officials at the Harare airport refused to allow him through even though .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/zimbabwe-un-torture-investigator-stopped-at-airport-after-ignoring-word-he-would-be-blocked-210235/">Zimbabwe: UN torture investigator stopped at airport after ignoring word he would be blocked</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Zimbabwe blocks visit of torture investigator but he plans to proceed at invitation of PM</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/zimbabwe-blocks-visit-of-torture-investigator-but-he-plans-to-proceed-at-invitation-of-pm-209897/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carley Petesch</dc:creator>
		
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Zimbabwe blocks visit of UN torture investigator

JOHANNESBURG — At the last minute, Zimbabwe on Wednesday blocked the United Nations&#8217; torture investigator from visiting the country where opponents to President Robert Mugabe have been attacked and harassed, but he vowed to go anyway at the invitation of the prime minister.
The actions by Zimbabwe, which had invited ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/zimbabwe-blocks-visit-of-torture-investigator-but-he-plans-to-proceed-at-invitation-of-pm-209897/">Read more : Zimbabwe blocks visit of torture investigator but he plans to proceed at invitation of PM</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>UN rights office says Zimbabwe blocks visit of torture investigator</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
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UN: Zimbabwe blocks visit of torture investigator

JOHANNESBURG — Zimbabwe&#8217;s government has blocked a visit by the United Nations&#8217; torture investigator who was to examine alleged attacks on opposition activists by ruling party supporters, the world body said Wednesday.
The office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said Manfred Nowak was initially invited to Zimbabwe ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/un-rights-office-says-zimbabwe-blocks-visit-of-torture-investigator-209551/">Read more : UN rights office says Zimbabwe blocks visit of torture investigator</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees demand evidence of their alleged torture be heard in public</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ex-guantanamo-bay-detainees-demand-evidence-of-their-alleged-torture-be-heard-in-public-208221/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Stringer</dc:creator>
		
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Ex-Gitmo detainees sue UK to make evidence public

LONDON — Seven former Guantanamo Bay detainees asked the High Court in London on Tuesday to reject a government request to use secret sessions to hear allegations that Britain was complicit in their torture overseas.
Britain&#8217;s government and intelligence agencies want parts of a claim for damages filed by .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ex-guantanamo-bay-detainees-demand-evidence-of-their-alleged-torture-be-heard-in-public-208221/">Original source &nbsp;: Ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees demand evidence of their alleged torture be heard in public</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>5 charged with torturing, robbing California loan modification agents hired to save home</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/5-charged-with-torturing-robbing-california-loan-modification-agents-hired-to-save-home-207709/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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5 charged with torturing Calif. home loan agents

LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors say five people have been charged in Los Angeles with torturing and robbing two men they thought falsely promised to save their home from foreclosure.
Two men were charged Monday with torture, robbery and false imprisonment. A man and two women pleaded not guilty to ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/5-charged-with-torturing-robbing-california-loan-modification-agents-hired-to-save-home-207709/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : 5 charged with torturing, robbing California loan modification agents hired to save home</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Woman convicted in 2007 West Virginia torture case says attack was real, not based on race</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/woman-convicted-in-2007-west-virginia-torture-case-says-attack-was-real-not-based-on-race-205414/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WEST COLUMBIA, W.Va. — A woman serving in prison for her role in the 2007 kidnapping and torture of a black woman in West Virginia says the victim wasn&#8217;t telling the truth when she denied this week that the attack occurred.

Frankie Brewster told WCHS-TV in Charleston on Friday that she and six others committed a  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/woman-convicted-in-2007-west-virginia-torture-case-says-attack-was-real-not-based-on-race-205414/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Caretaker says Ohio woman who recanted West Virginia torture claim has changed story before</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/caretaker-says-ohio-woman-who-recanted-west-virginia-torture-claim-has-changed-story-before-204098/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Breen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ohio — The caregiver of a black Ohio woman who recanted 2007 allegations of being tortured says the woman has mental issues and has more than once changed her version of what happened.

Valencia Daniels of Columbus said Thursday that Megan Williams &#8220;goes back and forth, back and forth&#8221; about the allegations of being beaten, ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/caretaker-says-ohio-woman-who-recanted-west-virginia-torture-claim-has-changed-story-before-204098/">Caretaker says Ohio woman who recanted West Virginia torture claim has changed story before</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>One-time advocate says woman who recanted West Virginia torture story is being manipulated</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/one-time-advocate-says-woman-who-recanted-west-virginia-torture-story-is-being-manipulated-204011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Breen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A woman who claims her 2007 kidnapping and torture ordeal was a lie is being manipulated, according to a lawyer who once spoke on her behalf and raised thousands of dollars for her.

Malik Shabazz, founder of the Washington, D.C.-based Black Lawyers for Justice, told The Associated Press Thursday he has no doubt ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/one-time-advocate-says-woman-who-recanted-west-virginia-torture-story-is-being-manipulated-204011/">One-time advocate says woman who recanted West Virginia torture story is being manipulated</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>W.Va. woman says she lied in high-profile torture case with racial implications</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/wva-woman-says-she-lied-in-high-profile-torture-case-with-racial-implications-202169/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Breen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ohio — When a black woman told West Virginia authorities in 2007 that seven white people had raped and tortured her over several days in a racially motivated attack, minority rights groups rallied to her support.

The Rev. Al Sharpton and Black Lawyers for Justice urged prosecutors to pursue hate-crime charges. The lawyers organized a .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/wva-woman-says-she-lied-in-high-profile-torture-case-with-racial-implications-202169/" title="W.Va. woman says she lied in high-profile torture case with racial implications">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>W.Va. woman says she lied about torture at hands of whites; case raised questions about racism</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Breen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A black woman at the center of a 2007 torture case that raised questions about racism in West Virginia now says she lied about being a victim.

The law office of Columbus, Ohio, attorney Byron L. Potts says Megan Williams will attend a Wednesday afternoon news conference there during which Potts or Williams .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/wva-woman-says-she-lied-about-torture-at-hands-of-whites-case-raised-questions-about-racism-202161/">W.Va. woman says she lied about torture at hands of whites; case raised questions about racism</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Court orders British government to release details of ex-Guantanamo detainee&#8217;s alleged torture</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/court-orders-british-government-to-release-details-of-ex-guantanamo-detainees-alleged-torture-198311/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paisley Dodds</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — Seven secret paragraphs detailing the alleged torture of a former Guantanamo detainee should be disclosed, a British High Court has ruled — a decision that could ignite fresh criticism of U.S. interrogation practices and raise prickly questions for the British government.

Binyam Mohamed, an Ethiopian who moved to Britain as a teenager, was arrested ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/court-orders-british-government-to-release-details-of-ex-guantanamo-detainees-alleged-torture-198311/">Court orders British government to release details of ex-Guantanamo detainee&#8217;s alleged torture</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>UK court orders govt to disclose secret details of ex-Guantanamo detainee&#8217;s alleged torture</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — Britain&#8217;s High Court says the government must disclose secret details of a former Guantanamo Bay detainee&#8217;s alleged torture.

Judges said Friday that Foreign Secretary David Miliband should release sections of a 2008 ruling on the treatment of Binyam Mohamed.
Mohamed, an Ethiopian who moved to Britain as a teenager, was arrested in 2002 in Pakistan. .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/uk-court-orders-govt-to-disclose-secret-details-of-ex-guantanamo-detainees-alleged-torture-198181/">Source &nbsp;: UK court orders govt to disclose secret details of ex-Guantanamo detainee&#8217;s alleged torture</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Gypsy laborer faces execution in Belarus, the last European country using capital punishment</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yuras Karmanau</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TATARYA VILLAGE, Belarus — His last hopes fading, a 30-year-old illiterate Gypsy laborer whose lawyers say was tortured into confessing to murder awaits his unannounced appointment with the executioner.

With all appeals exhausted and pleas for mercy from rights activists and European officials unheeded, Vasily Yusepchuk is to be killed Soviet-style — with a bullet in .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/gypsy-laborer-faces-execution-in-belarus-the-last-european-country-using-capital-punishment-194322/">Gypsy laborer faces execution in Belarus, the last European country using capital punishment</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Zimbabwe: top Mugabe cronies dumped by state in torture case; told to defend themselves</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:24:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HARARE, Zimbabwe — A Zimbabwean official says several top officials and cronies of President Robert Mugabe being sued for torture have been renounced by the state and will not receive legal assistance.

Deputy Attorney General Prince Machaya told The Associated Press on Sunday that the state will not represent officials being sued by prominent human rights ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/zimbabwe-top-mugabe-cronies-dumped-by-state-in-torture-case-told-to-defend-themselves-193242/">Zimbabwe: top Mugabe cronies dumped by state in torture case; told to defend themselves</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqi reporter who threw shoes at Bush freed, claims he was tortured in jail</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hamza Hendawi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD — The Iraqi reporter who threw his shoes at former President George W. Bush in protest was freed from prison on Tuesday and, unrepentant, he harshly condemned the U.S. presence in his country and accused authorities of torturing him.

Muntadhar al-Zeidi&#8217;s stunning act of protest in December made him a hero for many in and .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/iraqi-reporter-who-threw-shoes-at-bush-freed-claims-he-was-tortured-in-jail-169337/">Iraqi reporter who threw shoes at Bush freed, claims he was tortured in jail</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqi who threw shoes at Bush freed; says he was tortured with electric shocks after arrest</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:41:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hamza Hendawi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD — The Iraqi reporter who threw his shoes at former President George W. Bush in protest was freed from prison on Tuesday and, unrepentant, he harshly condemned the U.S. presence in his country and accused authorities of torturing him.

Muntadhar al-Zeidi&#8217;s stunning act of protest in December made him a hero for many in and .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/iraqi-who-threw-shoes-at-bush-freed-says-he-was-tortured-with-electric-shocks-after-arrest-168848/">Iraqi who threw shoes at Bush freed; says he was tortured with electric shocks after arrest</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqi shoe thrower freed; says he was tortured with electric shock!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hamza Hendawi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD — The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former President George W. Bush says he was tortured with beatings, whippings and electric shocks during his first few days in custody.

Muntadhar al-Zeidi was freed Tuesday after nine months in prison for his stunning act of protest last December.
He told a news conference at the ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/iraqi-shoe-thrower-says-he-was-beaten-tortured-with-electric-shocks-after-arrest-168798/">Iraqi shoe thrower freed; says he was tortured with electric shock!</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>British spy agency MI6 reports own officer amid torture concerns, prompting police probe</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Stringer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — Britain&#8217;s foreign intelligence agency MI6 reported one of its officers to authorities amid new concerns over the country&#8217;s possible complicity in torture, prompting police to launch an investigation Friday, officials said.

MI6 referred an incident to the government&#8217;s chief legal adviser, Patricia Scotland, who ruled police should carry out an inquiry, Foreign Secretary David ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/british-spy-agency-mi6-reports-own-officer-amid-torture-concerns-prompting-police-probe-165991/" title="British spy agency MI6 reports own officer amid torture concerns, prompting police probe">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>British police investigate charges that spy agency MI6 was complicit in torture</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Stringer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — British police are investigating an allegation that the country&#8217;s MI6 overseas spy agency was complicit in torture, the second inquiry launched in recent months examining the conduct of the country&#8217;s spies.

Foreign Secretary David Miliband, who oversees MI6, said the agency had referred a case to the government&#8217;s chief legal adviser Patricia Scotland, who ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/british-police-investigate-charges-that-spy-agency-mi6-was-complicit-in-torture-165913/" title="British police investigate charges that spy agency MI6 was complicit in torture">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>British police to investigate allegation that spy agency was complicit in torture</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — British police say they are investigating an allegation that the country&#8217;s foreign spy agency was complicit in torture.

Foreign Secretary David Miliband, who oversees MI6, said Friday the agency had referred a case itself to the country&#8217;s chief legal adviser, who ruled police should carry out an inquiry.
Scotland Yard will investigate &#8220;the conditions under ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/british-police-to-investigate-allegation-that-spy-agency-was-complicit-in-torture-165833/">Read : British police to investigate allegation that spy agency was complicit in torture</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Iran police raid reform leader&#8217;s offices, arrest 5, in crackdown on probe into abuse claims</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali Akbar Dareini</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian security forces Tuesday cracked down on the opposition&#8217;s campaign to highlight torture and abuse of prisoners in the country&#8217;s postelection crisis, shutting down offices of pro-reform leaders and arresting five of their aides in a startling series of raids.

The raids hiked up the pressure against the top opposition leaders, Mir Hossein .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/iran-police-raid-reform-leaders-offices-arrest-5-in-crackdown-on-probe-into-abuse-claims-162857/">Iran police raid reform leader&#8217;s offices, arrest 5, in crackdown on probe into abuse claims</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Appeals court upholds deportation of Kurdish immigrant; attorneys say man was tortured</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Prichard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A Kurdish immigrant from Turkey who the U.S. government claims failed to disclose ties to a group labeled a terrorist organization lost another round Monday in his fight to remain in the United States.

In a split decision, a three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati ruled .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/appeals-court-upholds-deportation-of-kurdish-immigrant-attorneys-say-man-was-tortured-148659/">Appeals court upholds deportation of Kurdish immigrant; attorneys say man was tortured</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Former lawmakers urge clerical body to investigate Iran&#8217;s supreme leader in rare challenge</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-lawmakers-urge-clerical-body-to-investigate-irans-supreme-leader-in-rare-challenge-139698/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali Akbar Dareini</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — A group of former reformist lawmakers appealed to a powerful clerical body in Iran to investigate Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei&#8217;s qualification to rule in an unprecedented challenge to the country&#8217;s most powerful man over the postelection crackdown.

The call came as controversy heated up Friday over allegations that protesters detained the crackdown .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-lawmakers-urge-clerical-body-to-investigate-irans-supreme-leader-in-rare-challenge-139698/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Former lawmakers urge clerical body to investigate Iran&#8217;s supreme leader in rare challenge</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>As hard-liners call for his prosecution, Iranian reformist steps up criticism of prison abuse</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali Akbar Dareini</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — A hard-line cleric said Friday that an Iranian opposition leader should be prosecuted for claiming that detained protesters were raped by their jailers in the country&#8217;s postelection crackdown.

Despite the uproar, the opposition leader, Mahdi Karroubi, pushed ahead with criticism, saying some detainees were tortured to death in the crackdown and said he .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/as-hard-liners-call-for-his-prosecution-iranian-reformist-steps-up-criticism-of-prison-abuse-139564/">Read the original article &nbsp;: As hard-liners call for his prosecution, Iranian reformist steps up criticism of prison abuse</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>UN torture expert says there are credible accounts that Iran opposition tortured in prison</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GENEVA — A U.N. anti-torture investigator said Thursday he has received credible claims that Iranian protesters detained after the June 12 presidential elections were abused in prison.

The many allegations came from family members, lawyers and released detainees, said Manfred Nowak, an independent investigator appointed by the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva.
&#8220;I truly believe that .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/un-torture-expert-says-there-are-credible-accounts-that-iran-opposition-tortured-in-prison-138696/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: UN torture expert says there are credible accounts that Iran opposition tortured in prison</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>British spy chief denies torture or collusion as calls for inquiry grow</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paisley Dodds</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON —Britain&#8217;s foreign spy chief denied in an interview broadcast Monday that agents tortured terror suspects or that Britain colluded with countries that use torture.

John Scarlett&#8217;s claim comes amid growing calls for an official inquiry into how much the government knew about the treatment of terror suspects overseas. Several British residents who allege they were .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/british-spy-chief-denies-torture-or-collusion-as-calls-for-inquiry-grow-135709/" title="British spy chief denies torture or collusion as calls for inquiry grow">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Alleged harsh treatment in Afghanistan now haunts prosecution efforts at Guantanamo</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 23:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Fox</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba —U.S. military prosecutors allege that Ahmed al-Darbi has met with Osama bin Laden, trained at an al-Qaida terrorist camp, and plotted to blow up a ship in the Strait of Hormuz or off Yemen.

But the government may never be able to bring those allegations to court because of the torture  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/alleged-harsh-treatment-in-afghanistan-now-haunts-prosecution-efforts-at-guantanamo-134532/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>UK lawmakers call for independent inquiry into allegations British spies complicit in torture</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Lawless</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — The British government has refused to answer questions about whether its spies were complicit in the torture of terrorist suspects, and only an independent inquiry can clear the air and restore public confidence, a committee of lawmakers said Tuesday.

Government officials say Britain does not condone or participate in torture, but officials have avoided .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/uk-lawmakers-call-for-independent-inquiry-into-allegations-british-spies-complicit-in-torture-129570/">Read the original article &nbsp;: UK lawmakers call for independent inquiry into allegations British spies complicit in torture</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Judge says young detainee held illegally, orders his release after 6½ years at Guantanamo</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nedra Pickler</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A judge ruled Thursday that one of the youngest detainees brought to Guantanamo Bay is being held illegally and must be released — 6½ years after the detainee from Afghanistan says he was tortured into confessing at age 12.

U.S. District Judge Ellen Huvelle&#8217;s order does not end the case of Mohammed Jawad, however. ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/judge-says-young-detainee-held-illegally-orders-his-release-after-6%c2%bd-years-at-guantanamo-125861/" title="Judge says young detainee held illegally, orders his release after 6½ years at Guantanamo">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Attorneys for young Gitmo detainee seek his release, say Afghan officials ready to pick him up</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nedra Pickler</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Attorneys for a young Guantanamo Bay detainee being considered for prosecution in the United States said Tuesday that the government has no authority to continue holding him in Cuba and Afghanistan is ready to pick him up.

A federal judge who recently described the government&#8217;s case as an &#8220;outrage&#8221; ordered U.S. officials to come .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/attorneys-for-young-gitmo-detainee-seek-his-release-say-afghan-officials-ready-to-pick-him-up-123094/" title="Attorneys for young Gitmo detainee seek his release, say Afghan officials ready to pick him up">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Charity says it will seek judicial review of UK government&#8217;s handling of rendition claim</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Stringer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — A legal advocacy group sought Tuesday to compel Britain&#8217;s government to investigate a Pakistani man&#8217;s claims that he was aboard an extraordinary rendition flight that made a refueling stop in Diego Garcia, a British island in the Indian Ocean.

Reprieve said it is preparing to file a lawsuit at the High Court demanding a  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/charity-says-it-will-seek-judicial-review-of-uk-governments-handling-of-rendition-claim-122753/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>US prosecutors will try to bring 2nd Gitmo detainee to US for trial</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 06:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Devlin Barrett</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Friday signaled it will try to bring a second Guantanamo Bay detainee to the United States for trial in criminal court.

Federal prosecutors told a court Friday they no longer plan to hold Mohammed Jawad as a wartime prisoner.
Instead, they wrote in a court filing, they plan to begin a .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-prosecutors-will-try-to-bring-2nd-gitmo-detainee-to-us-for-trial-120142/">Read the original article &nbsp;: US prosecutors will try to bring 2nd Gitmo detainee to US for trial</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>US prosecutors signal 2nd Gitmo detainee headed to US for trial</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 04:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Devlin Barrett</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Friday signaled it will try to bring a second Guantanamo Bay detainee to the United States for trial in criminal court.

Federal prosecutors told a court Friday they no longer plan to hold Mohammed Jawad as a wartime prisoner.
Instead, they wrote in a court filing, they plan to begin a .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-prosecutors-signal-2nd-gitmo-detainee-headed-to-us-for-trial-120078/" title="US prosecutors signal 2nd Gitmo detainee headed to US for trial">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Justice Department agrees not to use detainee&#8217;s statements to justify continued imprisonment</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/justice-department-agrees-not-to-use-detainees-statements-to-justify-continued-imprisonment-110567/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nedra Pickler</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Justice Department agreed Wednesday not to use a Guantanamo Bay detainee&#8217;s confession that he threw a grenade at U.S. soldiers to justify keeping him imprisoned, after his attorneys argued his statements were the result of torture.

The American Civil Liberties Union had asked a federal judge to exclude as evidence all statements Mohammed ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/justice-department-agrees-not-to-use-detainees-statements-to-justify-continued-imprisonment-110567/">Justice Department agrees not to use detainee&#8217;s statements to justify continued imprisonment</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Torture never applied at Khmer Rouge prison: says senior interrogator</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sopheng Cheang</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Interrogator at Khmer Rouge prison denies torture

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A senior interrogator at the most notorious Khmer Rouge prison denied Tuesday that he tortured victims, despite grisly earlier testimony from his former boss that torture was common there.
Mam Nai, 76, told the U.N.-backed genocide tribunal that his main duty was to interrogate low-ranking Khmer ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/i-never-used-any-torture-senior-interrogator-at-khmer-rouge-prison-tells-tribunal-108681/">Read more : Torture never applied at Khmer Rouge prison: says senior interrogator</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Police find the bound, tortured bodies of 12 men in western Mexico</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Stevenson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY — Prosecutors said they found the bound, blindfolded and tortured bodies of at least a dozen people Monday on a roadside in the western state of Michoacan, which has become a flash point in Mexico&#8217;s war on drugs.

Initial reports indicated that 11 men and one woman were likely killed elsewhere at least a .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-find-the-bound-tortured-bodies-of-12-men-in-western-mexico-108553/">Police find the bound, tortured bodies of 12 men in western Mexico</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>McCain suggests a probe of interrogation practices would give recruiting tool to terrorists</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain says he&#8217;s against opening a criminal investigation into whether CIA officers tortured detainees during the Bush administration.

The Arizona Republican and former presidential candidate suggested that the fallout from embarking on a criminal investigation would provide a recruiting tool to terrorists.
McCain echoed the words of President Barack Obama, saying that it ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mccain-suggests-a-probe-of-interrogation-practices-would-give-recruiting-tool-to-terrorists-107301/">McCain suggests a probe of interrogation practices would give recruiting tool to terrorists</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>UK orders new inquiry into allegations Iraqis were tortured and killed by British troops</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Stringer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — Britain&#8217;s defense ministry ordered an inquiry Monday into allegations that Iraqi civilians were tortured and killed by British troops following a fierce gunbattle in Iraq in 2004.

Armed Forces Minister Bill Rammell said in a statement the study will examine events that followed clashes near the southern Iraqi town of Majar al-Kabir.
Six Iraqi civilians ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/uk-orders-new-inquiry-into-allegations-iraqis-were-tortured-and-killed-by-british-troops-100993/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : UK orders new inquiry into allegations Iraqis were tortured and killed by British troops</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Newly released documents describe chaos, torture allegations in Gitmo facility&#8217;s early months</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Hess</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Newly released Defense Department documents and memos about the first years of operation of the jail at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, portray a chaotic and sometimes violent operation that its own commanders described as dysfunctional.

President Barack Obama has ordered the detention facility closed next year. It holds more than 200 .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/newly-released-documents-describe-chaos-torture-allegations-in-gitmo-facilitys-early-months-98409/">Newly released documents describe chaos, torture allegations in Gitmo facility&#8217;s early months</a>.]]></description>
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