US officials have blocked a UN investigator’s requests for unmonitored visits to Private Bradley Manning, who is accused of leaking secret military and diplomatic cables to whistleblowing website Wikileaks. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘torture’
US refused unmonitored Bradley Manning visits to UN investigator
Posted in Americas, Human rights, news, politics, tagged Bradley Manning, torture, UN, USA on April 12, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Egyptian women protesters forced to take ‘virginity tests’, says Amnesty
Posted in Africa, Human rights, Justice, news, tagged Amnesty International, Egypt, military, torture, women on March 26, 2011| 3 Comments »
Earlier this month clashes broke out when the military tried to clear protesters from Tahrir Square on 9 March (photo, from bbcimg.co.uk). According to Amnesty International 18 women protesters were arrested, tortured and forced to take “virginity tests” by the Egyptian army. (more…)
Bush cancels visit to Switzerland
Posted in Americas, Europe, Human rights, Justice, news, politics, tagged George W. Bush, Switzerland, torture, USA on February 7, 2011| Leave a Comment »
George W. Bush (photo, from aljazeera.net) has cancelled a visit to Switzerland planned for this weekend. (more…)
US accused of rights violations by UN
Posted in Americas, Human rights, news, politics, world, tagged George W. Bush, Guantanamo Bay, torture, UN, USA on November 6, 2010| Leave a Comment »
For the first time, the US faced the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, over accusations of human rights violations. (more…)
Tortured bodies discovered in Mexico
Posted in Americas, economy, health, Justice, news, politics, Uncategorized, tagged drug, Mexico, Tijuana, torture on October 1, 2008| Leave a Comment »
The bodies of 11 men and one woman have been found dumped in an empty lot, next to an elementary school in Tijuana city, in the northwest of the country. Most of the victims had been bound and tortured. Some had their tongues cut out and some were only partially clothed, said Prisna Perez, state police spokeswoman in Tijuana. (photo, from bbc.co.uk) (more…)
Harsh interrogation techniques sought by US officials
Posted in Americas, health, Human rights, news, politics, Uncategorized, tagged Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo Bay, interrogation, memo, torture, USA, waterboarding on June 18, 2008| Leave a Comment »

US ‘torture’ memo declassified
Posted in Americas, Human rights, politics, world, tagged memo, torture, USA on April 3, 2008| 2 Comments »
A declassified 2003 memo has been released by the US justice department. It approves the use of harsh interrogation methods on al-Qaeda and Taliban suspects held abroad. (more…)