UN: Canada Prevented Torture
The Afghanistan war that has been going for 10 years(!) has caused a lot of horrible things to happen to all the belligerents. The American forces have been accused of…
torture
CPW Book Salon: Taking A Stand: The Evolution of Human Rights
Author: Juan E. Méndez and Marjory Wentworth Palgrave Macmillan, September 2011 ISBN: 978-0-230-11233-9, ISBN10: 0-230-11233-1, 156.000 x 234.000 inches, 256 pages Juan Méndez has experienced human rights abuse first hand.…
Truth will out eventually
They've tried sandbagging the parliamentary committees involved, they've tried smearing the witnesses, they've tried wrapping themselves in the flag and "our brave men and women in uniform" - they've even…
#occupywallstreet grows while MSM misses the message
Why is mainstream media ignoring the #OccupyWallStreet protests?
I think less of you!
If you are a member of Le Bon Mot Book Club, I think less of you! Instead of scratching our heads wondering what kind of avaricious, bottom feeding, social pariah…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Susan Delacourt points out some analysis from Greg Lyle which looks to confirm my general take on the real balance of popular opinion between…
How Israel takes its revenge on boys who throw stones
Let Freedom Rain: How Israel takes its revenge on boys who throw stonesA side of the story you won't read in the Canadian media. Heartbreaking account of Israeli 'torture' of…
"the Obama administration has all but abandoned its obligations"
That's how the Guardian's Chris McGreal summarizes the reasoning behind the call from Human Rights Watch for foreign governments to prosecute George W. Bush — among others — for torture.…
Canada’s largest mental health institutions: Prisons
Decades ago recognizing that the institutionalisation of the mentally ill was cruel,unjust and counter productive, we started closing these facilities and embarked on a policy of community care.Well it appears…
The Sean Salvati #G20 video: Abu Ghraib comes to Toronto
So apparently it takes three big strong police officers to manhandle one guy. Naked and handcuffed.Don't know whether this is before or after they beat the shit out of him.And…
Toronto G20 Use of Agent Provocateurs
This goes in the ‘no s7!t’ pile of obvious conclusions about what happened last year during the G20 conference in Toronto, but it’s still worth reporting to the general public…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Plenty of observers have noted the Cons' complete lack of a reasonable explanation for standing in the way of a global consensus to at…
Stonewalled
Not that it should come as much surprise that the release of the first report (PDF) from the Afghan detainee document panel fits the pattern of delay and distraction from…
Pelican Bay Prisoners Set to Hunger Strike July 1
On July 1, 2011, between 50 and 100 prisoners at Pelican Bay State Prison in the Security Housing Unit (SHU), Corridor D, are going on an indefinite hunger strike. The…
TORTURE PROGRAM – US
No Wonder Congress Wants to Hide the Gitmo Detainees - The Atlantic, April 26, 2011 - by Andrew CohenWhatever else the latest Wikileaks dump says about our nation's inapt (and…
TORTURE PROGRAM – US
No Wonder Congress Wants to Hide the Gitmo Detainees – The Atlantic, April 26, 2011 – by Andrew Cohen Whatever else the latest Wikileaks dump says about our nation’s inapt…
TORTURE PROGRAM – US
No Wonder Congress Wants to Hide the Gitmo Detainees – The Atlantic, April 26, 2011 – by Andrew Cohen Whatever else the latest Wikileaks dump says about our nation’s inapt…
TORTURE PROGRAM – US
No Wonder Congress Wants to Hide the Gitmo Detainees - The Atlantic, April 26, 2011 - by Andrew CohenWhatever else the latest Wikileaks dump says about our nation's inapt (and…