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Guantanamo Detainees Finally Stand Before A Judge

By: daltonvette

Washington-The Washington courts closed to the public, dozens of suspected terrorists held at Guantanamo are finally facing the judges and seeking their release, sometimes giving evidence by video from the base in Cuba. In keeping with a Supreme Court ruling last year, 15 federal judges are venting cases of foreign captives held at Guantanamo. ...

8 days ago

Man jailed for speaking out against court ruling

By: informer

A Saudi man has spent two weeks from his four-month prison term for speaking to a local newspaper against "unjust" court verdict in his own divorce case. The jail ruling was handed down by the same judge. The verdict was a flagrant violation of human rights, the Saudi judicial system, and clear instructions of King Abdullah securing ...

about 1 month ago

BURMA: Misuse of law to imprison man who complained about electricity ...

By: chnarendra

Last week the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) issued an urgent appeal on the case of a man in Burma who has been imprisoned as a consequence of making repeated complaints about electricity supply and other poor services in his neighbourhood of Rangoon. The complainant, U Khin Maung Kyi, 45, in August had called the township electricity ...

about 1 month ago

Gates blocks abuse photos release

By: intellectual

The US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has blocked the publication of further images of US soldiers abusing foreign detainees. The US administration filed a request with the Supreme Court late on Friday preventing the release of the photos. The order refers to some 40 images, including some of prisoners being abused in Afghanistan and Iraq. ...

12 days ago