MacKay seeks answers on abuse report

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. ...

25 days ago

British soldiers abused:Iraqi man says

By: pritpal_tanwer

British soldiers forced an Iraqi detainee to wear an orange jump suit and told him that he was to be executed at the US-run Guantanamo Bay camp, according to allegations in a report on Monday.The 23-year-old man alleges he was beaten and sexually abused by female and male soldiers and flown to a British detention centre in southern Iraq which he ...

25 days ago

Ritual abuse-torture

By: newsreporter

copied with permission “Ritual abuse-torture” (sometimes called “RAT”) is defined as “is one form of non-state actor torture and is about pedophilic parents, families, guardians, and like-minded adults who abuse, torture, and traffic children using organizing ritualisms.” [1][2].Contents    * 1 ...

about 1 month ago

Maher Arar's appeal to sue US govt. denied.

By: northsunm32

  Maher Arar was on his way back to Canada when he was simply changing planes in New York. He was removed and taken into custody and after several days was rendered to Syria where he was imprisoned and tortured and questioned about ties to Al Qaeda.     Under torture he confessed to various things such as attending Al Qaeda ...

about 1 month ago