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The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called for an independent investigation on reports of extra-judicial killings by Pakistan army. HRCP Chairperson Asma Jehangir said that the commission had documented accounts of mass graves found in...
Tags: human rights, HRCP, Asma Jahangir, Major General Athar Abbas, Pakistan, Taliban, Swat, watchdog, crimes against humanity, abuses
This article first appeared on DailyKOS in June, 2009 Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Stone has a hard row to hoe in his bid for the Senate seat being vacated by Dennis Hollingsworth. His GOP opponent is rumored be Joel Anderson, R-Alpine.Mr. Stone...
Tags: California, Riverside, Jeff Stone, Scientology, Gold Base, abuses, beatings, David Miscavige, human rights violations
UN Officials Urge Greater Efforts To Ensure Rights Of Afghan Detainees New York, Dec 1 2008 5:10PM Senior United Nations officials in Afghanistan have urged the Government to look at alternatives to imprisonment as well as ways to ensure the rights of...
Court Hearing for Dr. Aafia Siddiqui is now set for September 3, 3008. All over the world, we will be holding a peaceful vigil for her honarable release. She has suffered a lot and deserves to live her life as a peaceful citizen of the world. Court Hearing...
Tags: aafia, siddiqui, court hearing, pakistan, usa, human rights, abuses, bagram
Please sign The Petition for the Release of The Pakistani women Dr. Afia Siddiqui & Her 3 Children http://www.petitiononline.com/af258633/petition.html Aafia Siddiqui's family is in the process of setting up a web site where everyone can contribute...
Tags: Aafia Siddiqui, human rights, abuses, bagram
I am quite perplexed and disturbed after reading the following on the forum defence.pk. Could the abuses to Guantanamo, Bagram and other places be that bad? Or is it even worse? Can someone do such sinister things to people in the name of democracy? I...
Tags: bagram, prisoner, afghanistan, human rights, plight, woman, pakistan, abuses, Afia Siddiqui, Yvonne Ridley
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Friday rejected allegations that terror detainees held at Guantanamo Bay are being abused. Rice denied any claim of human rights abuses at Guantanmo, although she reiterated the Bush administration's desire to close...
Tags: human rights, abuses, prisoner, Guantanamo Bay
Military interrogators assaulted Afghan detainees in 2003, using investigation methods they learned during self-defense training, according to Pentagon documents released Wednesday...Detainees at the Gardez Detention Facility in southeastern Afghanistan...