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President Kabila asked to Rehabilitate Lemera Hospital
A call on the Congolese Government to urgently take necessary action to rehabilitate Lemera Hospital destroyed unjustly after being used as launching site of the war that led Kabila to power. MJPC has launched a website calling for...
Tags: Joseph Kabila, DRC, Congo, rehabilitation, Lemera, Hospital, Geneva Conventions
How 'Terrorists' Become 'Freedom Fighters'?: Tom Tancredo and the Iranian Mujahedin
Over past few months neoconservatives in Denver, Colorado, have been exploiting a political window of opportunity opened by two unrelated events, one in Iran and the other in Iraq, using the publicity surrounding the events to subtly reiterate...
Tags: Americans Against Terrorism, Tom Tancredo, Bob Filner, Dick Armey, Richard Armey, FreedomWorks, Charles Koch, Koch Industries, Dana Rohrabacher, Daniel Zucker, Matt Finberg, Dr. Neil Dobro, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Mujahedin-e Khalq, MEK, Peoples Mujahedin Organization of Iran, PMOI, Mujahedin Khalq Organization, MKO, National Council of Resistance of Iran, NCRI, Maryam Rajavi, Massoud Rajavi, Tim Mehdi Ghaemi, Tim Ghaemi, Alborz Real Estate, Denver, Colorado, Lone Tree, Geneva Conventions, Camp Ashraf, Iraq, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ayatollah Khomeini, US State Department, Treasury Department, FBI, Shah Reza Pahlavi, Foreign Terrorist Organization, FTO, Neda Soltan, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, RAND Corporation, Seymour Hersh, Gareth Porter, IAEA, Ana Sami, Rima Sinclair, National Iranian American Council, NIAC, Colorados Iranian American Community, CIAC, David Barsamian, Dokhi Fassihian, Nouri al-Maliki, Shiites, Kurds, Saddam Hussein, Ahmed Chalabi, Raymond Tanter, Iran Policy Committee, Department of Defense, DOD, covert operations, Kach, Kahane Chai, Meir Kahane, Israel, Palestine, West Bank, nuclear weapons
Geneva Conventions need updating, says ICRC
Geneva :: Switzerland | 3 months ago
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The Swiss-run humanitarian agency made the statement ahead of the 60th anniversary of the four Geneva Conventions on Wednesday,which bind 194 countries to basic humanitarian principles during armed conflict. The four conventions deal with the treatment...
Tags: Jakob Kellenberger, Geneva Conventions, international humanitarian, armed conflict, red cross, 60th anniversary, humanitarian law, ICRC, international committee
RIGHTS: Big Powers Faulted for Abuse of Geneva Conventions
Gaza :: Palestine | 3 months ago
Credibility When human rights groups accused the United States of violating the Geneva Conventions governing the treatment of prisoners-of-war (PoWs) in Iraq and Afghanistan, the administration of former President George W. Bush either displayed arrogance or feigned...
Tags: geneva conventions
Dotting the I's, Crossing the T's: Investigating War Crimes in Afghanistan
Because there are allegations that the Bush administration avoided investigating the deaths of 1000 Taliban prisoners that surrendered in Afganistan in 2001, President Obama has ordered his National Security team to investigate it. Good play...
Tags: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Geneva Conventions, George W. Bush, prisoners of war, US Foreign Policy
Petraeus says support for US is declining
Islamabad :: Pakistan | 6 months ago
Credibility Pakistanis are angered by "cross-border operations and reported drone strikes" that they believe "cause unacceptable civilian casualties," Petraeus wrote in court papers supporting President Barack Obama's decision not to release photographs showing the...
Tags: Geneva Conventions, Iraq, David Petraeus
The Bush Administration's Stunning Geneva Hypocrisy
Baghdad :: Iraq | 7 months ago
Credibility While making allegations of Geneva Conventions abuses by Saddam's troops in Iraq, Bush administration officials like Donald Rumsfeld were authorizing violations of the Geneva Conventions. (Photo: Reuters Pictures) Newly released US government documents,...
Tags: Bush Administration, Iraq, CIA, Barack Obama, geneva conventions
Guantanamo detainee who claimed torture is freed
London :: United Kingdom | 9 months ago
Credibility Binyam Mohamed, once accused by US officials of being part of a conspiracy to detonate a "dirty bomb" on American soil, flew to a British military base. He was released after being interviewed for four hours by police and immigration officials. He had...
Tags: Binyam Mohamed, Britain, RAF Northolt, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, London, Pakistan, Gitmo, Guantánamo Bay, geneva conventions
Noriega fights extradition before appeals court
Miami :: FL :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility A panel of appeals judges is questioning whether former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega should be taken to France to face trial on money laundering charges...Noriega claims that as a prisoner of war he should be returned to Panama now that he has finished...
Tags: Manuel Noriega, Geneva Conventions, France, Panama
Bush Trying to Avoid War Crimes Charges - Jack Cafferty
Bush Trying to Avoid War Crimes Charges 2 Minute VideoPresident Bush is trying to pardon himselfShould Congress pass a bill giving immunity to President Bush for possible war crimes? Posted 10/29/2008 (VIDEO HERE)
Tags: Bush, cheney, GENEVA CONVENTIONS, legislation, pardon, prosecution, Rumsfelf, Secret, War Crimes, WOLFOWITZ
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