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The military police watchdog agency agreed Wednesday to release censored versions of Richard Colvin's emailed warnings on Afghan detainees previously withheld by the government from a parliamentary committee. The package of Colvin emails, and government...
Tags: afghans detainees, House of Commons, national security, Stephen Harper, Afghanistan, prime minister, Ottawa Citizen, Richard Colvin, Canada, Ottawa, Politics, Human rights abuses, War in Afghanistan, Canadian Afghan detainee abuse scandal, War Conflict, Human rights in Afghanistan, Peter MacKay, Michael Ignatieff, Canadians of Scottish descent, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Morality, Crimes against humanity, Year of birth uncertain, Irene Mathyssen, Criminal law, Bob Rae, Helena Guergis, Military of Canada, Canadians of German descent, Military Police Complaints Commission, Jack Layton
In conversation with S Krishnan , he discusses dharma, contemporary politics and more. What was the inspiration for the book? 'India Unbound' concluded on a positive note that economic prosperity will extend to all and sundry. It was later that I realised...
Tags: morality failures, India, india unbound, Mahabharata, Mumbai, Morality, Dharma, Ethics, Mallika Sarabhai, Kurukshetra, Gurcharan Das, Sarabhai family
Quotes from the Conservative government regarding claims that Afghan prisoners detained by Canadian soldiers were being abused after they were transferred to Afghan authorities: "When lawbreakers come into our hands, we hand them over to the proper authorities.
Tags: Afghanistan, Canada, Ottawa, Politics, Canadian Afghan detainee abuse scandal, Human rights abuses, Peter MacKay, War in Afghanistan, War Conflict, Gordon O'Connor, Taliban, Human rights in Afghanistan, Morality, Kandahar, Year of birth uncertain, Violence, Torture, Stephen Harper
So when the country’s interior minister said citizens can hit back at the police, some in the country accused him of being a Pharisee.
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Formula One will return to Montreal for at least the next five years, government officials announced Friday. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday that Wal-Mart Canada Corp. was within its rights when it shut down a store in Jonquière, Que., that...
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Mt Elgon are yet to come to terms with the aftermath of the joint police and military operation,” she said. The lobby also called on President Kibaki to make public the report by the National Task Force on Police Reforms led by retired judge Justice...
Tags: IMLU, Mt Elgon, Kenya, Dr Nyanyuki, New York City, Human rights abuses, Morality, Crime against humanity, Politics, Torture, Violence, Philosophy of law
Mulalo Sivhidzho did not cry or show any emotions while making a statement to the police about his murder because she was “composed”. Sivhidzho denied prosecutor Maro Papachristoforou’s conclusion that she did not cry because she was “an ingakara” (a...
Tags: Miss Sivhidzho, Mulalo Sivhidzho, Ngcobo, South Africa, Johannesburg, Morality, Cry, Torture, Ngcobo Eastern Cape, Violence, Philosophy of law
Eight years of global efforts to combat terrorism have taught us that the use of torture and ill-treatment is deeply counterproductive. It serves as a recruiting sergeant for terrorist organizations and undermines the moral legitimacy of governments who...
Tags: Human Rights Watch, Pakistan, Karāchi, Human rights abuses, Morality, Politics, Violence, Torture, Inter-Services Intelligence, Rashid Rauf, Extraordinary rendition by the United States, Central Intelligence Agency, Crimes against humanity, Guantanamo Bay detention camp, Philosophy of law, Law Crime
The holiday season is the one time of the year in which being good is placed front and center in our cultural milieu. The prevailing dog-eat-dog view of human nature seems especially out of sorts at this time of year. Even kids awaiting Christmas booty...
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Torture fails us all Those waterboarded and beaten are torture's direct victims, but the faulty intelligence it yields makes the whole world less safe Given all that has come before it, the report published this week by Human Rights Watch (HRW) detailing...
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