In Nam Khem, a poor coastal village in Thailand, when displaced survivors returned to the ruins to search for the remains of their loved ones and rebuild their homes, they found the area had been sealed off my armed men…. Read moreReal estate vultures exploit tsunami
Two US soldiers have now been charged in the deaths of two Afghan prisoners who died in US custody in December 2002, after they were apparently chained to the ceiling before being savagely beaten at the Bagram Control Point, just… Read moreMore charges in Afghan torture case
Linden Corrica, an immigrant father and husband from Guyana living in Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood, pleaded guilty to selling ten dollars worth of marijuana in exchange for a 20-day sentence in September 2003. But after serving his time at NYC’s Rikers… Read moreDeportation for a dime bag
Brazil’s ruling Workers’ Party rejected a claim by a leading weekly magazine that Colombia’s FARC guerrillas donated $5 million to its candidates for the 2002 elections. In an eight-page cover story, Veja magazine said that it had been given access… Read moreBrazil’s Workers Party denies FARC claim
Three members of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement were arrested in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn while engaged in the legal monitoring of police activities. They have been falsely charged with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, assault on a police officer… Read moreCopwatch activists arrested in Bed-Stuy
Yemeni cleric Mohammed Ali Hassan al-Moayad, 56, faces up to 75 years behind bars after a Brooklyn federal jury found him guilty of five charges stemming from a conspiracy to support al-Qaeda and Hamas. ¨Today’s convictions mark another important step… Read moreYemeni sheikh convicted in NYC
Prime Minister Tony Blair has won the support of Parliament for a new anti-terrorism law, which will allow the government to move quickly against eight foreign terror suspects who have been granted bail. The House of Lords approved new powers… Read moreDraconian UK terror law passes
The unclassified 21-page summary of a 400-page secret Pentagon report prepared by Vice-Admiral Albert Church confirms that at least six detainees have died in more than 70 proven cases of abuse in Afghanistan and Iraq, and reveals that the U.S…. Read morePentagon torture report exonerates brass
A video made by Florida National Guardsmen in the Iraq city of Ramadi shows troops kicking a gravely wounded prisoner in the face, and making the arm of a nearby corpse appear to wave. The video, obtained by the Palm… Read moreIraq torture video
An Indonesian court March 3 sentenced militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir to 30 months in prison for conspiracy in the 2002 Bali bombings, but cleared him of more serious terror charges. The sentence was criticized as too light by the… Read moreUS protests Indonesian sentence in Bali bombing
David Passaro, a CIA contract interrogator, is on trial in Raleigh, NC, for beating an Afghan prisoner who died the next day. The case has revealed several horror stories from the prison just north of Kabul—an abandoned warehouse code-named the… Read moreCIA man in Afghan abuse case to cite Bush
Pakistani authorities say they will appeal the acquittal by the country’s Supreme Court of five men charged in an "honor rape" case that drew international condemnation. In 2002, the Meerwala village council allegedly ordered Mukhtar Mai to be raped by… Read morePakistan “honor rape” case to supreme court
