‘Worst Bush-era policies’ becoming the ‘new normal’: ACLU
Muriel Kane The Raw Story From the point of view of civil libertarians, the Obama administration has been an exercise in frustration, with every hopeful…
Human Rights
British Army ‘involved in torture mission with US troops’
Robert Verkaik The Independent Claims that British soldiers used water torture on a badly beaten Iraqi man before unlawfully handing him over to US interrogators…
NY Rep: Investigate Torture or Face Road to “Tyranny”
Sahil Kapur Raw Story WASHINGTON – A New York Democrat argued that failing to prosecute former Bush administration officials complicit in the use of torture…
Will Gitmo Shrinks Lose Their Credentials?
Daniel Schulman Mother Jones Human rights groups target two military psychologists with ethics complaints for complicity in torture. If their aim was to break him,…
Broken Promises, Broken Laws, Broken Lives
By Amy Goodman – Truthdig Federal authorities are investigating whether officials of the government south of the border participated in a citizen’s kidnapping and torture—Canadian…