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torture Sinai Torture Camps - by Stephen Lendman A November 30 Physicians for Human Rights/Israel (PHR-I) report explains "chilling evidence" of atrocities committed against sub-Saharan African refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers. Titled, "Hundreds of Refugees Held Hostage in Sinai Torture Camps Need Rescuing," it discusses their horrific ordeal in captivity, including torture, other physical abuse, male and female rapes, and killings. Human traffickers mainly hold Eritreans for ransom. Relatives are pressured to pay. Tactics include phoning them to hear loved ones cry out in pain. Survivors report starvation, punching, slapping, kicking, whipping, burial in sand, electric shocks, hanging by hands or legs, branding with hot irons, as well as rape or other forms of sexual abuse.
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Prison Radio | 01.11.2012
Last month, following the Philadelphia DA's decision to not hold a new sentencing hearing, Mumia Abu-Jamal was transferred to SCI Mahanoy, in Frackville, PA, where he as since been held in "Administrative Custody." His present conditions are actually worse than they were on death row at SCI Greene. Please join us in our call for Mumia to be immediately transferred into general population. For more information, please visit prisonradio.org and freemumia.com. More Coverage: Sadism in the Cell by Linn Washington, Jr., Counterpunch | The Torture of Mumia Abu-Jamal Continues off Death Row by Hans Bennett, Prison Radio  Call Now! Shut Down Solitary Units. Close Restricted Housing Units. End Torture Blocks.
Imperialist War, Mass Murder, and Torture, But Did September 11th Change “Everything”?
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Rich Gardner | 05.09.2011
Still more on the torture debate from Fox News and a New York Daily News columnist. A columnist for the New York Daily News, Andrea Tantaros, claimed that liberals are selectively displaying outrage. While she says it was morally wrong to shoot Osama bin Laden, that particular case of moral outrage doesn't stir liberals to protest. On the other hand, according to Tantaros, torturing terrorist suspects is morally equivalent to shooting an unarmed bin Laden, but it's only torture that's the subject of moral outrage!
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Stephen Lendman | 03.18.2011
torture Torturing Bradley Manning - by Stephen Lendman A previous article discussed him in detail, accessed through the following link: http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2010/08/bradley-manning-american-hero.html Another discussed torture as official US policy, institutionalized under Bush II, continued under Obama, practiced despite official denials, accessed below: http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2008/07/torture-as-official-us-policy.html
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Stephen Lendman | 01.10.2011
more torture Drugging Guantanamo Detainees - by Stephen Lendman From inception, most Guantanamo detainees were uncharged. On January 5, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) said: "....the vast majority of the men at Guantanamo should never have been detained in the first place, and that over 550 have been released and are peacefully rebuilding their lives." Most of the 800 captured and brought there were lawlessly "seized in broad sweeps and sold to the US (for) substantial bounties." From the Pentagon's own records, "most (have) no link to terrorism."
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Chad Andro | 07.17.2010
The United Nations’ International Day in Support of Victims of Torture is annually observed to remind people that human torture is unacceptable – and in many cases it is also a crime. On this day attention mostly goes to victims of war, prison and violent crimes, in countries of unrest predominately known for human rights violations. Youth for Human Rights Florida President Dustin McGahee points out that bullying is a form of torture here in the United States and across the globe, and a violation of Human Right #5, No Torture. In
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Angola 3 News | 07.11.2010
Focusing on the prison abolitionist movement, we interview two co-editors of an exciting new series at Daily Kos, called Criminal InJustice Kos, a weekly series "devoted to exploring the myths of 'crime', 'criminals', and criminal justice and the intersection of race/ethnicity/class/gender/sexuality/age/disability in policing and punishment. Criminal Injustice Kos is committed to furthering action towards reducing inequity in the US criminal justice system." Look for Criminal InJustice Kos every Wednesday at 6 pm CST. Stay tuned for part 2, where we focus on the practicality of prison abolition and take a close look at alternatives to the US prison system.
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James Ridgeway and Jean Casella, Solitary Watch | 06.22.2010
A federal appeals court just delivered a crushing blow to prisoners' rights. Yesterday, a ruling by a federal appeals court ensured that for the forseeable future, Albert Woodfox will remain right where he has been for the last three decades: in a 6 x 9 cell in the heart of America’s largest and most notorious prison. What's Next for Albert Woodfox of the Angola 3? | Tue Jun. 22, 2010, published by Mother Jones and Solitary Watch
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Kiilu Nyasha, Freedom is a Constant Struggle | 06.18.2010
Our first guest is Georgia Schreiber, Board Chair of California Prison Focus (CPF). CPF staff work with prisoners and their family members to expose human rights abuses with a larger vision of closing the SHU and ultimately abolishing California's racist, genocidal prison system (see www.prisons.org). |
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