The people bear witness to massive shelling by government troops of civilian areas including hospitals. Video evidence has surfaced of bound prisoners being shot and of naked women being abused by soldiers. Watch the shifty President Mahinda Rajapaksa lying when confronted by awkward questions. He has also rejected a United Nations proposal for an enquiry into human rights abuses.
Joe Arpaio, the vicious, cruel and corrupt Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona is a symbol of a society that has become infected with hatred and fear. Arpaio’s brand of ‘law enforcement’ is now becoming commonplace not only within the United States but wherever the US has or attempts to grab control.
It’s infected the police [...]
“The flimsiest of evidence was allowed to stand because her defence lawyer, one of the worst in recent American history, failed to see her until two weeks before the trial. He was so disinterested in the case, he failed to interrogate prosecution witnesses and to call to the stand those who would most certainly have saved Linda’s life.”
In May 2006, over 45 women were arrested without explanation in San Salvador Atenco, Mexico. Many were subjected to physical, psychological and sexual violence by the police officers who arrested them and then held in prison for days before being released on bail. More than three years have passed and they are still waiting for [...]
Whatever your nationality or your religion if you believe in humanity and justice you will oppose brutality and demand your government chooses the road to peace. I particularly call to Jewish and Israeli people – demand peace, stop this brutality, live in peace with your neighbours. Calm the might of the Israeli government and armed forces, isolate the extremists on both sides of the conflict.
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On ABC News February 14, former Vice President Dick Cheney boasted, “I was a big supporter of waterboarding”. In the interview he confessed to being a key player in the commission of war crimes during the Bush administration.
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Prime Minister, Spain:
My friends we have 5 years to achieve our goal — to stop executions around the world: If we work together it is a goal within our reach.
Publishing a blog like The Duck Shoot it is inevitable that I find stories of shocking, unbelievable cruelty. This one about the ‘honour’ killing of a 16 year old girl left me almost devoid of words.
The excuse that this is a culture thing is just not acceptable. In this case the torture and murder of [...]
Threat to the Iraqi Teachers Union by the Iraqi government and Iraqi political parties.
Sharia law discriminates against women and in many ways conflicts with International human rights law. Any system law that is based on or designed to enforce obedience to religious dogma is wrong and should be resisted.
Edwin Black an award-winning New York Times bestselling author and journalist specializes in corporate and historical investigations.
He has written numerous newspaper and magazine articles, published throughout the United States, Europe and Israel. He has been featured in and been the subject of many documentaries.
His book IBM and the Holocaust reveals how IBM colluded with [...]
The G7 Nations have announced that the aid Haiti has been ‘given’ by them is to be ‘forgiven’. Most aid is in fact a loan with interest. Haiti was buried in debt long before the natural disaster that has buried them in rubble. Even if the G7 ‘forgiveness’ does materialise Haiti will still be indebted to the IMF, Venezuela and Taiwan.
The British General Election will be in May or June. Remember the war-mongers that voted to send our troops to their deaths in the illegal wars – vote them out! Remember the cheats who stole from us with phony expenses (including the Prime Minister!) – vote them out! Remember the MPs who voted our freedoms away – vote them out!
Here’s a story first read on the Reprieve web site that is not only disturbing in itself but even more disturbing that it exposes the Obama Administration as being, in it’s approach to openness and transparency at least, just as corrupt as the Bush regime.
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