Afghanistan: bookmarks
Afghanistan: is it time to talk to ...
It's coming .... where are those red lines going to be?
Rove 'proud' of US waterboarding te...
Can't we waterboard Rove himself, and see if we can break his resolve on the use o...
Live blog: Criticism of MI5 to be r...
Hot off the press! MI5 truth or coverup about to be revealed.
Poland admits role in CIA rendition...
Bit by bit the story emerges and the political fallout begins. It's illegal and o...
Guantanamo guard reunited with ex-i...
Interesting story and on Newsnight tonight. Worth watching
Mark Steel: Here's one soldier who ...
Another humdinger from the never-much-less-than-brilliant Steel
Fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan
FOOC - classic stuff from Mark Urban
Blackwater operating at CIA Pakista...
Can we have the truth about these people, about which much controversy exists afte...
Wootton Bassett, outpost of lost En...
Another good article from the consistently thoughtful Frank Skinner.
Win hearts and minds in Afghanistan...
A better than average comment on this - comment-rich! - topic.
'Torture documents' can be seen
Can't keep this under the carpet any longer. Although Milliband is still trying!











Thank you for sharing this. It is an encouragement to keep writing
Thank you Amnesty for making it easy for us to do these things.
I am disappointed that Omar only received photocopies of the greetings sent to him. But i am delighted to here how a few simple words of belief and support from genuine people gave Omar comfort and strength. A very worthwhile campaign
Wonderful to see first hand the positive effect the Greetings Cards Campaign can have! Shocked, though, to learn that Omar Deghayes was only given photocopies of the cards and letters sent to him - very cynical.
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View all comments (7 more)It was really great to see this clip. I often wondered whether the cards and letters ever reached people - this has renewed my enthusiasm for sending them. Thanks for making it Omar.
Brilliant clip - good to see evidence both of the cards getting through to prisoners of conscience and also that the cards help them - makes me determined to send even more greetings card to prisoners this year
Omar Deghayes on Torture and British Intelligence:
Listen to first hand testimony of former Guantánamo detainee describing his interrogation by British Intelligence agent, "Andrew", and
others (MI5 and MI6) while held illegally in Pakistan, before being
sold into US custody and rendered to Bagram prison in Afghanistan and
subjected to torture.
http://www.spectacle.co.uk/...
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So the paragraph says "some Security Services officials appear to have a dubious record relating to actual involvement, and frankness about any such involvement". in other words they were most likely complicit in torture. What happens now? Prosecution?
Let me see, "A mist descends and the group just keep throwing stones until the victim doesn't move anymore." That's murder. Not justice.
Interesting read this one.... talk about double-standards
I agree with Unicorn27's comments noting that this is also disproportionately used aganst women and also for non violent 'crimes' such as adultery with poor levels of evidence or proof.