Palestinian journalist Mohammed Omer was detained by Israeli security forces who tortured and humiliated him for several hours. He suffered cracked ribs and various other injuries. He was on his way back from Europe where he won an award for journalism.
This is a must see docuementary concerning the destruction of British citizen rights since 1997. TAKING LIBERTIES is a shocking but hilarious polemic documentary that charts the destruction of all your Basic Liberties under 10 Years of New Labour.
The UK government's policy of "deportation with assurances" was called into question on Wednesday by decisions of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales in two key cases.
Beijing is hosting the Olympic Games this year. The Olympic charter, which binds organisers and participants in the Games, asserts in particular the need to promote "a peaceful society concerned with
Rizana Nafeek, a Sri Lankan servant sentenced to death by a Saudi court, is facing decapitation. ACAT-France and ECPM have joined forces to defend poor immigrants at risk of capital punishment in Saudi Arabia.
IT WAS a rarity for Japan: two notable acquittals within a month. On March 5th Mitsuko Katagishi, a 60-year-old from southern Kyushu island, was acquitted of charges that she had killed her brother and set fire to his house.
The Supreme Court refused to give a hearing to a German man who says he was wrongly abducted, imprisoned and tortured by the CIA in a case of mistaken identity.