Guantanamo detainees spead word to boycott trials The Charlotte Observer By MICHAEL MELIA | Associated Press Writer | GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba -- | The message travels among Guantanamo detainees in whispers between recreation areas and shouts through slots in cell doors: Don't trust the Americans. Boycott. | Guards call it the Detainee News Network, and it is now ...
Drunk jailed for claiming accused terrorist dead Khaleej Times | SINGAPORE - A jobless man who told police that accused terrorist Mas Selamat committed suicide was jailed for 12 weeks, news reports said on Friday. | Govindaraju Narayanasamy, 66, was drunk when he called police on March 30 from a public phone at a coffee shop. | 'I think Mas Selamat has already ...
Prison bill 'breaches international treaty' The Australian | FEDERAL Human Rights Commissioner Graeme Innes yesterday attacked Queensland legislation to curtail the ability of prisoners to make complaints, saying it would be in breach of an international treaty signed by Australia. | The legislation, now bef...
From jail to a job: One mother's quest to keep her baby Canoe By Maria Sudekum Fisher, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Raechelle Romero was always running from something, starting at 15: from tough relationships with her dad and stepmother, foster homes, abusive boyfriends. | Eventually, the troubled...
Inmate found dead in Henrico jail Richmond Times Dispatch | A Henrico jail inmate who was serving time for assault of a police officer was found dead in his cell this morning. | Henrico Sheriff Michael Wade said that Donald Horton, 52, who had been scheduled for release on June 13, was discovered by his cel...
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Jailed Wesley apologises for mistakes The Times Of India | Hollywood star Wesley Snipes apologised for his “mistakes and errors” as he was jailed for three years for tax evasion last Thursday. | The Blade actor was hand...
Like Bush, I'd like `Guantánamo to end' The Miami Herald | Isolation. Torture. Extreme hot and cold. Sleep deprivation. No family contact. No lawyer. No charge. No timeline. No end in sight. | I understood that the Bush administration wa...
PM wants prisoners treated humanely Gulf News | New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called for "humanitarian" considerations to prevail when India and Pakistan take up the issue of release of prisoners caught up in th...
Over 200 Taliban suspects on hunger strike in Afghan jail Gulf News | Kandahar: More than 200 Taliban suspects have gone on a hunger strike in the Kandahar prison to demand fair trials, officials said Sunday. | The prisoners have not eaten for about six days, and three are in poor condition, said Bismillah Afghanmul,...
Handcuffed prisoner is recaptured BBC News | A handcuffed prisoner who escaped while being treated in hospital has been found at an address in Sunderland. | Scott King, 27, fled officers at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead on Friday after being detained at Washington police station. ...
Jailed Taliban suspects on hunger strike in southern Afghanistan, demand fair trials International Herald Tribune | : Afghan politicians say more than 200 Taliban suspects are on a hunger strike in the Kandahar prison. | Provincial council member Bismillah Afghanmul says the prisoners are demanding an independent committee be set up to hear their cases. They hav...
Irate Chaudhry set to refuse job The Australian | PAKISTAN'S deposed chief justice, Iftikhar Chaudhry, shocked the nation last night when he said he was so disillusioned with his situation he might reject the imminent reinstatement of him and his fellow judges, fought for by the new ruling coalition. | Approaching the new deadline of Monday for him and 60 other judges sacked by President Pervez ...
Iraqi sues U.S. firms over Abu Ghraib treatment San Fransisco Chronicle | (05-06) 04:00 PDT Los Angeles - -- | An Iraqi man sued two U.S. military contractors Monday, claiming he was repeatedly tortured while being held at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison for more than 10 months. | Emad al-Janabi's federal lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles, claims that employees of CACI International Inc. and L-3 Communications Holdings Inc...
Iraqi sues U.S. firms over Abu Ghraib treatment San Fransisco Chronicle | (05-06) 04:00 PDT Los Angeles - -- | An Iraqi man sued two U.S. military contractors Monday, claiming he was repeatedly tortured while being held at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison for more than 10 months. | Emad al-Janabi's federal lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles, claims that employees of CACI International Inc. and L-3 Communications Holdings Inc...
