BRUSSELLS TRIBUNAL

Two lawsuits against private military contractors (PMCs) offer encouragement. Both were brought under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS). The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed them on behalf of tortured and abused plaintiffs.

As ceasefire holds, more hurt to civilians and civilian objects is revealed, 162 Palestinians killed and 1,039 injured

by Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights on 25-11-2012

A ceasefire has entered into force and attacks on Gaza have stopped since yesterday, 21 November 2024, night. Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights is preparing a report with description of IOF attacks, and lists of their victims.

ACCOUNTABILITY ASSASSINATION DEATHS DESTRUCTION GAZA ISRAEL MIDDLE EAST OCCUPATION PALESTINE

US battles Iraq and Afghanistan over detention without charges

by Glenn Greenwald on 24-11-2012

It is ironic indeed that the US is demanding that the practice of due-process-free indefinite detention be continued in Afghanistan and Iraq, two countries it invaded and then occupied while claiming it wanted to bring freedom and democracy there.

ACCOUNTABILITY AFGHANISTAN ASSASSINATION CHILDREN DETENTION IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - POLITICS IRAQ - SPECIFIC GROUPS - PRISONERS

Give Thanks You Weren’t Bombed and Murdered By Americans

by Jay Janson on 24-11-2012

Give thanks that what is happening in Syria this year, Libya last year, in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia and Yemen in years before, continuing today, and planned to happen in Iran in the immediate future, cannot happen to you in America because Americans are not about to butcher their own, at least not yet.

ACCOUNTABILITY ASSASSINATION HUMAN RIGHTS IMPERIALISM INTERNATIONAL LAW MIDDLE EAST US USA US NATO WAR VIOLENCE