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 US Slammed for Secret
 'Floating Prisons' 

Prisoners held far from courts and scrutiny, human rights group charges

Guardian (UK) Guardian (UK) Jun 2, 08 5:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US has detained terror suspects on some 17 naval ships that have been used as secret "floating prisons" around the world since 2001, according to a study by the human rights organization Reprieve. At least 50 prisoners were held on a single ship and delivered to unknown locations, reports the Guardian . More »

More about:  Guantanamo Bay • War on Terror • human rights • Guantanamo prisoners • US Navy • detainees • rendition • human rights violations

 Amnesty Again Demands
 Gitmo Closure 

'World leaders are in a state of denial' on human-rights abuses, group charges

New York Times New York Times May 28, 08 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US has “distinguished itself in recent years through defiance of international law,”  says human-rights advocate Amnesty International in its annual reports, released today. The group called for the closure of Guantanamo Bay and other secret detention centers , the New York Times reports, and the prosecution of "detainees under fair trial standards or release them." More »

More about:  2008 Beijing Olympics • Guantanamo Bay • Darfur • human rights • Amnesty International • Chechnya • human rights violations • human rights activists

South Korea
to Back UN on North Korea

Seoul shifts gears to join in criticism of
human rights record

Associated Press Associated Press Mar 26, 08 9:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - South Korea is set to vote in favor of a United Nations resolution that criticizes the "systematic, widespread, and grave violations" of human rights in North Korea, the AP reports. The South's new president, Lee Myung-bak, is changing a decade of precedent: earlier administrations have either abstained or been absent when the UN considers issues relating to the North. More »

More about:  United Nations • North Korea • South Korea • human rights • Lee Myung-bak • human rights violations

 China Off US Rights Blacklist 

State Dept. report drops China from top 10 worst abusers despite poor record

New York Times New York Times Mar 12, 08 10:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - The State Department has taken China off its list of the world's 10 worst human rights abusers, the New York Time s reports. China's human rights record "remained poor," the department's annual report said, with abuses including "extrajudicial killings, torture, and coerced confessions of prisoners." Officials declined to explain why the country was dropped from the list or whether it had anything to do with the Beijing Olympics. More »

More about:  China • Russia • Iran • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Zimbabwe • Burma • North Korea • torture • Cuba • Syria • State Department • Sudan • human rights • Amnesty International • human rights abuse • Belarus • human rights violations • Eritrea

'Urine Stew' Vid Sparks Furor
in S. Africa

Anti-integration students force-fed
black workers vile soup

Mail & Guardian (South Africa) Mail & Guardian (South Africa) Feb 28, 08 1:19 PM CST
(Newser) - South Africans have reacted with outrage and violence to a homemade video showing white college students forcing black employees to eat dirty meat and soup mixed with urine. The four Afrikaners, who don't disguise their faces, made the video to protest racial integration at the formerly all-white University of the Free State, reports the Mail & Guardian . Classes were suspended yesterday as staff and students marched in protest, and police fired stun grenades at one crowd. More »

More about:  South Africa • race relations • apartheid • human rights violations

US Multinational Faces Human Rights Trial

Mining company accused of playing role in Colombian murders

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Jul 9, 07 2:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - A landmark trial addressing corporate culpability for human-rights violations committed on foreign soil gets under way this week, testing whether an 18th-century antipiracy law applies to modern business practices. At issue is the 2001 murder of three Colombian mining-union leaders, the Wall Street Journal reports, and under scrutiny is the alleged involvement of an American mining company. More »

More about:  Colombia • Alabama • federal courts • human rights violations • utility companies • Birmingham

Afghan Prison Is as Bad as Gitmo

New Republic New Republic May 3, 07 3:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - The U.S. prison at Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan is as bad as Guantanamo, reports Eliza Griswold in the New Republic . Prisoners are kept in barbed-wire cages, beaten, tortured, raped, and held without promise of trial. But unlike Gitmo, Bagram has no visiting congressional delegations. More »

More about:  Afghanistan • Guantanamo Bay • War on Terror • prison • human rights • human rights violations • Bagram Air Force Base

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