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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: death squads

death squads stories: 3 news summaries

(Newser) - Hundreds of gay men have been executed in Iraq in the last few months, CNN reports. Though homosexuals are stigmatized in Iraq, and honor killings by family members have been reported, some of the recent murders have been carried out by government security forces, Human Rights Watch says. “The... More »

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homosexuality • Iraqi government • honor killings • Iraq war • stigma • death squads • gay Iraqis • gay men

(AP) - A special tribunal convicted former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori of murder and kidnapping today and sentenced him to 25 years in prison related to death-squad activities during his autocratic 10-year rule. The judge told a hushed courtroom there was no question the 70-year-old Fujimori authorized the creation of a military... More »

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human rights • Peru • trial • Alberto Fujimori • death squads

 'Death-Squad' Serb 
 Was CIA Spook 

Agency submits classified document to international court in Stanisic's defense

Mar 1, 09 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - A Serbian leader facing trial for organizing "ethic cleansing" death squads was a key CIA aide, reports the Los Angeles Times. Jovica Stanisic, head of intelligence for brutal Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, secretly fed information to CIA agents desperate for dirt on factions in the former Yugoslavia. While Stanisic... More »

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Serbia • CIA • war crimes • international war crimes tribunal • ethnic cleansing • Slobodan Medic • Jovica Stanisic • death squads

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