On Dec. 1, 2009, Yukiya Amano began his tenure as the director general (DG) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), after a bitter election in which he narrowly defeated the South African diplomat Abdul Minty. On Feb. 18, 2010, Amano issued his first report...
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On the Death of Shaima Alawadi
It sickens me to write this, to report on the latest manifestation of the hate that has enveloped my country and spread out across the world like a giant oil spill, but the death of Shaima Alawadi, a 32-year-old Iraqi woman and mother of five, is a moral obscenity...
Iraq: Fugitive VP Asks Rights Groups To Investigate Torture Allegations; 9 Killed in Attacks
Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi called on international human rights groups to independently find out if the Iraqi government tortured his bodyguard to death. At least nine Iraqis were killed and 16 more were wounded in attacks.
read moreIraq Rights Commission Reviews Evidence of Forced Confessions in Hashemi Case
Iraq’s Human Rights Commission reported it is reviewing “initial signs” that Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi’s staff was forced to give confessions that implicated the vice president in terrorist acts. At least five Iraqis were killed and 13 more were wounded in new attacks.
read more‘This Is Not Who We Are’ – Oh Yeah?
As if the winds of war weren’t already approaching gale force in the wrong direction for the US and its NATO counterparts in Afghanistan, contrary to Administration talking points designed to polish this turd of an Occupation, Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales went on a...
‘Stability’ Trumps Democracy in Egypt
HRW Calls on Iraq To Investigate Torture Claims
The New York-based rights group Human Rights Watch called on Iraq to investigate allegations of torture against its own security personnel. At least three Iraqis were killed and seven more were wounded in light violence.
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