FOCUS | Amnesty: Torture Widespread in US Custody

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FOCUS | Amnesty: Torture " Widespread " in US Custody

Wed, 03 May 2006 06:40:05 -0700

 

 

 

 

FOCUS | Amnesty: Torture " Widespread " in US Custody

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050306Z.shtml

 

Torture and inhumane treatment are " widespread " in US-run prisons in

Afghanistan, Iraq, Cuba and elsewhere despite Washington's denials,

Amnesty International said on Wednesday. In a report for the United

Nations'

Committee Against Torture, the London-based human rights group also

alleged abuses within the US domestic law enforcement system.

 

 

VIDEO | " Battles at Home "

A Film by Chris Hume and L. Wild Horse

http://www.truthout.org/multimedia.htm

 

 

TruthOut was in New York covering the hundreds of thousands of people

who marched in New York City for " Peace, Justice and Democracy, " on

Saturday, April 29th. In this second report, Chris Hume talks to

protesters

about the war and other battles being fought at home.

 

 

VIDEO | The War Affects Us All

A Report by Geoffrey Millard and Scott Galindez

http://www.truthout.org/multimedia.htm

 

On Saturday, April 29th, hundreds of thousands of people marched for

" Peace, Justice and Democracy. " TruthOut was there, and over the next few

days we will provide you with video reports. In the first report,

Geoffrey Millard interviews the organizers behind the scenes. The

recurring

theme was that the war affects all of us.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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