Bagram prisoner case comes before UK’s top court

ShareThis Bagram prisoner case comes before UK’s top court –Terror suspects at Parwan are denied access to lawyers. 02 Jul 2012 Britain’s Supreme Court has taken up the case of a 29-year-old detainee held by American officials at an Afghan prison outside Bagram air base. The two-day hearing in the case of Yunus Rahmatullah of [...]

Alleged US Army doc: re-education camps and psy-op missions aimed at activists

An American military document just uncovered appears to detail an US Army plan that calls for detaining “political activists” at re-education camps staffed by military-hired “PSYOP officers” in both America and abroad. The website Infowars.com has unearthed the smoking gun, a copy of a United States military manual entitled FM 3-39.40 Internment and Resettlement Operations, [...]

British government asks US to hand over unlawfully held Bagram prisoner

ShareThis British government asks US to hand over unlawfully held Bagram prisoner 21 Dec 2011 The British government has asked Washington to hand over a man held by US forces in Afghanistan after the appeal court ordered a writ of habeas corpus be issued seven years after he was detained. The court ordered the writ [...]

IDF official: Shalit deal stalled as female Palestinian prisoners resist Gaza deportation

ShareThis IDF official: Shalit deal stalled as female Palestinian prisoners resist Gaza deportation 18 Oct 2011 A prisoner swap deal geared at securing the release of Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit is being stalled, a Israeli army official said on Tuesday, as a result of the refusal of two female Palestinian prisoners to be [...]