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Donald Rumsfeld was a known known war criminal - CounterBlast
The former US Defense Secretary should be remembered for his connivance in horrific wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, writes Sean Ledwith
The SpyCops bill is an attack on us all: it must be resisted
We shouldn’t imagine that we are powerless and have to accept this assault on our civil liberties lying down, argues Shabbir Lakha
Protecting war criminals and torturers: the Tory bill and Starmer's shame
The passing of the Overseas Operations bill which Labour abstained on is a disservice to victims of torture and undermines international law, argues Lindsey German
Victims of torture continue to fall through the cracks of the UK’s asylum process
A political correspondent for the Immigration Advice Service explains how asylum seekers, especially torture victims, are being failed by the hostile environment
America’s Covert War in East Africa: Surveillance, Rendition, Assassination - book review
America’s Covert War in East Africa
reveals the terrible violence of US military operations in Africa, and the complicity of the UK in this dangerous policy, finds Sean Ledwith
The UN has condemned Britain 16 times in the last decade and here’s why
As the Universal Declaration of Human Rights turns 70, T.J. Coles documents recent examples of the UK falling short
The human rights abuses that couldn't be closer to home – weekly briefing
Will the New Labour imperialists ever pay for their crimes, asks Lindsey German
America's Addiction to Terrorism
In this comprehensive account of social issues rooted in the neoliberal reign of terror, Henry Giroux provides a crucial critique of free-market fundamentalism in 2016, finds Shabbir Lakha
The CIA torture report - and America's shocking response to it
The architects of the War on Terror, like George W Bush and Dick Cheney, have launched a counter offensive against the CIA report claiming that torture saved lives
None of us were like this before
None of Us Were Like This Before: US torture documented
None of Us Were Like This Before
, a definitive investigation of the use of torture in Afghanistan and Iraq, has now been
published in paperback
None of Us Were Like This Before: American Soldiers and Torture
A serious examination of the use of torture in Iraq and Afghanistan, Phillips brings home the full horror of the war crimes inflicted upon the occupied populations.
None of us were like this before: the legacy
The last in our series of extracts from
None of us were like this before
by Joshua E. S. Phillips. The book explores the legacy of torture in the “War on Terror,” told through the story of one tank battalion.
None of us were like this before: Monstering
An extract from
None of us were like this before
by Joshua E. S. Phillips. The book explores the legacy of torture in the “War on Terror,” told through the story of one tank battalion.
None of us were like this before: Murder in Bagram
An extract from
None of us were like this before
by Joshua E. S. Phillips. The book explores the legacy of torture in the “War on Terror,” told through the story of one tank battalion
None of us were like this before: The Story Begins in Afghanistan
Extracts from chapter 2 of
None of us were like this before
by Joshua E. S. Phillips. The book explores the legacy of torture in the “War on Terror,” told through the story of one tank battalion.
None of us were like this before: American soldiers and torture
Extracts from
None of us were like this before
by Joshua E. S. Phillips. The book explores the legacy of torture in the “War on Terror,” told through the story of one tank battalion.