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textDeath Squads Terrorize Chechens by IOL (reposted)
GROZNY, March5 , 2006 (IslamOnline.net & News Agency) – In the war waged by Russia troops in the small mountainous Caucasus republic of Chechnya tanks and air power are overshadowed by torture, kidnappings, and extrajudicial executions targeting not only active separatists but those who have laid down their arms, and even their sympathizers....
Posted: Sun, Mar 5, 2006 1:11pm PST
textBreast Cancer Delays Sentencing of Lynne Stewart by via list
Yesterday, Ms. Stewart, who remains free on bail, clarified the mystery when her lawyers filed a letter revealing that she is recovering from surgery on Jan. 9 for breast cancer and is about to start a program of radiation therapy. She requested a new delay of her sentencing until after July 31....
Posted: Sat, Mar 4, 2006 4:12pm PST
textCollege student actually chatged with bike sticker. by Jeff Ott
In regards to the recent charges against a college student for having a “This bike is a pipe bomb” sticker on it, please contact all of the following and RESPECTFULLY request they immediately drop all charges (Inducing a Panic) against Patrick Hanlin. Dean of Students 202 Baker University Center Ohio University Athens, OH 45701. Telephone: 740-593-1800 Fax: 740-593-0223 Office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday-Friday. deanstu@www.ohiou.edu Ohio University Police Department ...
Posted: Sat, Mar 4, 2006 10:34am PST
text Pentagon reveals Guantanamo names by BBC (reposted)
The US defence department has released the names and nationalities of some of the inmates detained at its Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba....
Posted: Fri, Mar 3, 2006 5:46pm PST
textThe Death Penalty Is Not a Deterrent - DP Awareness Week by CEDP
Supporters of the death penalty cling to "deterrence" as a major reason for their support. The logic goes that the death penalty will give a killer pause before they take a life. But the claim is really built on sand....
Posted: Fri, Mar 3, 2006 1:07pm PST
text End the silence over Chechnya by Nation (reposted)
The following is an open letter from Vaclav Havel, Andre Glucksmann, Prince Hassan bin Talal, Frederik Willem de Klerk, Mary Robinson, Yohei Sasakawa, Karel Schwarzenberg, George Soros and Desmond Tutu:...
Posted: Fri, Mar 3, 2006 8:06am PST
text Guantanamo man tells of 'torture' by BBC (reposted)
A Kuwaiti man being held at Guantanamo Bay has told the BBC in a rare interview that the force-feeding of hunger strikers amounts to torture....
Posted: Fri, Mar 3, 2006 7:12am PST
textDP Awareness Week: The Death Penalty Punishes the Poor by CEDP
Another grim reality of the death penalty is that it is almost exclusively reserved for the most disenfranchised in our society....
Posted: Thu, Mar 2, 2006 10:13pm PST
textSan Jose Mardi Gras riot police video link by cbs 5 link
On the night of Fat Tuesday, police gave out about 240 citations and made 30 arrests for vandalism to cars and businesses, and drunk in public. http://cbs5.com/topstories/local_story_061212445.html KPIX TV station (CBS 5) has a link to a fairly unedited video of a line of riot police chasing a group of women down the street, and one woman in particular looks like she is unfairly hit with a baton, with a clear camera shot....
Posted: Thu, Mar 2, 2006 6:53pm PST
textV.A. Nurse Accused of Sedition After Publishing Letter Critical of Bush on Katrina, Iraq by Democracy Now (reposted)
A Veterans Affairs nurse in Albuquerque, New Mexico, was investigated for sedition after she wrote a letter to a local newspaper criticizing the Bush administration's handling of Hurricane Katrina and the Iraq war. In her first broadcast interview, we speak with Laura Berg, as well as an attorney with the New Mexico chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union....
Posted: Thu, Mar 2, 2006 9:46am PST
videoVigil for the Constitution in San Francisco V (video/quicktime 20.6MB) by Bill Carpenter
What this country needs is a good deal more of the Bill of Rights! Two-minute QT movie. 20MB....
Posted: Wed, Mar 1, 2006 11:06pm PST
textPUEBLO hosts Community Speak Out by Jen
PUEBLO hosts Community Speak Out...
Posted: Wed, Mar 1, 2006 10:02pm PST
textDeath Penalty Panel Discussion 3/6 @ 12:45pm, Room 212 by law student
Please join us at the New College of California School of Law for a National Lawyers Guild Student Day of Action Against the Death Penalty event. We will hold a panel discussion: California Meets the World with speakers from Amnesty International and the American Civil Liberties Union....
Posted: Wed, Mar 1, 2006 9:11pm PST
image'9/11 GUILT': New Video From Local 9/11 Truth Researchers, Don Paul & Jim Hoffman
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"This documentary does an excellent job of connecting the dots about 9/11 and the possible political blueprint and financial reasons leading to that momentous event-- detailed and chilling." -- ED ASNER...
Posted: Wed, Mar 1, 2006 5:34pm PST
textSEC Covers Up UAE Money Laundering with U.S. Stocks by Tony Ryals
And some of that money laundering with this unaudited U.S.penny stock fraud's shares has been in the UAE's Dubai,Kuala Lumpur,Nicosia and through a California bank while W Bush has assured us, in order to run his deal with whoever in the UAE to surrender our ports,that the UAE has cleaned up its act and this kind of thing no longer occurs ! And the Securities Exchange Commission is harrassing business journalists to cover up such stock fraud and thus are also covering up money laundering and ...
Posted: Wed, Mar 1, 2006 3:04pm PST
textHow to help + PDX and NYC events by Family and Friends of Daniel McG
1-Donate to his legal defense 2-Sign up to the listserve and keep up to date on case updates 3-Check out Daniel's website at http://www.supportdaniel.org...
Posted: Wed, Mar 1, 2006 1:35pm PST
textDP Awareness Week: Innocence and the DP by Campaign to End the Death Penalty list
During this national week of action, our CEDP list serve will highlight one reason for each day--and highlight an event held by one of the CEDP chapters....
Posted: Wed, Mar 1, 2006 12:25pm PST
textOnly 25% of Americans know First Amendment Rights by #
The AP is reporting that only 25% of Americans can name their 1st Amendment rights of free speech, press, religion, assembly and petition for redress of grievances while 50% can name the characters on a garbage TV show, the Simpsons. This is called preparing Americans for war and fascism by keeping them ignorant. Why is there no mandatory high school civics exam?...
Posted: Wed, Mar 1, 2006 7:59am PST
textDemocracy Now: Radio Frequency Identification by Democracy Now (reposted)
We speak with Liz McIntyre, author of "Spychips: How Major Corporations and Government Plan to Track your Every Move with RFID" that examines radio frequency identification - a technology that uses tiny computer chips to track items at distance. Major corporations are working right now to install RFIDs on all consumer products. What about in you arm? Or in your kids? We also speak with freelance journalist Annalee Newitz who recently had an RFID implanted in her arm....
Posted: Wed, Mar 1, 2006 7:14am PST
textU.S. Agrees to Pay Egyptian Man $300K For Post-9/11 Detention in Unprecedented Settlement by Democracy Now (reposted)
The U.S. government has agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by an Egyptian man who spent several months in U.S. detention even though he had been cleared of terror charges. Ehab Elmaghraby was one of over 100 Muslim men rounded up and detained after the 9/11 attacks. According to a lawsuit, he was repeatedly beaten and abused by prison guards. We go to Egypt to speak with Elmaghraby and we are joined by two of his attorneys....
Posted: Wed, Mar 1, 2006 7:13am PST
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