Human Rights Glance
An appeals court put government prosecutors on notice that they must show evidence that an Algerian detainee held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for more than eight years is actually "part of" al Qaida, or set him free.
The decision reverses what had been a rare victory for the government since the Supreme Court ruled that Guantanamo detainees had the right to contest their incarceration in U.S. courts. Of the 50 cases that have been decided by district courts, the government has prevailed in only 14.
Government loses appeal in Guantanamo habeas case
Twilight Zone / A night in Hebron
IDF soldiers seized a high-school student, held burning cigarettes to his forehead and hands and cut his cheek with a penknife. The scars speak for themselves: a scorched hole in the middle of his forehead, like a mark of Cain, two more burn holes on his right hand and one on his left arm.
The scratches on his face and arm have already healed. That's what remains from the night on which soldiers decided to have a little fun with Salah Rajabi, a student in the 12th grade at the Tareq School in Hebron.
Rights group files FOIA requests regarding US foreknowledge of flotilla attack
Yesterday, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed eight Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests regarding the United States government’s knowledge of, and actions in relation to, the May 31, 2010 attack by Israel on a flotilla of six vessels in international waters seeking to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza,
'Israel licensed to destroy with impunity'
Amid "illegal" Israeli plans to destroy Palestinian homes, a former US congresswoman says Tel Aviv has "impunity" for the aggressive efforts of the pro-Israel lobby in the US.
"The United States and Europe give Israel impunity," Cynthia McKinney said in an interview with Press TV.
UN: human traffickers make $3 bn a year in Europe
Traffickers who subject women and children to prostitution and forced labor are engaged in one of Europe's most lucrative crimes — a euro2.5 billion a year, modern-day slave trade whose victims are growing by 50 percent annually, a United Nations agency said Tuesday.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimated that more than 140,000 people are currently controlled by organized gangs. Many victims are tricked into leaving lives of poverty in eastern Europe, Africa and Latin America with bogus promises of work.
West Must Shun Intelligence From Torture - RightsWatch
Britain, France and Germany must shun the use of intelligence from torture by third-party allies, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday, arguing the practice was not only illegal but also self-defeating for counter-terrorism.
In the long term, abuses in the name of fighting militancy feed the grievances that fuel radicalisation and recruitment to terrorism, the organisation said in a report "No Questions Asked: Intelligence Cooperation with Countries that Torture".
Palestinian Jerusalemites go work abroad and get residency revoked upon return
Palestinians who choose to study and work abroad are finding out - too late - that they have imperiled their right to return to their hometown.
Abu-Khalaf is one of 4,577 Jerusalemites whose residency was revoked in 2008, according to the data provided by the Interior Ministry to the Center for the Defense of the Individual. That is the highest number of residency revocations since the policy began in 1995. The previous record was in 2006 - 1,363 people whose residency status expired. In 1995, the number was 91. In 1996, the number 739. In 1997, there were 1,067 cases. In 1991, the number was 20.
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