“Plans to install cameras on planes raise civil liberties alarms in UK” (Russia Today, YouTube.com) Britain looks into in-flight surveillance cameras (rt.com, August 10, 2010) “…conversations and movements monitored while they’re flying due to a European Union project going ahead. … Continue reading →
Book By Innocent Prisoner Points To Widespread Torture (mwcnews.net, July 30, 2010) “According to Murat Kurnaz, a 19-year-old Turkish citizen raised in Germany and falsely defamed as “the German Taliban,” torture at the several prisons in which he was held … Continue reading →
New ‘Serious Offence’ Language Includes Marijuana (Students For Sensible Drug Policy, www.cannabisculture.com, August 8, 2010) “The ‘Regulations Prescribing Certain Offences to be Serious Offences’ came into effect July 13, 2010, and was publically enacted by the Federal Government early in … Continue reading →
Woman allegedly mocked during airport strip search (www.torontosun.com, July 20, 2010) About her treatment by the CBSA (Canada Border Services Agency) officers: “It’s the most embarrassing thing that’s ever happened to me in my life,” said Flynn, who cried the … Continue reading →
www.cbc.ca, July 23 2010 – Police shoving woman on video raises questions – Video shows Vancouver policeman pushing a woman with cerebral palsy to the ground. More info: Woman shoved by police says, ‘He has no right’ (http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/07/22/bc-woman-shoved-sandy-police-downtown-eastside.html?ref=rss&loomia_si=t0:a16:g2:r1:c0.119854:b35907028) “He has … Continue reading →
rawstory.com, 2010-07-10, APA campaigns against CIA ‘torture doctor’ (http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0710/apa-slams-cia-torture-doctor/) This article is all about years of U.S. torture of detainees, and complaints about American psychologists participating in torture. The U.S. government – with its friendly enabling allied governments – has … Continue reading →
July 6, 2010: (http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/taser-makers-challenge-canada-stun-gun-inquiry-findings/story-e6frg6so-1225888422418) Taser makers challenge Canada stun gun inquiry findings, www.theaustralian.com.au (Search results) “Dziekanski, a new immigrant from Poland, spent some 10 hours lost at the airport before becoming distraught and throwing furniture. He died minutes after police … Continue reading →
July 6, 2010 – War resister wins another shot at permanent residence – thestar.com Some good news. About U.S. Iraq war resister, Jeremy Hinzman’s efforts to find a safe place in Canada, the Federal Court of Appeal said “the official’s … Continue reading →
The neoconservative Project for a New American Century, produced a report in September 2000, before 9/11, Rebuilding America’s Defenses: Strategy, Forces and Resources For a New Century [original link: http://www.newamericancentury.org/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf]. On p. 51, it states: “Further, the process of transformation, … Continue reading →
TaxFree15.com has a great strategy for those of us who care about loss of rights and freedoms – including the destruction of innocent people through war and torture. This site is American, but I think the same ideas could be … Continue reading →