Tag Archives: UN Committee Against Torture

Ireland refuses to extradite, calls out US on inhumane solitary confinement

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Susan Chandler

Irish High Court Bars Extradition of Terror Suspect to U.S., Citing Inhumanity of Solitary Confinement Loaded on April 1, 2016 by Derek Gilna published in Prison Legal News April, 2016, page 60 Filed under: War on Terror, Immigration, Control Units. … Continue reading →

Posted in #ColorOfLaw, #CruelAndUnusualPunishment, #torture | Tagged Barack Obama, Caged Crusader, color-of-law, Department of Justice, extradiction, failure to keep from harm, FBI, Florida Department of Corrections, Harold Hempstead, Ireland, James Comey, Jerry Brown, Julie Jones, Loretta Lynch, Rick Scott, solitary confinement, torture, UN Committee Against Torture | 2 Comments

Reprieve: Jack Straw rewriting UK #torture complicity history

Posted on December 14, 2015 by Susan Chandler

Reprieve +44 (0) 207 553 8140 For immediate release: Monday Dec 14, 2015 UK torture complicity: Jack Straw’s comments do not fit with facts Former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has reportedly today claimed that “the British government never condoned, nor … Continue reading →

Posted in #DetainWithoutChargeOrTrial, #Disappear, #EndlessWar, #ExtrajudicialKillings, torture, Uncategorized | Tagged Abdul-hakim Belhadj, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Binyam Mohamed, CIA, David Cameron, David Miliband, detain without charge or trial, Diego Garcia, disappear, Fatima Boudchar, Gaddafi, George W. Bush, Guantánamo, Iraq, Jack Straw, John Hutton, Libya, MI6, Morocco, rendition, Reprieve, Sir Mark Allen, Tony Blair, torture, UN Committee Against Torture, UN Committee on Human Rights | Leave a comment

Guards killing inmates is “old school” per @DOCJulieJones, but school is still in session.

Posted on June 29, 2015 by Susan Chandler

DOC secretary visits local troubled prison – NBC-2.com WBBH News for Fort Myers, Cape Coral & Naples, Florida … we do have some people that are old school and we need to get them to think differently,” said Jones. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged #DeadInmates, #ScaldedToDeath, Charlotte Correctional Institution, Darren Rainey, DAVID, Disney/ABC, Facebook for Cops, FBI, FCC, FDoC, Florida Department of Corrrections, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Gretl Plessinger, impeach, incarcerated innocents, Julie Jones, Justice Department, Loretta Lynch, Matthew Walker, Michael Crews, obstruct justice, recall, Rick Scott, SEC, torture, UN Committee Against Torture, UN Committee on Human Rights | 1 Comment

Legislated quotas make the obscene #PrisonIndustiralComplex obscenely rich

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Susan Chandler

‘Profiting From Misery’: Private Prison Corporations Driving Harsh Immigration Policies | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community Corrections Corporation of America and GEO Group, both notorious for human rights violations, dominate this rapidly growing industry, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged CCA, Corrections Corporation of America, GEO, Geo Group, ICE, mandatory minimums, UN Committee Against Torture, UN Committee on Human Rights | Leave a comment

@BarackObama rewards Egypt’s massive rights violations

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Susan Chandler

US lifts arms embargo on Egypt – Al Jazeera English The United States has announced it is lifting its hold on the supply of military equipment to Egypt, which was frozen when the military took power in Cairo nearly two … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Baher Mohamed, Barack Obama, Egypt, Ibrahim Halawa, Ireland, mass death sentences, mass trials, Military Industrial Complex, Mohamed Fahmy, Peter Greste, profits over people, Reprieve, UN Committee Against Torture, UN Committee on Human Rights, Wadi Natrum | Leave a comment

Reprieve: Shafqat Hussain’s hanging set for Thursday 19th March

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Susan Chandler

Please sign the petitions to try and stop the execution of Shafqat Hussain. Given that the U.S. Supreme Court allowed brain damaged, severely mentally ill Cecil Clayton to be executed yesterday, our government has no moral high ground to stand … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged coerced confession, Justice Project Pakistan, juvenile capital punishment, Shafqat Hussain, torture, UN Committee Against Torture, UN Committee on Human Rights | Leave a comment

Reprieve: hearing Friday re UK spying on attorney/client communications

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Susan Chandler

Reprieve: +44 (0) 207 553 8161 For immediate release: Tues March 10 2015 Hearing Friday over government spying on lawyer-client communications This Friday the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) will hold a hearing over UK government spying on privileged lawyer-client … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Abdul-Hakim Belhaj, attorney client privilege, Barack Obama, CIA, David Cameron, detain without charge or trial, disappear, Fatima Boudchar, George W. Bush, Investigatory Powers Tribunal, IPT, Karima Ait Baaziz, Libya, M16, rendition, Reprieve, Sami al Saadi, Scotland Yard, Tony Blair, torture, UK, UN Committee Against Torture, UN Committee on Human Rights, US | Leave a comment

Apparently #DiegoGarcia was just what I thought

Posted on February 3, 2015 by Susan Chandler

[To better understand Reprieve’s release, please see my prior post – #DiegoGarcia: UK’s bargaining chip?] Reprieve: +44 (0) 207 553 8160 For immediate release: Fri Jan 30, 2015 “Interrogations took place” on Diego Garcia, says Bush administration official A former … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, CIA, covert ops, dark sites, David Cameron, David Milliband, detain without charge or trial, Diego Garcia, enhanced interrogation, Foreign Affairs Committee, George W. Bush, Guantánamo, Lawrence Wilkerson, rendition, Reprieve, SSCI, targeted assasinations, Tobias Ellwood, Tony Blair, torture, UK, UN Committee Against Torture, UN Committee on Human Rights, US, US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence | Leave a comment

Reprieve re involvement w/CIA: Why doesn’t @David_Cameron stick to his original promise?

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Susan Chandler

Reprieve: +44 (0) 7791 755 415 For immediate release: Sun Feb 1, 2015 New torture inquiry may be “necessary,” concedes PM David Cameron has suggested that a further inquiry into the UK’s involvement in CIA torture may be necessary after … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, CIA, David Cameron, Diego Garcia, disappear, Freedom from Torture, G4S, George W. Bush, Guantánamo, Intelligence and Security Committee, ISC, Reprieve, Senate Intelligence Oversight Committee, targeted assassinations, Tony Blair, UN Committee Against Torture, UN Committee on Human Rights | Leave a comment

Reprieve: Pakistan apparently abandons claim it will only execute terrorists

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Susan Chandler

Reprieve: +44 (0) 207 553 8140 For immediate release: Wed Jan 28, 2015 8000 death row prisoners at risk as Pakistan plans execution of non-terrorists A Pakistani Court has ordered the first execution of a prisoner who was neither charged … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged coerced confessions, execution, Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan, Reprieve, Shoaib Sarwar, torture, UN Committee Against Torture, UN Committee on Human Rights | Leave a comment