Wednesday, November 15, 2006

IMMIGRANTS MyWay: "Immigrants arrested in the United States may be held indefinitely on suspicion of terrorism and may not challenge their imprisonment in civilian courts, the Bush administration said Monday, opening a new legal front in the fight over the rights of detainees." 12:45:22 PM

LAWSUIT AGAINST RUMSFELD CommonDreams: "An international grouping of lawyers has filed a lawsuit calling on German prosecutors to investigate outgoing US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for allegedly sanctioning torture. The 220-page suit is being brought on behalf of 11 former Iraqi detainees of the notorious Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad and one Saudi currently being held at the US prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The suit was filed to Germany's federal prosecutor Monika Harms at her offices in the western city of Karlsruhe, said Hannes Honecker, the secretary-general of the Germany-based Republican Attorneys' Association Tuesday. German law allows the pursuit of warcrimes cases regardless of where they originate in the world." 12:42:41 PM

WTO SLAVERY MODEL FOR AFRICA The Yes Men have a very convincing parody of the WTO. WTO Announces Formalized Slavery Model for Africa. "This is what free trade's all about," said Schmidt. "It's about the freedom to buy and sell anything - even people." 12:36:48 PM

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