Items filed under "human rights"

NATO Destroys Booby-Trapped Homes in Afghanistan - NYTimes.com

Mike — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 07:59:55 -0500

In Arghandab District, for instance, every one of the 40 homes in the village of Khosrow was flattened by a salvo of 25 missiles, according to the district governor, Shah Muhammed Ahmadi, who estimated that 120 to 130 houses had been demolished in his district. “There was no other way; we knew people wanted us to get rid of all these deadly I.E.D.’s,” he said, referring to improvised explosive devices, the military’s term for homemade bombs.

Hemmed-In Gazans Find Themselves Locked in Despair - NYTimes.com

Mike — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:58:58 -0400

“Our play does not mean we hate Israel,” said Abdel Qader Ismail, 24, a former employee of the military intelligence service, with no trace of irony. “We believe in Israel’s right to exist, but not on the land of Palestine. In France or in Russia, but not in Palestine. This is our home.”

Korean War Panel Finds U.S. Attacks on Civilians - NYTimes.com

Mike — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:19:01 -0400

Since 1999, journalists and historians have uncovered many declassified American military documents showing that the military had adopted a policy of shooting refugees approaching its lines — and American pilots were often directed to strafe refugee columns — all to guard against infiltrators.

Study of Waterboarding Coverage Prompts a Debate in the Press - Media Decoder Blog - NYTimes.com

Mike — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 11:12:04 -0400

A study released this week of the four biggest newspapers in the United States said that in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, there was “a dramatic shift in coverage away from nearly a century of practice recognizing waterboarding as torture.”

Op-Ed Columnist - The Two Sides of a Barbed-Wire Fence - NYTimes.com

Mike — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:28:08 -0400

The Israeli occupation of the West Bank is widely acknowledged to be unsustainable and costly to the country’s image. But one more blunt truth must be acknowledged: the occupation is morally repugnant.

Children Carry Guns for a U.S. Ally, Somalia - NYTimes.com

Mike — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:27:41 -0400

Somali government officials concede that they have not done the proper vetting. Officials also revealed that the United States government was helping pay their soldiers, an arrangement American officials confirmed, raising the possibility that the wages for some of these child combatants may have come from American taxpayers.

Priest faces criticism for shining light on human rights abuses in Colombia

Mike — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 13:08:04 -0400

"I break with a justice system that is absolutely rotten," Giraldo said. "But I am not saying that I will stop denouncing crimes."

Human rights group blasts US for post-Katrina actions - The Boston Globe

Mike — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 11:53:07 -0400

The report, titled “Un-Natural Disaster,’’ said the treatment of hurricane victims and government actions in housing, health care, and policing have prevented poor minority communities from rebuilding and returning to their homes on the Gulf Coast.

Pakistan army accused of extrajudicial killings, human rights abuses - washingtonpost.com

Mike — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:03:27 -0400

The extrajudicial execution of up to 300 alleged Taliban supporters and sympathizers in the area around Mingora, the Swat capital, has been documented by New York-based Human Rights Watch, which conducted interviews with more than 100 Swat families in February and March. A report on the alleged abuses, including torture, home demolitions and illegal detentions and disappearances, is scheduled for release this month.

Participant in 1980 assassination of Romero in El Salvador provides new details - washingtonpost.com

Mike — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:02:06 -0400

Worshipers at Romero's funeral were attacked with machine-gun fire and a bomb, which killed as many as 40 people and wounded 200.