(2023-12-13). UN General Assembly votes overwhelmingly for Gaza ceasefire. electronicintifada.net Palestinian civilians arbitrarily detained and tortured by Israeli ground forces.
(2023-12-14). Stop the torture! Free Dr. Aafia Siddiqui! workers.org 
The report below is excerpted from Pakistan Aaj TV, followed by excerpts from The News. Incarcerated Pakistani neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui met with her sister Dr. Fowzia for the second time in two years at a prison hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, on Monday. In one of her earlier videos, Dr. . . . |
(2023-12-14). UPDF soldiers captured on video tortuing suspect, face court martial. independent.co.ug 
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) soldiers will be tried publicly for the alleged torture of a suspected motorcycle thief. Since Tuesday, a video has been circulating on social media showing the suspect, identified as Nelson Omon, a resident of Lagot Village, Larakaraka Parish in Pubec Parish, Mucwini East …
(2023-12-14). Unilateral Sanity Could Save the World. tomdispatch.com Top American officials in the "national security" establishment are notably good at smooth rhetoric and convenient silences. Their scant regard for truth or human life has changed remarkably little since 1971 when Daniel Ellsberg risked decades in prison to leak the Pentagon Papers to the world. During the years between then and his death six months ago, he was a tireless writer, speaker, and activist. Most people remember him, of course, as the whistleblower who exposed voluminous official lies about the Vietnam War by providing 7,000 top-secret pages of classified documents to the New York Times and other newsp…