News headlines for “War on Terror”, page 66
POLITICS-US: Censorship Seen in Exclusion of Foreign Scholars
- Inter Press Service
A leading legal rights group charged Tuesday that the Barack Obama Justice Department is using immigration law to censor debate by selectively barring U.S. entry to foreign scholars.
RIGHTS-US: Detainee Offered Freedom for Silence on Torture
- Inter Press Service
A British court ruled Monday that U.S. authorities had asked a Guantanamo Bay detainee to drop allegations of torture in exchange for his freedom.
POLITICS-US: Veils of Secrecy Lifting in Washington
- Inter Press Service
As President Barack Obama’s Justice Department issued sweeping new guidelines to reverse the secrecy policies of former president George W. Bush, a federal judge ordered the Central Intelligence Agency to produce unedited summaries of some 3,000 documents related to its admitted destruction of 92 videotapes of prisoners being subjected to extremely harsh interrogation techniques.
/CORRECTED REPEAT*/RIGHTS-PAKISTAN: Hopes Pinned on Reinstated Justices
- Inter Press Service
As he resumes office as Chief Justice of Pakistan on Tuesday, Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry will doubtless mull over the years since Mar. 9, 2007 when he was first unceremoniously sacked by then president Gen. Pervez Musharraf.
RIGHTS-PAKISTAN: Hopes Pinned on Reinstated Justices
- Inter Press Service
As he resumes office as Chief Justice of Pakistan on Tuesday, Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry will doubtless mull over the 17 months since Mar. 9, 2007 when he was unceremoniously sacked by then president Gen. Pervez Musharraf.
EAST TIMOR: 'Political' Appointment of Police Chief Resented
- Inter Press Service
The decision to appoint East Timor’s prosecutor general as chief of the country’s police force is being criticised by analysts who say the move is politically motivated and threatens to stunt the institution as the handover of power from the UN Police (Unpol) begins.
US-AFGHANISTAN: McKiernan Gets Control of Disputed Raids
- Inter Press Service
U.S. Special Operations forces in Afghanistan, whose commando raids and airstrikes against suspected Taliban targets have caused large numbers of civilian casualties that have angered Afghans, have quietly been put under the 'tactical control' of the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, Gen. David McKiernan, for the first time.
CHINA: Calm Over Planned North Korean Missile Launch
- Inter Press Service
Amid signs of mounting tensions on the Korean peninsula over Pyongyang’s nuclear standoff, China has remained calm and seemingly reluctant to use strong words of criticism for its neighbour and long-time communist ally.
U.S.: Obama's New Sudan Envoy Faces Big Challenges
- Inter Press Service
As the humanitarian situation in Darfur deteriorates, President Barack Obama's new Special Envoy for Sudan is likely to find his inbox filled with urgent challenges - none more immediate than how to get relief groups back into the province.
RIGHTS-US: National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT)
- Inter Press Service
A leaked Red Cross report, detailing chilling accounts of prisoner torture in 'black sites' run by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, has underlined the need for an independent commission of inquiry into possible war crimes committed by senior officials during the presidency of George W. Bush, according to a statement by 25 prominent clergymen and women.
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