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Saturday, 22 October 2005
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Thursday, 13 October 2005
Life without Parole for Child Offenders in the United States
42 US states have laws allowing for offenders under the age of 18 to be sentenced to jail for life with no possibility of parole.
A report by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said such prisoners - numbering at least 2,225 in the US - must have access to parole processes. The 157-page report, The Rest of Their Lives: Life without Parole for Child Offenders in the United States, is the first national study examining the practice of trying children as adults and sentencing them to life in adult prisons without the possibility of parole.
The report says that in the rest of the world the punishment is largely outlawed. there are no more than 12 young offenders serving life without parole. The practice is outlawed in many countries and by international law, under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The US and Somalia are the only two countries that have not ratified the treaty, the rights groups said.
archives...
the GENOCIDE of native americans
the LYNCHING of black citizens
the compulsory STERILIZATION of "undesirables"
TORTURE as foreign policy
and....
"in our names"
plus...
MP3 Bush RNC 2004 Sheep Pen Mix
"I believe America is called to lead the cause of terror in the new century."
...via Truthful Translations of Political Speech
("What they really meant when they said that.")
42 US states have laws allowing for offenders under the age of 18 to be sentenced to jail for life with no possibility of parole.
A report by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said such prisoners - numbering at least 2,225 in the US - must have access to parole processes. The 157-page report, The Rest of Their Lives: Life without Parole for Child Offenders in the United States, is the first national study examining the practice of trying children as adults and sentencing them to life in adult prisons without the possibility of parole.
The report says that in the rest of the world the punishment is largely outlawed. there are no more than 12 young offenders serving life without parole. The practice is outlawed in many countries and by international law, under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The US and Somalia are the only two countries that have not ratified the treaty, the rights groups said.
archives...
the GENOCIDE of native americans
the LYNCHING of black citizens
the compulsory STERILIZATION of "undesirables"
TORTURE as foreign policy
and....
"in our names"
plus...
MP3 Bush RNC 2004 Sheep Pen Mix
"I believe America is called to lead the cause of terror in the new century."
...via Truthful Translations of Political Speech
("What they really meant when they said that.")
Sunday, 9 October 2005
Saturday, 1 October 2005
Friday, 30 September 2005
Newly-released letters reveal HOW (mainstream reports use the word "why") the Met Police commissioner delayed the start of an independent investigation into the police execution of an innocent man on a london tube train.
to aid in the police cover up Sir Ian also called for a change in the law so he would not be forced to provide information to an independent inquiry.
bbc
guardian
meanwhile its still worth asking...
WHO IS MARK WHITBY
remember him? the so called eye witness who was a convenient feature on ALL the news reports on the day the police executed jean charles de menezes.
he said....."I saw an Asian guy. He ran on to the train, he was hotly pursued by three plain clothes officers"
A LIE
he said...""He half tripped... they pushed him to the floor"
A LIE
he said..."As [the suspect] got onto the train I looked at his face, he looked sort of left and right, but he basically looked like a cornered rabbit, a cornered fox."
A LIE
he said..."He [the suspect] had a baseball cap on and quite a sort of thickish coat - it was a coat you'd wear in winter, sort of like a padded jacket."
A LIE
he said..."I actually saw it with my own eyes."
Thursday, 29 September 2005
previously unseen US torture images must be publicly released
A judge in New York has ruled that pictures of Iraqi inmates abused by US troops should be released. The judge made the order after a request by the American Civil Liberties Union for access to unseen images.
The Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) demanded the release of 87 photographs and four videotapes as part of a lawsuit launched in 2003 on the treatment of detainees in US custody and the transfer of prisoners to countries known to use torture.
plus...
American forces' conduct towards journalists in Iraq is spiralling out of control and is preventing full coverage of the war reaching the public.
archives...
image: "in our name"
A judge in New York has ruled that pictures of Iraqi inmates abused by US troops should be released. The judge made the order after a request by the American Civil Liberties Union for access to unseen images.
The Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) demanded the release of 87 photographs and four videotapes as part of a lawsuit launched in 2003 on the treatment of detainees in US custody and the transfer of prisoners to countries known to use torture.
plus...
American forces' conduct towards journalists in Iraq is spiralling out of control and is preventing full coverage of the war reaching the public.
archives...
image: "in our name"
Wednesday, 28 September 2005
Societies are worse off when they have "God" on their side
RELIGIOUS belief can cause damage to a society according to research published yesterday.
"In general, higher rates of belief in and worship of a creator correlate with higher rates of homicide, juvenile and early adult mortality, STD infection rates, teen pregnancy and abortion in the prosperous democracies."
According to the study, belief in and worship of God are not only unnecessary for a healthy society but may actually contribute to social problems.
The study counters the view of believers that religion is necessary to provide the moral and ethical foundations of a healthy society.
"The United States is almost always the most dysfunctional of the developing democracies, sometimes spectacularly so."
also this week...
Eleven parents in the US have gone to court to protect the teaching of evolution at their local schools
The Dover Area School Board in the state of Pennsylvania requires science teachers to tell pupils that evolution is merely one unproven theory.
Teachers have to say that "intelligent design" - whose adherents believe life on earth was created by an intelligent being - is a possible alternative.
The parents say it is a religious belief that should not be taught.
They argue that its inclusion violates the constitutional separation of church and state.
According to a CBS poll one year ago, 65% of Americans want creationism to be taught along with evolution; 37% would want it to be taught instead of evolution.
Fifty-five per cent believe God created humans as we know them today.
RELIGIOUS belief can cause damage to a society according to research published yesterday.
"In general, higher rates of belief in and worship of a creator correlate with higher rates of homicide, juvenile and early adult mortality, STD infection rates, teen pregnancy and abortion in the prosperous democracies."
According to the study, belief in and worship of God are not only unnecessary for a healthy society but may actually contribute to social problems.
The study counters the view of believers that religion is necessary to provide the moral and ethical foundations of a healthy society.
"The United States is almost always the most dysfunctional of the developing democracies, sometimes spectacularly so."
also this week...
Eleven parents in the US have gone to court to protect the teaching of evolution at their local schools
The Dover Area School Board in the state of Pennsylvania requires science teachers to tell pupils that evolution is merely one unproven theory.
Teachers have to say that "intelligent design" - whose adherents believe life on earth was created by an intelligent being - is a possible alternative.
The parents say it is a religious belief that should not be taught.
They argue that its inclusion violates the constitutional separation of church and state.
According to a CBS poll one year ago, 65% of Americans want creationism to be taught along with evolution; 37% would want it to be taught instead of evolution.
Fifty-five per cent believe God created humans as we know them today.
Tracking the anti-apartheid groups
"Documents obtained by the BBC show that the Metropolitan Police closely monitored the activities of the anti-apartheid movement for 25 years...."
archives...
"Documents obtained by the BBC show that the Metropolitan Police closely monitored the activities of the anti-apartheid movement for 25 years...."
archives...
Tuesday, 27 September 2005
Menezes' relatives arrive in UK
The parents of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes, who was executed by police on a london tube train, have arrived in the UK to demand justice.
A leak in August of the IPCC investigation prompted claims of a police cover-up.
The documents contradicted early police claims that Mr Menezes' "clothing and demeanour" had added to suspicions that he was a suicide bomber linked to the 21 July attacks.
archives...
Monday, 26 September 2005
conservative mp Ann Winterton, has said that "the United Kingdom is still, thankfully, a predominantly white, Christian country."
Mrs Winterton in her article also praised the work of the London emergency services on 7 July.
Chantelle Janes, director of Cheshire Racial Equality Council responded by saying "A lot of people within those emergency services are from black and minority ethnic group."
"A lot of people on 7 July who lost people were from black and minority ethnic groups and she seems to forget that within her article."
Mrs Winterton in her article also praised the work of the London emergency services on 7 July.
Chantelle Janes, director of Cheshire Racial Equality Council responded by saying "A lot of people within those emergency services are from black and minority ethnic group."
"A lot of people on 7 July who lost people were from black and minority ethnic groups and she seems to forget that within her article."
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