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...chances that this zealous investigation will reduce the practice of torture? Much of the report rehashes old charges; it cites, for example, a "preponderance of indications" that Romania and Poland housed secret detention centers in which, presumably, terrorist suspects were kept en route to or from a country like Cuba or Afghanistan where they could be tortured with minimum legal interference. The involvement of such New European countries - although hotly denied - would not be wholly unexpected, since they were among the "coalition of the willing" that backed the Iraq invasion in 2003. More surprising are the report's allegations that...
...Peretz said. Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz, another strong supporter of Israel, pointed to what he said was Israel’s strong human rights record compared to other nations. “In a world with so many human rights violators—China, Cuba, North Korea, Iran, Sudan, etc.—the singling out of Israel, whose human rights record is far superior to those of most countries, is a destructive act of bigotry directed at the Jewish state because it is the Jewish state.” But Matory took issue with the idea...
...world with so many human rights violators—China, Cuba, North Korea, Iran, Sudan, etc.—the singling out of Israel, whose human rights record is far superior to those of most countries, is a destructive act of bigotry directed at the Jewish state because it is the Jewish state...
...most famous kid at the U.S. detention facility at Guantnamo Bay, Cuba, is Omar Khadr. A Canadian citizen, he was captured in Afghanistan in 2002 when he was only 15. The U.S. charges that he threw a grenade that killed a U.S. soldier. He faces a murder trial, which his lawyers are resisting, noting that he was a child at the time of the alleged crime. The U.S. has said Khadr was among the few juveniles being held at Guantnamo Bay. But a TIME analysis of data released earlier this month by the Pentagon indicates that Gitmo might...
...trembling, in a good way, because it was peaceful. I'm one of those crazy people who think that I'm a citizen of the world. I understand the need for political boundaries, but I certainly don't think humanity has boundaries. My father came from another country [Cuba], and I saw how he was underestimated, because of his accent or his stature - he's very short. It was the first time I'd seen a lot of people who reminded me of my father, coming together and saying, "We count. We're human beings." And that was pretty moving...