Posts Tagged ‘Red Cross’

Tiananmen Square Massacre: ‘state-enforced erasure’ of collective memory

Thursday, June 11, 2009 22:27 By GSerrano

China is observed to be suffering from amnesia regarding the massacre that occurred at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square 20 years ago. Some attribute this to state-enforced erasure of collective memory. The communist regime in China ‘tolerates no mention of the massacre.’
On June 3 and 4, 1989, students and mostly Chinese elite and intellectuals filled the tragic square with a [...]

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Tamil Tigers confirm death of leader

Sunday, May 24, 2009 21:13 By GSerrano

After days of speculation as to whether LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran is dead or still alive, the Tamil Tigers have finally admitted that their leader died on May 17. Last week, the Sri Lanka government released photos of Prabhakaran’s body but pro-Tamil websites insisted that he was ‘alive and safe.’
Now, for the first time, a [...]

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Tamil refugee camps: welfare villages as concentration camps?

Saturday, May 23, 2009 20:07 By GSerrano

The victory over the Tamil Tigers leaves questions about the future of Sri Lanka and the condition of a quarter of a million refugees. Several humanitarian agencies have asked the government to ensure access to refugee camps controlled by government troops who suspect that rebels are hiding among the civilians. Gordon Weiss, spokesman for the [...]

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Former CIA Director says Obama compromises national security

Sunday, April 26, 2009 7:38 By GSerrano

US President Barack Obama has allowed the publication of reports on the practices of the CIA. Some of these reports tell of torture that is illegal as per the treaty agreements of the Geneva Conventions, among other international legal limitations. He says those who actually conducted the torture will not be prosecuted, but those who [...]

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Red Cross secret report accuses the CIA of torture

Thursday, March 19, 2009 7:27 By GSerrano

According to a secret report prepared in 2007 by the International Committee of the Red Cross, the treatment received by Al Qaeda suspects subjected to interrogation in CIA secret prisons was torture. According to the document, the practices used by the United States were cruel, inhuman, or degrading and expressly forbidden by the Geneva Conventions.
These [...]

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FARC and the Outlaw Business

Monday, February 2, 2009 3:12 By GSerrano

Colombia has been eagerly awaiting the release of six FARC hostages. Bogota has temporarily withdrawn its army from the area of delivery. Preparations for the release of six Colombians kidnapped by the FARC have been ready. The humanitarian mission of the Red Cross, supported by Brazil, has been most eager and able.
On December 21, the [...]

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UN and Red Cross slow down humanitarian work in Gaza

Wednesday, January 14, 2009 11:34 By GSerrano

The International Committee for the Red Cross says that its main problem on the ground is for Gaza civilians to be quickly and safely accessed by the ambulances of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS), as well as for these emergency vehicles to safely reach the hospitals within Gaza. The organization also has an acute [...]

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