Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By William Fisher NEW YORK, Nov 16, 2010 (IPS) – The British government will reportedly pay millions in compensation to seven British nationals who were unlawfully "rendered" to U.S.-run prisons and tortured with the cooperation of British intelligence. The British press is reporting that ministers and the security [...]
RIGHTS-US: Rendition Redux?
November 12, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS William Fisher NEW YORK, Nov 11 (IPS) – On the heels of a federal appeals court ruling that only the U.S. Congress and the executive branch of government – not the courts – can interfere with government-sponsored ”extraordinary rendition”, a U.S. citizen from New Jersey is asking another court [...]
RIGHTS-US: Govt Lawyers Seek to Quash Rendition Lawsuit
November 3, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS William Fisher NEW YORK, Nov 3 (IPS) – The long road to the proverbial day in court just got longer for five men who claim they were ”disappeared” and tortured by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. The men, who say they were victims of the extraordinary rendition programme conducted [...]
RIGHTS-US: Rendition Victim Still Seeking Justice
September 8, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS William Fisher NEW YORK, Sep 8 (IPS) – Thwarted by U.S. courts, a German citizen who claims he was ”rendered” by the U.S. and secretly detained and tortured for four months is taking his case to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. The IACHR has accepted a petition filed [...]
