November 30, 2004
Red Cross: Guantanamo Bay "tantamount to torture"
A human rights group has filed German war crime charges against U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld with allegations of systemic torture at Abu Ghraib prison. [AFP, Reuters] The Red Cross has reported abuse at Guantanamo Bay, calling interrogation procedures, "tantamount to torture". [AFP, NYT] Meanwhile, Chilean President Ricardo Lagos says torture in Chile was the "policy". [Reuters] Chilean torture victims claim life pensions aren't enough, they "want a memorial to the victims and a monument with the motto never again torture in Chile". [BBC]
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August 06, 2004
Abu Ghraib: The musical
This has Christopher Guest written all over it. Off, off, way off Broadway -- it’s called 'A New Middle East' and it hit the Jordanian stage Wednesday. It’s the story of Abu Ghraib featuring one spike-heeled Lynndie England [Suhair Fahed], a handful of detainees, and various acts of rape and torture.
I haven’t found any reports on this one, no playbills either -- so, for now, you'll just have to settle for the pictures.
Scenes from 'A New Middle East' [Reuters/Yahoo]
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