Former Guantanamo Bay inmate Mamdouh Habib says he was defamed by the Murdoch press: “His barrister Clive Evatt QC today showed the four-person jury a series of articles published by The Daily Telegraph on April 20, 2002, which branded Mr Habib a suburban terrorist. “Mr Evatt said the front page story and other ‘hard-hitting’ articles…
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Western values through terrorism
Mustafa Malik, a Washington journalist, Daily Star, October 7: “Human rights groups around the world are concerned that the UN resolution calling on governments to punish ‘incitement to terrorist acts’ will further stifle the voices of the oppressed, especially because the world body has failed to define what terrorism is. “This resolution has, says Human…
The rule of law
The NSW Supreme Court has allowed freed Guantanamo Bay detainee Mamdouh Habib to pursue defamation proceedings against Murdoch’s News Limited. One 2002 cartoon in Sydney’s Daily Telegraph read, “The amazing journey of a suburban terrorist.” In case the conservative echo-chamber forgets, Habib was released without charge in January. The other detained Australian prisoner, David Hicks,…
Torture matters
“On March 16, the US House of Representatives, in a stunning 420-to-2 vote, passed an amendment to the emergency Iraq supplemental appropriation by Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) forbidding the use of any funds that violate the legal obligations of the international Convention Against Torture, which this nation signed. Congressman Markey has led the charge against…
War is so last century
Today is the second anniversary of the illegal invasion of Iraq. After attending the anti-war rally in Sydney, attended by none other than recently freed Guantanamo Bay detainee, Mamdouh Habib, I was once again reminded of the words of Beirut-based journalist, Robert Fisk. Never one to shirk from speaking truth to power, Fisk had this…
Egyptian torture victim: Suleiman “should be arrested”
The following statement was just released by America’s Institute for Public Accuracy: Former Ambassador, CIA Official Weigh In On Wednesday, the Institute for Public Accuracy distributed a news release titled “Omar Suleiman, ”˜Egypt’s Torturer-in-Chief,’ Tied to False Iraq WMD Tortured ”˜Intel.’” Reporter Robert Tait writes in the Guardian on his abduction in Cairo just this…