UN: Syrian children detained, tortured and used as human shields
June 13th, 2012 - 11:33 pm ICT by BNO News
NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) -- Pro-government forces in Syria have detained, tortured and used young children as human shields during the ongoing conflict, which is now being called a civil war by ... Read more...
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Lithuania orders probe into CIA-run secret prison for al-Qaeda suspects
December 23rd, 2009 - 2:10 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec. 23 (ANI): A a Lithuanian parliamentary committee has ordered a probe into allegations that the US Central Intelligence Agency ran a secret prison in Lithuania where al-Qaeda suspects may have ... Read more...
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Report blames Rumsfeld, other officials for Guantanamo Bay, Iraq prison abuse
December 12th, 2008 - 5:28 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec.12 (ANI): A Senate Armed Services Committee report has blamed Bush administration officials, including former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld for the abuses committed by American troops during interrogations at ... Read more...
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Pak security forces kill 14 militants in Mohmand
December 3rd, 2008 - 10:04 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, Dec 3 (ANI): Pakistani security forces have taken control of another important town in the troubled Bajaur tribal region while 21 people, including 14 militants, were killed in an air ... Read more...
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Indians students among 300 detained in Australia for violating immigration laws
August 28th, 2008 - 6:39 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Aug.28 (ANI): Australian Police have arrested several Indian students for violating the countrys immigration laws.According to The Australian, nearly 300 overseas students were thrown into detention centers in Sydney and ... Read more...
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