Although my conversation with #FBItorture victim Ali al-Marri was brief, he revealed his secret weapon that made him the superior party in this ordeal despite the whip being in another’s hand...
Read More »General Haftar seeks to “choke” Derna in his quest to rule Libya
As the ex-CIA asset General Khalifa Haftar,[1] continues his war across Libya, human rights abuses in the eastern city of Derna have been largely ignored by the international media. Derna has been subject to a 21-month long siege by General ...
Read More »Historic legal case against CIA torture psychologists
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Read More »Egypt’s Coup Regime Wages war on its Neighbours after meeting Trump
After waging war on its own citizens, coup regime authorities have unleashed their air force on numerous targets in Libya in what they claimed are the ‘training camps’ of the bus convoy attackers that killed at least 29 Coptic Christians ...
Read More »The Bloody Legacy of Western Imperialism in Iraq
Sat on the sofa, we watched as grainy green night vision footage interspersed the almost still image of Baghdad’s horizon being lit up with a seemingly never ending procession of aerial bombardment. Operation “Shock and Awe” had begun in earnest. ...
Read More »Why would Muslims hate ‘the West’? A history of ‘Islamic Extremism’
I was recently invited to present at an international conference titled: “How to understand and Co-exist with Radical Islām.” After reading the concept paper, it was clear from the very first paragraph that the issue at hand was with “Islamic ...
Read More »Guantanamo Bay: Oxygen for ISIS
In light of the CIA Torture Report said to be declassified today, Asim Qureshi, Research Director of CAGE examines the use of the iconic orange jumpsuits from the detainees in Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib to the hostages kept by the ...
Read More »Why can the US get away with torture?
The 10th of December marked Human Rights Day.[1] And what better way to commemorate such a profound celebration than to frequent the achievements of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights’ key drafter, the United States of America. Incidentally, a report was ...
Read More »CIA Torture Report: just the tip of the iceberg
In the aftermath of the Senate’s damning report on the barbaric, inhumane interrogation techniques used by the CIA, it has been proven to the world that corruption and evil exists at the very highest levels. The Senate’s report on CIA ...
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