The Washington Post reports at least two dozen former and current prisoners at Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere say they have been given drugs against their will or witnessed other inmates being drugged. The allegations have resurfaced after the release this month of a 2003 Justice Department memo that explicitly condoned the use of drugs on [...]
Archive for the ‘Why?’ Category
27 Dec
Senseless Killings
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) – Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday in a suicide bombing that also killed at least 20 others at a campaign rally, a party aide and a military official said.
Guardian-UK
6 Dec
Rape scandal brings much needed attention to Islamic Law Interpretation and Practice
According to an Arab News newspaper, a 19-year-old woman was gang-raped 14 times in an attack in Qatif in the eastern province a year-and-a-half ago.
Seven men were found guilty of the rape and sentenced to prison terms ranging from just under a year to five years.
The rape victim was punished for violating Saudi Arabia’s laws on segregation [...]
