police brutality

Salavador Reza - Toma Tierra

Hub Intern — Tue, 27 May 2008 13:26:04 -0700

This interview was conducted by a fellow participant at the US Human Rights Network National conference in Chicago April 17th-20th, 2008.

Chicago Police Torture Cases - A Call for Action!

MidwestHumanRights — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:51:47 -0700

On January 9, 2008, the Chicago City Council approved a nearly $20 million legal settlement to four African American men who were tortured into confessions by former police Cmdr. John Burge and his subordinates. The four allegedly were subjected to electric shocks, beatings and other brutality by Burge and his men. Though the settlement in the Burge cases is a victory, we must push for continued justice and accountability in these cases:

Join us in calling for the federal prosecution of John Burge and other Area 2 and 3 Chicago Police officers!

Midwest Coalition for Human Rights

Death of foreign photojournalist in Burma Sept 2007

BurmaCampaign — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:26:27 -0700

Japanese photojournalist Kenji Nagai was killed during demonstrations in downtown Rangoon, Burma on 27 September 2007.

US Campaign for Burma

NYPD Beat Tibetan Protesters

Krillian — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:57:42 -0700

Video footage of New York cops clubbing and arresting Tibetan protesters in New York on the 14th of March.

Tibet Uprising - The Latest Updates, Resources and Actions You Can Take

Operation Fine Girl: Rape Used as a Weapon of War in Sierra Leone

WITNESS Archive — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Date: 2001
Produced by: WITNESS / Oxygen Media LLC / Lilibet Foster
WITNESS Partner: Binta Mansaray
Duration: 13:23

Rise: Revolutionary Women Reenvisioning Afghanistan

WITNESS Archive — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Date: 2002
Produced by: WITNESS / RAWA
Duration: 13:29

In the weeks following the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the USA and Britain began launching air strikes against Afghanistan, after the Taliban refused to disclose the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden and members of the Al-Qaeda network. In November 2001, the United Front/Northern Alliance forces together with U.S. forces, seized Mazar-I- Sharif and just days later marched into Kabul.

Protect Women Rights Defenders

Amnesty International visit communities affected by a proposed dam in La Parota, Mexico.

Amnesty International — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:42:10 -0800

Amnesty International

Chicago Police Torture Cases - A Call for Action!

MidwestHumanRights — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:52:31 -0800

Join us in calling for the federal prosecution of John Burge and other Area 2 and 3 Chicago Police officers!

Testimony from Bahrain: Father of Detained Human Rights Activist

Chris Michael — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:33:46 -0800

English Translation of the father of Majed Salman Ebrahim, a human rights activist that remains in custody in Bahrain.

Learn more and take action at http://www.bahrainrights.org

Testimony of happenings in Bahrain (4 of 5)

Sameer Padania — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:21:30 -0800

Take Action on behalf of human rights defenders at risk in Bahrain -- http://www.frontlinedefenders.org/node/1315/action

[Originally posted by faithstar979 at YouTube]

Seddiqa Haroon testifies to what happened at the public prosecution when they went to get visition hours to see relative detainee: Moh'd Almudawweb.

TRANSLATION (provided with the video):

"In the name of God, the most Merciful the most Benevolent. Well, yesterday we were in the Public Prosecution building.