By Norman Solomon t r u t h o u t | Perspective Saddam Hussein has received a death sentence for crimes he committed more than a year before Donald Rumsfeld shook his hand in Baghdad. Let's reach back into history and extract these facts: * On December 20, 1983,...
The Herald (Glasgow) By Calum MacDonald The trial that sentenced Saddam Hussein to hang was itself in the dock last night with some rights groups and legal experts claiming it was flawed and might fail to persuade Iraqis that justice had been done. Most of the...
Trial a 'mockery of justice' The following statement was released from the defense lawyers’ residence inside the Green Zone in Iraq on Nov. 6. It discusses the Nov. 5 verdicts rendered in the trial of President Saddam Hussein and other Iraqi leaders. The mockery of...
By Tom Engelhardt The wave -- and make no mistake, it's a global one -- has just crashed on our shores, soaking our imperial masters. It's a sight for sore eyes. It's been a long time since we've seen an election like midterm 2006. After all, it's a truism of our...
BY EHSAN AHRARI ASIATIMES The verdict on Saddam Hussein is in. He is guilty of "crimes against humanity" and is sentenced to death by hanging. His trial was generally regarded as devoid of fairness and was highly political. Even the timing of the announcement of...
By Robert Fisk The Independent UK So America's one-time ally has been sentenced to death for war crimes he committed when he was Washington's best friend in the Arab world. America knew all about his atrocities and even supplied the gas - along with the British, of...
NINA AXEL PINPIN AT RONALYN OLEA Inilathala ng Bulatlat Ang Pagdalaw sa Libingan ng mga Buhay* Ni Axel Pinpin, sa ngalan ng Tagaytay 5 Iwan n'yo na ang kandila, 'wag nang mag-abala sa bulaklak 'Wag n'yo lang kalilimutan na magbaon ng halakhak, Pagkat kailangan iyan...
Tutok Karapatan (TutoK), a group of artists advocating human rights, will hold a series of upcoming art events starting this month, tackling the spate of extra-judicial killings in the Philippines. TutoK was formed late last year as a response to what the group...
The idea of terrorism is extended to several forms of social fight and protest. Dissident political and trade union opinions become criminalized. An environment movement such as Greenpeace or animal rights activist is even prosecuted as terrorist in some countries....
The coming 12th ASEAN Summit to be held in Cebu this December would continue the neo-liberal liberalization agenda, to the continuing disadvantage of the peoples of Southeast Asia. By IBON Foundation Posted by Bulatlat The US and Japan may use the Association of...
It’s the school needed for our times and it’s for free, without the exorbitant fees and yearly increases. The only requirement is an open mind and a willing spirit to take on a critical and alternative perspective of society and reality. By KAREN PAPELLERO Bulatlat...
The University of the Philippines (UP) as the premier academic institution in the country remains one of the bulwarks of academic freedom. But its students are being harassed and military and police forces are intensifying surveillance operations inside the campus....
On Nov. 16, 2004, seven strikers were killed at the picket line outside Gate 1 of the sugar mill when soldiers and police fired at thousands of protesters manning the barricades. Eight more – including an acclaimed bishop, a pastor, city councilor – who were active...
Friends and families of the nine punks still languishing at the Benguet Provincial Jail in La Trinidad have asked the fiscal to immediately throw out the case against them. They maintain that the nine punks are innocent and their arrest was “unlawful from the...
Army Pfc. Lordger Pastrana, the leader of a group of hooded armed men who tortured and killed Methodist Pastor Isaias Sta. Rosa in Daraga, Albay on the fateful night of Aug. 5 this year was a soldier who had a mission order authorizing him to carry a firearm...
The result of the U.S. midterm elections is not so much a vote for the Democrats although it catapulted them to the majority position after 14 years. It is more of an indictment of the Bush administration, specifically its policy on Iraq and the war on terror, its...
Government authorities appear in a hurry to integrate five public hospitals to promote medical tourism. However, there is as yet no law calling for the integration, health authorities are themselves divided on its wisdom and health workers are in protest. BY AUBREY...
Port workers of the Manila North Harbor fear that they will lose their jobs once the port is privatized effective 2007. An executive of the Philippine Ports Authority says about 75 percent of their organic employees will be laid-off once the winning private bidder...
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