http://www.liveleak.com/browse?q=prisons Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:39:49 -0400 Liveleak http://edge.liveleak.com/80281E/u/u/ll2/logo.gif http://www.liveleak.com/browse?q=prisons Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:05:52 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ec0_1371679179 aranger45 Today, inside, they dedicated a new statue of another American giant, Fredrick Douglas - a man born into slavery, but who knew instinctively that he was not born a slave. No man is. To keep a man a slave you do much the same as the cruel circus masters did to the elephant around the turn of last century. Clamp heavy chains around their legs and stake them to the ground. Then beat and terrorize them. After a while you no longer even have to stake the chain; the elephant gives up and just the mere rattle of the chain convinces the elephant there is no hope, so they give up and do what ever it is the circus requires. Fredrick Douglas was lucky enough to live in a house where he was taught to read, write and think. He knew God did not make men masters over others. Nor did he ever intend any man to impose unrighteous dominion over another man or beast. (Photo: TheBlaze) It is time we remind ourselves of this truth again, and begin to rise up against the intimidation before the handful of peanuts from our new political circus masters is considered a kindness and not the symbol of evil cruelty. In the building behind me, they are now excusing storing all data, phone calls, financial transactions, geotracking on every American for our "safety," while allowing anyone to cross our borders either on foot or in underground tunnels without any worry or consequence. They have not suspended or fired but promoted those at the IRS who rattled the chains of control to any group that disagreed with their policies. And now, after pushing misery and death through the so-called "Arab Spring" in country after country, they are plotting a new war with Syria. This will bring death and destruction the world over. We are told that we need to pick sides and arm those who are so far down the scale of decency that even Vladimir Putin asked Americans if they knew that those we are arming have literally eaten their enemies on the battlefield. The fact that he even needed to ask that question, and that most have never even seen the video of the commander of the rebel troops on TV engaging in this ungodly horror, is an indictment of our government officials and our media. I am surrounded today by some modern-day spiritual giants. All from different faiths, different backgrounds and many different views. But we all have one thing in common. We don't recognize our country anymore and because we know that God is just, we tremble for our children's future. We wonder, are we even worth defending anymore? If so, why? Who are we? And will we even notice or care when the chain is finally snapped around our legs? What will be written about us? The greatest generation has passed. We are who historians will watch. Will it be said that none called for justice not one pleaded for truth? They trusted in vanity and spoke lies. They conceived mischief and brought forth iniquity. What is it we even believe as a people anymore? Where did we get these ideas that now seem so popular? Our forbears came to these shores not for free stuff, but for freedom . The chance to make their own way, create a different life. They came here because they knew that God made them free to make their own way in life, take the risk, do their best and take responsibility for their own lives. They came here because they wanted to serve Him in the way they believed, not as they were told. But how many care about our history? And, of those who do care, how many really still believe? Some things are worth believing in. That the little guy can make it. Every single life has value and is worth living. That honor and integrity do matter. That justice will prevail - if not in this life - then the next, and that God does exist. And what we do in our lives matters. It is the meek and the humble that inherit the earth. Have we forgotten? We have declared ourselves masters of the earth - spread our troops all over the world, taught the world how to do banking like we do it here in America. Even though we can't even master our own homes, protect our neighborhoods, or simply balance a check book. How grotesque and garish we must appear to those looking in. I, for one, still believe in the silly notion of truth, justice and the American way. Your browser does not support iframes. Since our founding, a good percentage of our fellow citizens closed their eyes to the civil rights of all Americans. "I'm okay. I don't want to think of the bad things going on. I am busy. It doesn't affect me. It can't be that bad and even if it is, I am just one person and what can I do about it anyway?" Nothing has changed, except the chairs at the table. Someone has always been on the losing end of the stick of power. Blacks are the most obvious, the Chinese, the Native Americans, but lets not forget the Irish, the Catholics, the Mormons, the Jews, and now it seems all those of faith that will not conform. For those that think men make progress collectively: I warn you, history teaches that you couldn't be more wrong. We are redeemed one man at a time. There is no "family pass" ticket or park hopping pass to life. One ticket, one life at a time. Man doesn't vanquish hatred or bigotry. The target keeps moving. From the blacks to the Irish. Atheists to Christians. But as always, there are a few leaders: Ben Franklin, John Quincy Adams, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Abraham Lincoln, Fredrick Douglas, Booker T. Washington, Gandhi and Martin Luther King. They know that the march toward freedom never ends; man must be ever-vigilant and pray less with his lips and more with his legs. They never forget that truth, justice, and freedom are the wellspring from which the waters of man's civil rights come. And so they must be upheld for all men - those you know, those you do not, and maybe more importantly - they must be upheld for those who you do know but do not like or agree with at all. If they are lost for one, in the end they are lost for all. In the past, these historic stands which we now call civil rights movements were done by a small but dedicated portion of our citizens which led to great shifts in our culture. But those movements always came from the same institutions ... the church. And usually not the church with the popular preacher, but the one who put it on the line to tell the people the truth. Preachers like these men, who know that we are all born free, but that freedom comes at a great price - a profound responsibility to stand against injustice, hatred and bigotry. Our pulpits have gone quiet out of arrogance, fear and apathy. Their faith is found in the wisdom of man and not in the power of God. For some, losing tithing checks or the gold Rolex watch has become more important than losing man's freedom. Whatever the reason, too many are no longer willing to call evil by its name. There is no vision. And when there is no vision, the people perish. I humbly suggest to you that Martin Luther King knew the answer, and he lost more than congregants during his long march. Students are taught that his vision came from the ideas of Gandhi. Maybe a new radical 20th century progressive philospher was the one that taught MLK that "although we be free of all men, when we choose to make ourselves servants to all, we gain the more." Let's get a couple of things straight. What MLK and Gandhi did was not progressive or new. It was an ancient idea. Hollywood, Woodstock, nor the hippie culture was the source of power of the 1960s freedom movement. God was. He was leading those who risked their lives over that bridge in Selma, not Janice Joplin, Columbia University, or a labor union. It wasn't John Lennon that taught people about love and peaceful resistance - that job fell on the shoulders of a Jewish carpenter. And it is there that we will find the answers that will break the chains that are being forged for a new generation of slaves. Your browser does not support iframes. The rights that so many Americans ignorantly preach about so often are not really their rights. They belong to God and they are given to us for stewardship. They are pretty important and obvious. So obvious that we used to say they were "self-evident," meaning that humans don't need to be taught; you instinctively know that you have a right not to be executed without a trial, held without charge, searched without warrant or spied upon without cause. The government is no longer the protector of those civil rights, and so we must be. When we are told that it is okay for the IRS, EPA, ATF, FBI or anyone to hassle, threaten or intimidate others because of their skin color, religion or political belief, we stop being the country that we all want to build, and start being the country the world should fear. The long train of abuses regarding these rights are the same MLK marched against, and the very same our dusty founders warned us about losing. Men may make progress, but man never changes. Man loves power and money. No matter the skin color, religion or income level. These symbols of our nation make men drunk with power, who then justify their lust for more by claiming they are public servants. The only difference between Las Vegas and Washington, D.C. is that at least Vegas has the decency to admit the town is full of hookers and crooks. We must sober up and admit that too many of the Republicans and the Democrats have played us, lied to us and stolen from us, while the getaway car was driven by the media. A media that can no longer claim with a straight face the role of journalist. Journalists print the things the powerful don't want printed. What they do is public relations. Those PR firms will not print the truth about the average American who finds himself concerned with the direction of our country today. So we must. We are not violent. We are not racist. We are not anti immigrant. We are not anti-government. And we will not be silent anymore. Those who wish to use unrighteous dominion over mankind are not enemies of ours; they are enemies of God, and He will not be silent much longer either. We will no longer accept the lies, the corruption, or the information and data gathering. It is evil. And we come here today to send a message that we will surround all of those who wish to stand and break the cycle of corruption. We will use ourselves as shields to protect those in the system, the elected officials or whistle blowers with the courage to stand. We come here today to respectfully, but with the power of the spirit, demand to be treated as an equal member of society. I am a man, and I will be treated as such. I answer to only one king and His kingdom will come, His will be done. We have chosen sides and we choose God. America as a nation must do the same, as well. (Photo: TheBlaze) We come today to declare our independence, to reaffirm our founding principles. We, as a nation, acknowledge a creator. We acknowledge that he gives certain natural, guaranteed rights to man. We declare that government exists primarily to protect these natural, God-given rights. He has established right and wrong. He is just and therefore, man must pay for his mistakes either now on Earth, or through God's justice later. There is no such thing as social justice. Only God can balance things out, and we are not God. But honest and decent men can fight for and establish equal justice. There is no such thing as collective salvation. We, however, are going to be judged on how we treat our fellow brothers and sisters. Thus we must serve them, help them with charity toward all. "Malice toward none," Lincoln said. God said it slightly differently - vengeance is mine. Anyone who speaks of punishing their political enemies in on the wrong side. It is clearly evil and we have a responsibility to say so. America: it is now your time to rise up and boldly declare those same self-evident truths that changed the world, and demand that those truths remain the basis of our laws. My civil rights will not be trampled, and I say this not for me but for my children, and all those who yearn to breathe free. Those who make your Apple products at Foxxcon, those who languish in prisons in Cuba, North Korea and Venezuela. Those homosexuals who are stoned to death in the streets of Egypt or Iran, while our so-called civil rights leaders hold coffee klatches with third graders in the White House. We will stand not for our job, house or income, but we will stand for those immigrants who came here the right way, and not have their dreams destroyed by increasing competition at the lowest rung of the ladder while keeping the brightest and best minds out of the visa pool allowing for little competition at the top. We will not pervert women's rights and twist it into a gross silent defense of abortion doctors in Philly and Houston while turning our eyes from the forgotten women who have never had the civil right to walk alone on a street without a man, or to drive a car in Pakistan or Saudi Arabia, and even those who now cower in fear with their faces covered in states like Florida, Virginia, New York and Minnesota. We will not waste another second shadow boxing the demons of the past when the fight to end actual slavery is still happening today. Call it what you will, but those who make your iPad in China - those who make your cute little Mao purses - are the very people you claim to care so much about. They are the ones yearning to breathe free. And worse, there is the oldest form of human degradation man has ever known, the sex slave trade that currently has in its coils over 2 million children. The biggest source of this evil is a wide open hole in our Arizona border. We beg the American people to wake up and help the 8-year-old children being sold into sex slavery. The press may say, 'How dare these men declare themselves the next Martin Luther King or civil rights leaders?' How blind to believe the civil rights movement ever ended. The civil rights movement never ends, and it never will. It has been marching since the beginning of time. Where Martin Luther King started is where Gandhi left off, and where he started, Abe Lincoln left off, and before that Whitfield all the way back to Moses. God has not moved. We have. But it is never too late. We are not at the mercy of these events. We can alter the course of history. We can stand against the dangerous arc of this story. &lt;a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/prnd/prn-theblaze;prntype=web;prngenre=conservative_talk;prnpage=interior;pos=bottom;sz=300x250;u=prntype*web!prngenre*conservative_talk!prnpage*interior!pos*bottom!sz*300x250;ord=123456789?" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/prnd/prn-theblaze;prntype=web;prngenre=conservative_talk;prnpage=interior;pos=bottom;sz=300x250;u=prntype*web!prngenre*conservative_talk!prnpage*interior!pos*bottom!sz*300x250;ord=123456789?" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;But we need people who are willing to speak truth. (Photo: TheBlaze) The last century was a century of genocide. A century where collectivist, national socialist, and communist evil rose up again and again... swallowing up the lives of millions. It happens every time man says the collective is more important than the right of the individual. That one phrase becomes in the end - every time - a license to kill anyone deemed to be standing in the way of progress. But evil met its match. Goodness eventually prevailed. People like Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Martin Luther King, Jr., Lech Walesa and Mother Theresa awoke the world. They gave their lives to the pursuit of human rights. They took the side of justice against injustice; they held aloft the torch of freedom to push out the darkness of hate. These men and women lived difficult lives. They often lived shortened lives. They were often born to relative privilege, but willing to take on suffering. They did want not to martyr themselves. They would have happily lived to the end of their natural lives in comfort... but to the righteous, there is no comfort when evil has taken root. But the cause of human rights has been taken over by organizations who share little with the individuals who led the movement. Human rights was once a cry for justice. Now it used as a threat. These organizations have become bullies and grotesque parodies of the principles they pretend to represent. They criticize free nations and spare the unfree. They denounce nations like Israel and America, who have high standards for freedom, and leave alone nations that have no freedom at all. They are nearly comical in their double-standards. They are no more than the enforcers or the attack dogs of those who wish to keep men confined in spaces they design. Whatever moral force they once had is spent. Their time is up. And so, we dismiss them. Today we take back the phrase "human rights" and place it where it belongs, as the first half of God's plan for humanity. The second half is responsibility. If we want to be endowed with rights - real human rights, we have to act with responsibility. We must not be comfortable with rights. We must be comfortable with responsibility. Who will protect your rights better? A king, president or you? Who will protect the truth? A reporter, a labor union or you? Who will protect and teach your children to seek truth? A textbook committee, an education bureaucrat, or you? Did a commission of wise men stop the Holocaust? Did a committee of Congress end Jim Crow? No. In each case, the work was done by individuals who would not abide convenient lies. They saw injustice and they called it out. They saw their nation wage war against a single group and they said "not in my name." They didn't wait for the conventions of society to catch up to God's laws. They pushed. They pressed. And they were victorious. (Photo: TheBlaze) Each of us have been waiting for a leader to rise from among us. And none have. How many have been called and refused to serve? How many must have failed to heed the call for the Lord to make it all the way down to us? I pray now that those who have heard the call to rise up in the tradition of peaceful resistance do so now before, as it was with Bonhoeffer, it is too late. I beg those with eyes and ears to heed the call and begin to train under the exact system used by MLK. Search his words out. You will find that your history professors and civil rights activists left out the real author of the words of Gandhi, King and Bonhoeffer. Read them, ponder them, and risk living them. Even though they will make you a target of the NSA, having your name on their list as an enemy may in the end be the way your name is forever etched in his book of life. Pastors, priests and rabbis: I challenge you. What have you done with your knowledge and priesthood power that those without have not done this week? If you cannot answer that with power every day, what does that say about you? Average citizens and college students: I challenge you. Martin Luther King didn't take a class, get a certificate and a bunch of permits. He saw injustice, studied eternal truths, exercised discipline and marched. &lt;a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/prnd/prn-theblaze;prntype=web;prngenre=conservative_talk;prnpage=interior;pos=bottom;sz=300x250;u=prntype*web!prngenre*conservative_talk!prnpage*interior!pos*bottom!sz*300x250;ord=123456789?" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/prnd/prn-theblaze;prntype=web;prngenre=conservative_talk;prnpage=interior;pos=bottom;sz=300x250;u=prntype*web!prngenre*conservative_talk!prnpage*interior!pos*bottom!sz*300x250;ord=123456789?" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;If you don't find a leader, perhaps it is because you were meant to lead. Christians: I believe in the free market. If your preacher is too afraid to preach it from the pulpit, maybe you should preach it from the street corner. Many are called. Will you answer? Our spiritual body is out of shape and we need intensive training right now. Get back to God, and know that some things are true and worth believing in. The good guys do win in the end. Evil does not stand unless good men never rise up. The time is now and we are the people the world is waiting for. We must never stop being the shore that others can come to for shelter and hope. But to do so we must realign ourselves with truth and rise up and stand. This is the vision. We must preach good tidings to the meek, bind up the brokenhearted, and proclaim liberty to those held captive. To declare vengeance belongs to God and God alone. We must give unto those who mourn - beauty for ashes and water the trees of righteousness. We shall not perish. I can't help that most of us don't like to hear the truth, but hear it we must: George Washington told us religion and morality are the only stable and lasting basis of individual life and public policy. If we are to survive, they must be part of our public policy rather than driven from it. It is no longer enough to just be a good person. We must work to be the next Abraham Lincoln or Martin Luther King. It is noble to strive to be the size of the bronze giant they dedicated this morning in the building behind me. Fredrick Douglas' time was in the 1800; King's time has passed. This is our time. This is the next long march toward civil rights and we shall overcome. Stand without fear, lock arms and stare down the bullies that wish to enslave mankind yet again. Honor, courage and love are what is required, and they are contagious. Spread the word and proclaim liberty throughout the land. "Let us, today, raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God." http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ec0_1371679179 aranger45 Tens of Thousands show up at Glenn Beck's Powerful Civil Rights Speech at Washington, D.C. Rally Tens of Thousands show up at Glenn Beck's Powerful Civil Rights Speech at Washington, D.C. Rally Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:47:44 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8fb_1371594766 dcdirectactionnews Lynne Stewart is a famed attorney who was imprisoned supposedly for helping a client defeat communications restrictions. Now she is dying of cancer, ever her former judge has cleared her for release-but she is chained to a hospital bed. On the 18th of June, the first-ever protest on behalf of a Federal prisoner at the Bureau of Prisons DC office demanded her release. Suit-and-tie businessmen and yuppies studiously ignored the protest, while Bureau of Prisons staffers ran the gauntlet of protesters to enter or leave for lunch. It is not known how many stayed in for lunch or used the back door. Two different Federal Protective Services/Homeland Security cops showed up, they acted "friendly" but it seemed they were nervous about this issue being raised in front of the BofP office. Nobody running a prison likes it when friends of one of their prisoners show up at the warden's office. On the other hand, chaining someone dying of cancer to a hospital bed because they allegedly defied "special administration measures" to restrict a client's communication with the outside world is beyond outrageous. Most likely prosecutors simply sought any available means to remove a lawyer who was just too effective against them in major cases from the table. That, in turn, is a frank demonstration of the fact that "rule of law," meaning predictable rules of engagement used by government, is dead in the United States. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8fb_1371594766 dcdirectactionnews Protest at Bureau of <span class="highlight">Prisons</span> demands release for imprisoned atty Lynne Stewart dcdirectactionnews, Lynn Stewart, Bureau of Prisons Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:41:31 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=891_1371561503 Ruptly FEMEN members waved torches and bared their breasts before being arrested late on Monday night as they voiced their disapproval of Belorussian president Alexander Lukashenko, who is on a visit to Ukraine. The half-naked women painted insults to him onto their bodies and burned torches as they attempted to bypass the security of the location at which Lukashenko has been staying. As they yelled "Fuck Lukashenko!" and "Last Dictator of Europe!" wearing nothing but their underwear, they were apprehended by Ukrainian police and removed from the scene. On their bodies they had written "Viva Belarus" and "Dictator, get out!" Femen says the protest was done in order to remind Lukashenko that the organisation remembers the 2011 "brutal harassment" of multiple FEMEN members in a forest near Gomel in Belarus. Additionally, FEMEN says the protest is also meant to remind Lukashenko of the what they call political prisoners kept in Belarusian prisons. Lukashenko, who has been president of Belarus since 1994, is in Kiev for a two-day visit to meet his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovych to discuss bilateral issues. In 2012 German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle dubbed Lukashenko "Europe's last dictator." http://www.ruptly.tv http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=891_1371561503 Ruptly Ukraine: Topless FEMEN protesters wield torches against 'Europe's last dictator' protest, Kiev, Belarus, FEMEN, Alexander Lukashenko Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:25:27 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=afe_1371488869 mloschiavo Here's an example concoction found in county and state prisons for inmates who don't have access to the usual preworkouts. Would you drink it? LOL THIS GUY WILL EXPLODE!!! http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=afe_1371488869 mloschiavo Pre-Workout Drink: Hyphy Mud Pre-Workout, Drink, Hyphy Mud Sat, 15 Jun 2013 12:43:53 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=4ae_1371313978 ramotyis Lawyers for Jesse Jackson Jr., in asking a judge for a lenient sentence, are arguing that his lavish spending sprees - paid for by money looted from his campaign fund - were tied to his bipolar disorder. The attorneys also are pleading for a shorter sentence by arguing that Jesse Jackson Jr. will "unlikely" be able to relate to a prison psychiatrist and as a consequence, his mental health may suffer. "It is unlikely that Mr. Jackson will be able to establish a trusting relationship with a Bureau of Prisons psychiatrist quickly enough to maintain his progress toward improved mental health," the lawyers said in newly revealed portions of their sentencing memo. On Friday, lawyers for Jesse Jackson Jr. took an unusual step and put on the public record some - but not all - information about the mental health of the former lawmaker that they had literally blacked out of the public version of a sentencing memo filed a week ago. However the audience that counts the most - U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson (no relation), who will sentence Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife, Sandi, the former alderman on July 3 - was given the complete memo on June 7 with nothing blanked out. The Jacksons pled guilty in February to crimes related to stealing $750,000, most of it through the looting of their campaign funds, and in the case of Sandi Jackson, failing to pay income taxes on the money she stole. Reid Weingarten, an attorney for Jesse Jackson, signaled in February, at a press conference following the guilty plea, that he would be arguing that Jesse Jackson's mental illness was responsible for the lavish purchases - including a $43,350 gold-plated Rolex and sports and political memorabilia. In the newly revealed portions of the sentencing memo, Jesse Jackson's lawyers state that "psychiatric research has tied compulsive purchasing and spending to mood episodes in individuals with bipolar disorders." The memo also includes letters from two of his "treating psychiatrists," dealing with his "diagnosis, treatment and prognosis"; neither the letters nor the names of the doctors were made part of the public record. One of Jesse Jackson's doctors diagnosed him as suffering from "mood disorder not otherwise specified," "probably Bipolar II." The two doctors said that if Jesse Jackson does not receive "continued mental health treatment," then "his progress will cease, and he will be much more likely to relapse. With effective treatment, his prognosis for good mental health will be significantly improved." Last week, federal prosecutors asked that Jesse Jackson Jr. be sentenced to four years with 18 months for Sandi Jackson. Her lawyers asked for probation. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=4ae_1371313978 ramotyis Jesse Jackson Jr. lawyers link crime to disorder. thieves,liars,hypocrites,shitcag0 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 07:47:26 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3b2_1371123779 GShock112 Second attempt to share the news, first attempt did not pass, PERHAPS because of wrong age filter. I asked the MODs but they didn't reply so I assume that's the reason and I am trying again. Daya Gamage - US National Correspondent Asian Tribune Washington, D.C. 03 October (Asiantribune.com): In March 2006 four US soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division gang raped a 14 year old Iraqi girl and murdered her and her family -including a 5 year old child. An additional soldier was involved in the cover-up. One of the killers, Steven Green, was found guilty on May 07, 2009 in the US District Court of Paducah and is now awaiting sentencing. The leaked Public Affairs Guidance put the 101st media team into a "passive posture" - withholding information where possible. It conceals presence of both child victims, and describes the rape victim, who had just turned 14, as "a young woman". The US Army's Criminal Investigation Division did not begin its investigation until three and a half months after the crime, news reports at that time commented. This is not the only grim picture coming out of Iraq U.S. forces being accused of using rape as a war weapon. The release, by CBS News, of the photographs showing the heinous sexual abuse and torture of Iraqi POW's at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison opened a Pandora's Box for the Bush regime wrote Ernesto Cienfuegos in La Voz de Aztlan on May 2, 2004. Journalist Cienfuegos further states "Apparently, the suspended US commander of the prison where the worst abuses took place, Brigadier General Janis Karpinski, has refused to take the fall by herself and has implicated the CIA, Military Intelligence and private US government contractors in the torturing of POW's and in the raping of Iraqi women detainees as well." Brigadier General Karpinski, who commanded the 800th Military Police Brigade, described a high-pressure Military Intelligence and CIA command that prized successful interrogations. A month before the alleged abuses and rapes occurred, she said, a team of CIA, Military Intelligence officers and private consultants under the employ of the US government came to Abu Ghraib. "Their main and specific mission was to give the interrogators new techniques to get more information from detainees," she said. At least one picture shows an American soldier apparently raping a female prisoner while another is said to show a male translator raping a male detainee. Further photographs are said to depict sexual assaults on prisoners with objects including a truncheon, wire and a phosphorescent tube. Another apparently shows a female prisoner having her clothing forcibly removed to expose her breasts. Detail of the content emerged from Major General Antonio Taguba, the former army officer who conducted an inquiry into the Abu Ghraib jail in Iraq. Allegations of rape and abuse were included in his 2004 report but the fact there were photographs was never revealed. He later confirmed their existence in an interview with the Daily Telegraph in May 2009. The London newspaper further noted "graphic nature of some of the images may explain the US President Obama's attempts to block the release of an estimated 2,000 photographs from prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan despite an earlier promise to allow them to be published." Maj. Gen. Taguba, who retired in January 2007, said he supported the President's decision, adding: "These pictures show torture, abuse, rape and every indecency. "The mere description of these pictures is horrendous enough, take my word for it." In April, Mr. Obama's administration said the photographs would be released and it would be "pointless to appeal" against a court judgment in favor of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). But after lobbying from senior military figures, Mr. Obama changed his mind saying they could put the safety of troops at risk. In May, he said: "The most direct consequence of releasing them, I believe, would be to inflame anti-American public opinion and to put our troops in greater danger." In April 2004, new photographs were sent to La Voz de Aztlan from confidential sources depicting the shocking rapes of two Iraqi women by what are purported to be US Military Intelligence personnel and private US mercenaries in military fatigues. It is now known, Cienfuegos wrote in May 2004, that hundreds of these photographs had been in circulation among the troops in Iraq. The graphic photos were being swapped between the soldiers like baseball cards. Asian Tribune carries here three of the 'Rape' photographs which have brought criticism that the U.S. forces in Iraq have used rape as a weapon of war. - Asian Tribune - http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3b2_1371123779 GShock112 Rape of Iraqi Women by US Forces as Weapon of War: Photos and Data Emerge Iraq, Rape Tue, 11 Jun 2013 08:03:06 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a19_1370949989 SBE If you cherish freedom and democracy, please spend 3,5 min and watch how Eritrea suppresses the Eritrean people through brutal methods. Published on 8 May 2013 by Amnesty International On 24 May 1993, Eritrea was formally recognised as an independent nation after a UN-supervised referendum that confirmed the country's separation from Ethiopia, against whom it had fought a 30-year war. Twenty years on from the euphoric celebrations and promise of independence, thousands of prisoners of conscience and political prisoners languish in Eritrea's prisons without charge or trial, for expressing their opinion, practising their religion or attempting to flee the repression in their country. Throughout the 20 years of Eritrea's independence, the government of President Isaias Afewerki has systematically used arbitrary arrest and detention to crush all opposition, to silence all dissent, and to punish anyone who refuses to comply with the repressive system. Thousands of prisoners of conscience and political prisoners have disappeared into secret and incommunicado arbitrary detention -- without charge or trial, and with no contact with the outside world. Some additional information: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt8ST1U4o60 http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR64/001/2013/en https://www.facebook.com/pages/Human-Rights-Concern-Eritrea/123864024327502 http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/SP/Pages/Welcomepage.aspx http://allafrica.com/stories/201306070488.html http://www.article19.org/resources.php/resource/3781/en/eritrea:-unhrc-must-renew-mandate-of-special-rapporteur http://geneva.usmission.gov/2013/06/05/eritrea-2/ http://hrc-eritrea.org/ http://www.hrdreport.fco.gov.uk/human-rights-in-countries-of-concern/eritrea/ http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a19_1370949989 SBE ERITREA - Container <span class="highlight">prisons</span> eritrea, freedom, democracy, prison, container, human rights, President Isaias Afewerki, UN, EU, UNHCR, Human Rights Watch Fri, 24 May 2013 16:01:37 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=514_1369425272 english-patriot33 http://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/2013/05/24/-Hijab-friendly-policy-urged-in-U-S-prisons-.htmlhttp://www.barenakedislam.com/2013/05/24/terror-linked-cair-working-to-force-prisons-to-allow-muslim-women-to-wear-headbags-during-detainment/ Terror-linked CAIR working to force prisons to allow Muslim women to wear headbags during detainmen t Muslim Brotherhood proxy CAIR (Council on Anti-American Islamic Relations) is pushing for a uniform 'hijab-friendly' policy to allow Muslim women to keep the schmatta on their heads during detention and photos in all local and federal U.S. prisons. "I'm working on several pending cases in different states... and I'm in touch with an attorney for the Department of Justice's Office of Civil Rights," Nadhira al-Khalili, legal counsel for CAIR, told Al Arabiya. Novi recently became the first locality in Michigan to officially permit Muslim women to don their head cover during detention and photos at the local prison. "There are other accommodations in other localities in Michigan for Muslim females to keep their hijab during detainment. However, Novi is the first locality in Michigan that has made it an official policy," Dawud Walid, executive director of CAIR's Michigan chapter, told Al Arabiya. While some women take off their scarves, even in the presence of males, for fear of reprisals by sheriff deputies, others have resisted. In North Carolina, "a woman was arrested for making a telephone threat to a family member she was quarrelling with. Upon arrest and booking, she was told to remove her scarf. She told the sheriffs that it was her right to wear the scarf, and she refused to take it off," Khalili said. However, she "was held down on the floor by two male deputy sheriffs, and a female removed the scarf. She wasn't given her scarf back until she left the jail. She had to appear in front of a judge uncovered. She was admitted to a hospital because of the trauma." (Not trauma, fodder for a future lawsuit by CAIR) http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=514_1369425272 english-patriot33 Terror-linked CAIR working to force <span class="highlight">prisons</span> to allow Muslim women to wear headbags during detainment islam, muslims, terrorists, pedophiles, outlaw islam, Sun, 02 Jun 2013 08:52:41 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=439_1370177376 PORK-CHOP Wow words cant describe this! http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=439_1370177376 PORK-CHOP Idlib Kafar Nabel- the torture of a civilian in the Syrian regime <span class="highlight">prisons</span>-leaked syria, torture, insance Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:41:31 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=dc2_1370975897 Ruptly Central London was the scene of running clashes between police and anti-capitalist demonstrators on Tuesday. Activists marched through the British capital's West End at the start of StopG8's 'Carnival Against Capitalism', ahead of next week's G8 summit. Carrying placards with messages that bashed banks, prisons, and borders, the demonstrators beat drums and blew whistles as they made their way through Oxford Street, Regent Street and Piccadilly Circus. Police were seen detaining and arresting a number of people, sometimes following violent struggle. The protests were not planned in coordination with authorities. Riot police also detained several protesters following a raid of a central London property. According to the police, people in the building may have been planning to use weapons to cause criminal damage and engage in violent disorder. The Carnival Against Capitalism is being held ahead of the meeting of the Group of Eight most powerful economies in Northern Ireland. StopG8 promises on its website to "point out the hiding places of power, and take back the heart of our city for a day." It has also scheduled a "street party" for early Tuesday evening. Global leaders will gather at the Lough Erne hotel and golf resort on June 17-18 for the 39th G8 summit. Security has been tightened near the resort, and in Belfast, ahead of expected protests. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=dc2_1370975897 Ruptly UK: Police and G8 protesters clash in central London London, clashes, protest, police, raid, street, G8, StopG8, capitalism, Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:06:21 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8a3_1370955294 Beethoven On June 5th, after four years, sentencing in the Cucchi case has finally taken place. The court gave one doctor a two-year prison sentence and the five others 16 months. The guilty will be on parole, though, rather than going to prison as Italian law avoids detention if the penalty is less than three years. Nurses and police officers were found not guilty because the court found that Stefano Cucchi died from malnutrition and dehydration. Stefano Cucchi, a 31 year-old surveyor from Rome, was arrested on October 15th 2009 and charged with drug possession as he was apparently carrying 29 grams of hashish, some cocaine and anti-epilepsy drugs. In prison he was beaten and severely injured by three police officers. His body was covered in bruises, several of his internal organs were ruptured, and his jaw, abdomen and two vertebrae were fractured. Although he was taken to hospital, doctors did not treat him and allowed him to die of starvation. Stefano's family tried several times to see him but were prevented from doing so. They were contacted only when a police officer requested their permission for the autopsy. In an attempt to prevent a cover-up and to protect their son's memory - Giovanardi, a Government undersecretary, for example, declared that Cucchi was killed by his own drug abuse - Stefano's parents published several photos of his body. A total of 12 people were accused of homicide: six doctors, three nurses and three police officers. Although the charges were many - neglect of someone incompetent, abuse of authority, aiding and abetting (favoreggiamento), ideological forgery (falsit`a ideologica), injury and abuse of power - the court's expert witnesses recognized only the "inaction" of the doctors. Many bands dedicated songs to Stefano, Amnesty International and Articolo21 produced a documentary on his case, and his friend and well-known boxer, Emanuele Della Rosa, dedicated a boxing tournament to him. Italian left activists helped the Cucchi family to connect with the families of other victims of police violence, thus opening a broader discussion on the state of Italian prisons and the behaviour of Italian police officers. Here a petition, to have a "normal" lawsuite. http://www.change.org/petitions/ministro-della-giustizia-anna-maria-cancellieri-annullamento-della-sentenza-stefano-cucchi-e-riesame-in-un-altro-foro#share http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8a3_1370955294 Beethoven Stefano Cucchi killed by italian police, flawed judgment gives the guilt to some doctors. stefano cucchi Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:03:22 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=fe6_1370893797 Omar-knows News.com.Au -Australia Journal The Indian woman jailed for 19 years because nobody had $92 Woman eligible for bail since 1994 unable to raise $92 Son comes to the rescue, working night and day Indian province now reassessing laws FROM India comes a story of injustice, desperation and a son's deep devotion to his mother. A woman has languished in jail for 19 years because no one could afford to pay her bail. Her bail was 5,000 rupees. That's about $92.No-one could raise the money, so the woman had to stay in jail for two decades. There is also a report this morning that the Indian justice system is so muddled and inefficient, she wasn't even aware she had been granted bail.The woman's name is Vijay Kumari. In 1990 she was imprisoned on a murder charge. In 1994, a court granted her bail, but she couldn't afford it. She gave birth to a son in jail. The son was taken away to a children's home just before he turned five. And still the woman languished behind bars.The child, whose name was Kanhaiya, grew up. Kanhaiya worked night and day in a garment factory on a miniscule wage until finally he earned enough money to cover his mother's bail.Then just this week, Kanhaiya paid the bail and his mother was released. The fact that nobody from the woman's extended family could pay the bail 19 years ago has triggered much debate in this nation of 1.24 billion people and more than 1,300 prisons. The High Court in the northern Indian province of Uttar Pradesh, where the woman languished in jail, has decided to take action over thousands of other people in local jails, many of whom have been incarcerated as long as Ms Kumari. Authorities have directed that prisoners who have been granted bail should be handed over to the court at once. That means many more men and women like Ms Kumari could be be reunited with their families - especially those without a son as devoted as Kanhaiya. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=fe6_1370893797 Omar-knows Son's Devotion To His Mother..Heart Warming Story From India mother, son, jail, bail, innocent, india, injustice, devotion, happy ending,