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Phil Shiner: UK can’t cover up abuse forever

January 4, 2010

By Editors

The government wants to keep human rights abuses in Iraq and Afghanistan out of court by cutting legal aid. It won’t succeed • Phil Shiner is a solicitor at Public Interest Lawyers who acts in all of the cases referred to in this article The period since the attacks of 9/11 represent another chapter in the...
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بريطانيا تواجه مئات الدعاوى القضائية بشأن تعذيب جنودها عراقيين

July 13, 2009

By Editors

بريطانيا تواجه مئات الدعاوى القضائية بشأن تعذيب جنودها عراقيين

كشفت صحيفة “إندبندانت أون صندي” أمس أن وزارة الدفاع البريطانية تواجه مئات الدعاوى القضائية بشأن قيام جنودها بانتهاك وتعذيب مدنيين عراقيين. وقالت الصحيفة اللندنية إن المحامين البريطانيين الذين يمثلون المدنيين العراقيين ضحايا التعذيب أكدوا بروز أدلة جديدة تثبت وجود سياسة منهجية لإساءة المعاملة مثل الصعقات الكهربائية والحرمان من النوم والضرب طوال فترة احتلال القوات البريطانية...
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MoD may face hundreds of new torture claims

July 12, 2009

By Editors

MoD may face hundreds of new torture claims

The inquiry into the death of Baha Mousa while held by the British Army begins tomorrow, with lawyers registering more claims of abuse The Ministry of Defence faces the threat of hundreds of claims for alleged abuse and torture of Iraqi civilians by British soldiers. Lawyers say emerging evidence of abuses, including use of electric...
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