Pervez Musharraf’s talk of ‘tacit approval’ reminds us of the trail linking distant torture chambers to the heart of our governments Mustafa Qadri, guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 15 March 2011 12.52 GMT The admission by Pervez Musharraf, the former Pakistan president, of British complicity in torture on BBC2′s The Secret War on Terror should not surprise anyone. What [...]
The business of torture goes on as usual
March 15th, 2011 · No Comments
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Pakistan investigates abduction of journalist
November 29th, 2010 · No Comments
Print Email Updated November 29, 2010 11:20:11 Two months ago Pakistani journalist Umar Cheema was abducted in Islamabad by Pakistan’s military intelligence. Uma Cheema was held for six hours and he says, tortured and then dumped on the outskirts of the capital. His abduction came after he was warned to stop writing stories against the government. [...]
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