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Opinion :
Harper regime refuses national inquiry into brutality of
indigenous women
Call after call, within Canada and
internationally, for a national investigation into the brutal deaths
and involuntary disappearances of indigenous (Indian/First Nation)
women and young girls but to no avail, and Canada's Conservative
prime minister Stephen Harper and his regime has given a flat-out no
to the likes of the United Nations,
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US strategically hides Bush-era torture to avoid UN scrutiny
Afghan detainee Gul Rahman would never leave the
CIA prison known as 'The Salt Pit' alive. Interrogators left Rahman
in his cell, reportedly “naked from the waste down,” after shackling
him and dousing him with cold water. In the morning, they discovered
that the Rahman, who had reportedly been “uncooperative” with his
captors, had died of hypothermia.
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Opinion:
UN Resolutions meant to hound certain nations:
Sri Lanka-Israel comparison
One of the complaints made by Israel over the
years is that there is a disproportionate number of Resolutions
against its country. What Israel does not acknowledge is that none
of these Resolutions get anywhere because almost always the US uses
its veto power or forces watering down of allegations.
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