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(David Ozanich/JPGMag.com) The Awl
highlights the “intentionally scandalous” photo series “In the
Playroom” by Canadian Jonathan Hobin that features kids in tableaux
taken from news headlines. Macleans has the full story as well as a slide show of the photos in question.
(BBC) An independent examination of the US rendition
program after 9/11 has concluded that it is "indisputable" that
America tortured prisoners and that the country's highest officials
were responsible.
A 580-page report published on Tuesday [April 16, 2013] by the Constitution Project,
a non-partisan Washington-based thinktank, concludes that the program
was unjustified and counterproductive, damaging to the country's
reputation.
And [it] has placed US military personnel at risk of mistreatment
if they are themselves taken prisoner.
In findings similar to those of a report published two months ago by the New York NGO Open Society Justice Initiative, the study concludes that... More
The Kill Team: US soldiers at "play" on the job killing helpless civilians
Police near Mount Everest are investigating reports of a fight
between several Western white sport climbers and the Nepalese Sherpa guides they hire and disregard.
Although the government promised as much as possible would be made public regarding the practice of "rendition" -- sending prisoners to other countries for their torture -- no date has yet been fixed for publication.
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