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500 million dollars on its way to fund the next war against Syria

22 September 2017

The Süddeustche Zeitung has shed light on the fact that arms are being transferred from the headquarters of the US Air Forces in Europe, based in Ramstein (Germany) and are making their way to the Syrian “rebels”.
The weapons, (mainly Kalashnikovs and mortars with their ammunition), have (...)

Cuba’s President Raul Castro’s speech at the close of Cuba’s National Assembly session

by Raúl Castro Ruz

Havana (Cuba) | 18 December 2010

Cuban National Assembly Havana 18 December 2010
Comrades all,
We have been meeting for several days now discussing extremely important matters for the future of the nation. This time, in addition to our customary work in commissions, the deputies have met in plenary with the purpose of (...)

Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister denounces subversive escalation against Cuba at 13th session of Human Rights Council

3 March 2010

Speech delivered by Bruno Rodriguez Parilla, minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Cuba, at the high level segment of the thirteenth session of the Human rights council
Geneva March 3, 2010
Mr. President,
It took 60 million deadly casualties during World War II to develop the (...)

Prison sought for 26 Americans in CIA case

1 October 2009

"Justice for Abu Omar"
Public prosecutors in Italy have urged a court in Milan to jail 26 Americans for the kidnapping of a terrorism suspect in a 2003 CIA operation.
The Italian lawyers are seeking sentences of between 10 and 13 years for the US agents. They also want 13 years for the (...)

Time for accountability

Should George W. Bush Be Arrested in Calgary, Alberta, To Be Tried For International Crimes?

by Anthony J. Hall

Lethbridge (Canada) | 9 March 2009

While the ICC decision to issue an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Bashir on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity is a welcome development, it is hardly the only situation where it should be applied. Some see it as a double standard promoted by the ICC in the choice of its (...)

Human rights groups shocked by refusal to reverse Bush policy in Afghanistan

Obama, tell us the whole truth

23 February 2009

New questions are being raised about the Obama administration’s commitment to fully reverse Bush administration policies relating to the so-called war on terror. Less than a month after signing an executive order to end torture and shut down the Guantanamo Bay prison camp, President Barack (...)

The Incredible story of Youssef Nada

by Silvia Cattori

Geneva (Switzerland) | 25 July 2008

Under the cover of the « war against terror », the United States and the European Union have granted unlimited powers to secret services and police. Emergency measures which were introduced on a provisional basis in 2001, outside any judiciary control, have become permanent. Since September (...)

Political crackdown

A Voltaire Network collaborator jailed in Berlin

10 June 2008

Repression against the Voltaire Network keeps on. Jürgen Cain Külbel has been jailed in Berlin. The weak legal pretexts used to condemn him cannot hide the political motive behind this decision: our collaborator had shown that the Commissioner of the UN International Independent Investigation (...)

Dick Marty: "Does one have to fight tyranny with the instruments of the tyrants?"

by Dick Marty

18 May 2007

After a lot of research into the CIA abductions and the CIA secret flights in Europe,
Dick Marty has proven at length, that it is not about the individual cases, because generally, they have become the norm. The President of the Commitee on Legal Affairs of the Council of Europe has (...)

Condoleezza Rice says United States does not torture terrorists

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 5 December 2005

SECRETARY RICE: Good morning. We have received inquiries from the European Union, the Council of Europe, and from several individual countries about media reports concerning U.S. conduct in the war on terror. I am going to respond now to those inquiries, as I depart today for Europe. And (...)