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  • DC trolls Saudi embassy by naming street Jamal Khashoggi Way

    06/15/2022 2:59:19 PM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 70 replies
    The Associated Press ^ | June 15, 2022 | By ASHRAF KHALIL
    WASHINGTON (AP) — One month ahead of President Joe Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia, the District of Columbia is renaming the street in front of the Saudi embassy Jamal Khashoggi Way, trolling Riyadh for its role in the killing of the dissident Saudi activist and journalist in 2018. With members of the D.C. Council in attendance, a Jamal Khashoggi Way sign was unveiled directly in front of the embassy’s main entrance. “We intend to remind the people who are hiding behind these doors ... that we hold them responsible and we will hold them accountable for the murder of our...
  • Group: Iraqi Forces Torturing Detainees ( Human Rights Watch ...... says.......)

    01/24/2005 7:35:03 PM PST · by Ernest_at_the_Beach · 27 replies · 664+ views
    Las Vegas Sun ^ | January 24, 2005 at 19:30:48 PST | ASSOCIATED PRESS
    LONDON (AP) - Iraqi security forces are arbitrarily arresting people and systematically torturing and abusing detainees, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Tuesday. With few exceptions, Iraqi authorities have not acted to stop such mistreatment, the report said. International police advisers, largely funded by the U.S. government, "have turned a blind eye to these rampant abuses," it said. "The Iraqi interim government led by Prime Minister Ayad Allawi ... appears to be actively taking part, or is at least complicit, in these grave violations of fundamental human rights. Nor has the United States, the United Kingdom or other...