links for 2008-04-20

Top Bush aides pushed for Guantánamo torture | World news | The Guardian

General Richard Myers, chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff from 2001 to 2005, wrongly believed that inmates at Guantánamo and other prisons were protected by the Geneva conventions and from abuse tantamount to torture.

(tags: kidutus guantánamo guardian USA ihmisoikeudet)
US: Release Iraqi News Photographer – HRW

The US military held Bilal Hussein for nearly two years without charging, then transferred him to the Iraqi justice system, which apparently sees no reason to detain him

(tags: ihmisoikeudet USA Irak media)
I’m loving aliens instead | Pop | guardian.co.uk Music

Robbie Williams disappeared from view at the end of 2006. Since then, he has become obsessed with UFOs and extraterrestrials.

(tags: Musiikki viihde)
Tutkija ei tekisi erikoisjärjestelyjä maahanmuuttajille – HS.fi – Kotimaa

Helsingin yliopiston tutkija Marko Juntunen ei lähtisi myötäilemään vanhoillisen uskontulkinnan vaatimuksia. “Se tie ei johda mihinkään”, Juntunen sanoo.

(tags: maahanmuuttajat suomi tutkimus)
EU tightens anti-terrorism laws

European Union ministers have agreed to punish incitement to terrorism through the internet.

(tags: terrorisminvastainentaistelu EU)

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