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Hammond plead guilty to extracting Stratfor's files

jeudi 30 mai 2013 à 14:00

Jeremy Hammond plead guilty to extracting Stratfor's files for publication, but courageously refused to apologize for trying to inform the people.

Stratfor, which was one of Hammond's targets is more dangerous to Americans than Hammond. It is part of the tendency for the US government to work secretly with corporations against Americans, which also shows up in other forms.

However, I do not approve of using people's credit cards that were obtained from Stratfor.

Poor people pushed off their land

jeudi 30 mai 2013 à 14:00

Around the world, poor people are being pushed off their land by foreign purchasers who give them no choice.

The companies grow food for export, and the people are forced to flee.

Lost report exposed genocide of indigenous people

jeudi 30 mai 2013 à 14:00

A lost 1967 Brazilian report which exposed the genocide of indigenous people, using chemical and biological weapons as well as bombs and torture and starvation, has been found and parts leaked.

No one was punished for it then, and the impunity continues today, with indigenous people under the most furious attack since the military regime ended.

UK hold around 90 prisoners in Afghanistan

jeudi 30 mai 2013 à 14:00

The UK holds around 90 prisoners in Afghanistan, and won't hand them over to the Afghan government for fear they might be tortured.

Combatants captured in a war zone can legitimately be treated as prisoners of war, which means they don't have to be accused of a crime, and are also not supposed to be punished, let alone tortured. However, I'm not sure what international law says about people captured and called combatants who say they were not involved in fighting.

I don't see a right answer to this issue.

Burmese forced to work as slaves

jeudi 30 mai 2013 à 14:00

Burmese men in Thailand are forced to work as slaves on fishing boats, and murdered if they try to escape.