Abu Ghraib
US refuses to acknowledge systemic use of torture by its armed forces in Iraq

A large number of those who were kept in Abu Ghraib and other detention centers run by the US and its allies in Iraq were innocent civilians. Many were subjected to various forms of torture and have not received justice to this day

US invasion of Iraq Two decades of criminal invasion in Iraq and its aftermath 

Since the invasion of their country in 2003, Iraqis have not seen respite from its implications, with occupation, sectarian violence, fanaticism, and corrupt and inefficient governments—sustained by persistent imperialist interventions—marking the last two decades

Nord stream Sabotage of Nord Stream won’t go unpunished

Can German Chancellor Olaf Scholz survive the deception over Nord Stream sabotage? If Ukraine is implicated, there is no going back for Germany

Guantanamo bay and the legacy of global “War on Terror”

The failure of the successive governments in the US to shut Gitmo in which the majority of the detainees, past and present, were never charged with any crime formally, even after spending years in prison and suffering inhuman acts of torture, exposes their complete disregard to human rights.

US Supreme Court US Supreme Court rejects defense contractor’s appeal for protection in Abu Ghraib torture case 

The employees of defense contractor CACI have been accused by three Iraqi men of torture during their detention in the Abu Ghraib prison from which they were eventually released without charge

Protests intensify in Swaziland as people demand an end to monarchy and other stories

Today we look at the pro-democracy protests in Swaziland, the ceasefire announced in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, demolitions in Occupied Jerusalem’s Silwan area, and more