What Dick Cheney knew about the torture program Buried in the pages of the 525-page executive summary of the so-called CIAtorture report is a timeline showing when former U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney was briefed about the program July 29, 2003: According to the report, Huge anti-police violence protests set for D.C. and NYC Mashable! by Colin … Read more
Why cameras alone won’t protect black mens’ lives …My heart’s in Accra I wasn’t expecting the grand jury to indict Darren Wilson, the police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO. I was disappointed and outraged, but not surprised. Unfortunately, the response of local and state government in Ferguson to the shooting … Read more
Ferguson: Anthropologists Speak Out Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology by Carole McGranahan Race and injustice and anger and fear. All of these and more in the wake of the grand jury decision in the police killing of unarmed teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. What do anthropology and anthropologists have to say about all of this? … Read more
It’s Incredibly Rare For A Grand Jury To Do What Ferguson’s Just Did FiveThirtyEight – Ben Casselman – Nov 24, 6:30 PM – A St. Louis County grand jury on Monday decided not to indict Ferguson, Missouri, police Officer Darren Wilson in the August killing of teenager Michael Brown. The decision wasn’t a surprise — … Read more
That’s how it works here in Turkey… They do not seem to know that both drinks belong to same company… Pro-AKP circles started a campaign to boycott Israeli products and their first product to boycott is Coca Cola. Although the latter is not an Israeli company, they believe that Coca Cola “helps” Israel. Thus comes the boycott. … Read more
Court arrests police officer who killed Gezi protester Sarısülük, upon prosecutor’s request The prosecutor demanded that Şahbaz be charged with first degree murder and jailed for 25 years, in a critical turning point in the trial. Ali İsmail Korkmaz Foundation Established The family members of Ali İsmail Korkmaz, a Gezi Resistance protestors killed in Eskişehir, … Read more
ETHEM SARISÜLÜK CASE: Police Şahbaz Ordered to Stand Trial Bianet :: English Ankara 6th High Criminal Court ordered top suspect police officer Şahbaz to attend the next hearing on the case of Ethem Sarısülük, a Gezi Resistance protestor who was shot dead by police fire. Murder suspect absent again in Gezi Park protester murder case … Read more
Woman sustains cerebral trauma in police crackdown on Teachers? Day protest march Hundreds of teachers have faced a police crackdown as they joined a march in Ankara to protest the government?s policies on education on Teachers? Day Police stage crackdown on Teachers? Day protest march in Ankara Hundreds of teachers have faced … Read more
Turkey fined 2.3 mln euros for killing of 33 villagers in 1994 The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered Turkey to pay 2.3 million euros to the 38 people ***************** Court lifts headscarf ban for attorneys The Council of State has approved the removal of the headscarf ban for lawyers Trial of Gezi … Read more
Amnesty seeks justice for 14-year-old victim of police brutality during Gezi protests AI has issued a call to Turkish authorities to launch a fair investigation to find the police officer responsible for firing a tear gas capsule that struck Berkin Elvan ?I tripped him up, police beat him,? confesses civilian suspect charged with killing Gezi … Read more
Ethem Sarısülük Case Suspended Ankara 6th High Criminal Court suspended the trial of policeman Ahmet Şahbaz in the Ethem Sarısülük case, saying that necessary permission have not been taken on the prosecution of a policeman. ?Police is being protected by the arm of justice. Justice process is blocked,? said advocate Bayraktar. Questions arise in … Read more