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UK Liberal Democrats demand independent torture investigation

September 21, 2009 01:01:00 PM

British Liberal Democrats voted Monday to support a motion calling for a public investigation into the UK's potential complicity in torture. The motion, passed at the party's conference , calls for:A full and...

September 11, 2009 02:12:00 PM

UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband announced Friday that the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) has referred allegations of torture by its officers to Attorney General Patricia Scotland and the Metropolitan Police [official...

August 10, 2009 11:19:00 AM

Chief of the UK Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) John Scarlett said that the British secret service did not participate in or condone torture, during a BBC radio interview broadcast Monday. Scarlett denied that the SIS, better...

August 4, 2009 02:35:00 PM

The UK Parliament Joint Committee on Human Rights released a report Tuesday calling for an independent inquiry into allegations regarding government complicity in the torture of UK terrorism suspects in Pakistan and elsewhere. Maintaining that complicity...

July 31, 2009 08:49:00 AM

Germany's Federal Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) may not withhold information from parliament without good cause. The case...

July 23, 2009 09:10:00 AM

Sonya Sceats : "Claims by Binyam Mohamed that the UK security service colluded in his 'medieval' torture while detained in Pakistan, Morocco and Afghanistan have reignited an important debate about the standing of the...

July 10, 2009 12:40:00 PM

The UK Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) announced Friday that it is investigating the alleged mistreatment of an Ethiopian Guantanamo Bay detainee by British intelligence officers. Binyam Mohamed ,...

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DOJ seeks state secrets case rehearing

June 12, 2009 03:40:00 PM

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a brief Friday to petition the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to rehear a state secrets privilege case en banc....

May 7, 2009 10:14:00 AM

London High Court judges Lord Justice Thomas and Mr. Justice Lloyd Jones agreed Wednesday to reconsider a February decision to redact information from a ruling about former Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed [Reprieve profile;...

April 29, 2009 08:39:00 AM

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday that the state secrets privilege does not bar a lawsuit against a company that allegedly provided logistical support for CIA rendition...

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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty extended indefinitely

On May 11, 1995, over 170 signatory nations agreed to extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) indefinitely. The NPT is an agreement signed by 189 countries to control the spread of nuclear weapons and nuclear technology based on the principles of disarmament, non-proliferation, and the use of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes. The treaty was opened for signature in 1968 with a provision for review conferences every five years. During the 1995 review conference in New York City, member countries decided to keep the treaty open indefinitely. Learn more about the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty from the United Nations.

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