US Army records reveal mock executions in Iraq News
US Army records reveal mock executions in Iraq

[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union [advocacy website] has obtained records [ACLU press release] from the US Army describing mock executions [Los Angeles Times report] being used against Iraqi detainees, which are forbidden. An army captain ordered a detainee to dig his own grave then ordered troops to pretend to shoot him. In a similar incident, a soldier fired a gun over a detainee's head. In all, over 2,600 pages of testimony, documentation, and disciplinary records were released. AP has more.

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South Africa becomes first country on continent to legalize same-sex marriage

Same-sex marriages became legal in South Africa on November 30, 2006 as the country's Civil Union Act, 2006 went into effect, making South Africa the only country on the African continent to legalize same-sex marriage. Read the Civil Union Act, 2006.