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Spanish Judge to Investigate Torture at Gitmo

Nick McMaster — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:56:01 CDT

A Spanish judge has launched a probe into allegations of torture at the American prison at Guantanamo Bay, AFP reports. Baltasar Garzon initiated the investigation after reading statements by Spanish citizen Hamed Abderrahman Ahmed and three other prisoners about their treatment there. Garzon also said that the memos recently declassified...

Warrants May Shed Light on South American Dirty War

Peter Fearon — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 20:04:08 CST

An Italian judge has issued arrest warrants for nearly 150 people in Latin America accused of helping their governments hunt down and kill leftist opponents in the 1970s. The warrants could shed new light on the so-called Operation Condor, an extraordinary scheme in which South American governments cooperated with each...