Archive for the ‘abuse’ Category
Sunday, July 23rd, 2006
The group Human Rights Watch said in a report released Sunday that U.S. military commanders encouraged abusive interrogations of detainees in Iraq, even after the Abu Ghraib prison scandal called attention to the issue in 2004.Link
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Wednesday, July 19th, 2006
Special prosecutors investigating allegations that police tortured nearly 150 black suspects in the 1970s and '80s said Wednesday they found evidence of abuse, but any crimes are now too old to prosecute. In three of the cases, the prosecutors said the evidence was strong enough to have warranted ...
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Friday, June 23rd, 2006
A priest who admitted sexually abusing a 12-year-old altar boy fled to Mexico after his bishop failed to immediately report the confession to authorities, a law enforcement official said.Link
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