Niger: President Tandja Wants A Permanent Grip On Power
Today, Niger is voting in a referendum on a new and very controversial constitutional change. If approves, it would give President Mamadou Tandja the right to run for re-election indefinitely without any kind of term limits. Last June, the 71 years old Tandja dissolved both the country’s Parliament and its Constitutional Court (the equivalent of […]
Mousavi Accuses Regime Of Torturing To Obtain ‘Confessions’
Today, opposition leader Mousavi went on the offensive, and accused the authorities of using ” medieval-era torture” to extract fake confessions from the protesters on trial. Former president Khatami joined Mousavi in saying that the mass trial was in violation of the Iranian constitution.
Iran: The ‘Holy’ Regime Put 100 Protesters On ‘Trial’
According to the official ‘news’ agency IRNA, the defendant are facing the following charges: Attacking military centers with firearms & bombs, attacking government centers and setting them on fire, destroying public property, creating terror amongst the public, contact with militants and hostile groups, violence against police and security agents, reporting for foreign and hostile media, violence against people and distributing material against the holy regime.”
Major AIG Contractor Under Scrutiny
A company hired by insurance giant AIG to investigate federal contract workers injured in war zones is itself under scrutiny after an employee brandished an ID card that falsely suggested he was a government agent.
UN Report: Spike In Afghans Civilian Casualties
Today, the UN mission in Afghanistan released its mid-year report on civilian casualties. In the first 6 months of 2009, the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan ( UNAMA) recorded 1,013 civilian deaths compared with 818 for the same period (1St of January to 30TH of June) in 2008. This represent a 24 percent increase […]
