A military watchdog has adjourned public hearings into the alleged torture of Afghan prisoners for a week while lawyers battle over the scope of its investigation. The chair of the Military Police Complaints Commission, Peter Tinsley, stopped the hearings into complaints filed by two human-rights groups hours after they began Wednesday.
The probe is looking into what military police in Kandahar knew – or should have known – about the possible abuse of prisoners Canadian soldiers handed over to Afghanistan's notorious intelligence service for interrogation.
Haitham Rashaidh was among the last to leave his home near Ein al-Auja, a natural spring...
Since Andy Burnham became prime minister, there has been a serious shift in approach to British...
Home demolitions by Israeli forces; attacks on healthcare infrastructure, homes, and schools; mass displacement of Palestinians;...
A body representing Palestinian citizens of Israel has condemned what it called an “obsessive campaign of...
