"GRANITO: How to Nail a Dictator" now available on iTunes By Kate Doyle
17 December 2013 — Unredacted
In a startling loop of time and memory, Granito: How to Nail a Dictator shows how a filmmaker's first documentary became instrumental in the indictment and conviction of Guatemala's ex-dictator Ríos Montt for genocide against the Mayan population. "Granito" transports us back in time through haunting tale of state repression and violence, and then returns to the present with a cast joined by destiny- the quest to bring a dictator to justice. The work of the National Security Archive Senior Analyst Kate Doyle is featured in the film.
NHS regulations are unfair: they'll stop us tax dodging! By Richard Whittell
17 December 2013 — Our NHS
The healthcare companies taking over NHS provision are lobbying regulators to allow their tax avoidance schemes to continue.
Russia: Aug. 21 Syria Chemical Attack Was 'Staged'
17 December 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation
Russia on Monday lashed out at the U.S. and its allies on the U.N. Security Council over who is to blame for chemical weapons attacks in Syria this year.
Isa Muazu and the Perversion of Refugee Law By Akwesi Shaddai
17 December 2013 — New Left Project
Just as British wars abroad are justified by spurious claims about concern for human rights, it seems that the battle for rights at home has itself already been lost. It is well known that on-going conflicts throughout Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Somalia and elsewhere have resulted in millions being displaced from their country of origin. However, when those fortunate enough to flee persecution arrive in the UK, they are often faced with the prospect of indefinite detention, followed by a fast-track evaluation system that leads to deportation in 99% of cases. Continue reading →
Information Clearing House 16 December 2013
Federal Judge Says NSA Program Appears to Violate Constitution
By Pete Williams
A federal judge rules that the National Security Agency's program of gathering data on all telephone calls made in the US is unconstitutional.
VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 16 December 2013
Prawer Plan Resurfaces In Knesset
IMEMC – Ex IDF general: No instructions to halt legislation. [December 16, 2013] The Prawer Plan may not be shelved after all, reports +972. …
Media Lens: An Awkward Silence – Burying The Hersh Revelations Of Obama's Syrian Deceit By David Cromwell
17 December 2013 — Media Lens
'All governments lie', the US journalist I.F. Stone once noted, with Iraq the most blatant example in modern times. But Syria is another recent criminal example of Stone's dictum.
NSA: Proliferation Watch: U.S. Intelligence Assessments of Potential Nuclear Powers, 1977-2001
17 December 2013 — National Security Archive
First Publication of Recently Declassified Satellite Photographs of South African Nuclear Test Site–1977