Today’s update of human rights events around the world.
CIA admits ‘terror tapes’ destroyed
The US Central Intelligence Agency has destroyed 92 tapes of interrogations of
“terror” suspects, far more than previously acknowledged, the agency has said. Al Jazeera
Forced labor in Florida
Workers chained to poles. Locked in trucks. Physically beaten. Robbed of pay. It sounds too extreme to be true. But it’s happening today. For decades, Florida’s farmworkers have faced terrible abuses, brutal exploitation, and in the most extreme cases, forced labor. But almost as disturbing is the silence of Florida’s governors – who have refused to condemn these abuses. That’s why we’re calling on Florida Governor Charlie Crist to commit the full power of his office to addressing the plague of forced labor in Florida’s fields. American Rights at Work
DOJ Memos Reveal Legal Thinking Behind Controversial Bush Terrorism Policy
The Justice Department today released nine national security legal opinions written by the Bush administration, and revealed that in the weeks before President George W. Bush left office, an administration attorney had disavowed all of them. Common Dreams
Jestina Mukoko and a few others released on bail
The BBC is reporting that Jestina Mukoko has been released on bail, but she remains in hospital where she still needs ongoing medical treatment. Mukoko was in detention for 89 days before being released on bail. When she was first abducted she was missing for 20 days, when no one knew whether she was dead or alive. The world later learned that she had been severely tortured while in police custody. BBC
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