Judges, Law, Criminal Investigations - Spain

"The Madrid Cables"
By Scott Horton - HARPER'S Magazine - No Comment
December 1, 2010

http://harpers.org/subjects/NoComment

In Spain, the revelations that U.S. diplomats sought out and communicated directly with judges and prosecutors , in a large-scale coordinated effort by the State Department to obstruct the criminal investigations in several cases in that country have dominated the news in Spain for the last three days now.

Spain Newspapers:
El País - http://www.elpais.com/global/
Público - http://www.publico.es/

Scott Horton is an adjunct professor at Columbia Law School and New York attorney known for his work in human rights law and the law of armed conflict.

"Sovereign Immunity" for American Criminals: "the Prince can do no wrong"

March 8th, 2010 - Centennial of International Women's Day / 1 July 2009 - Marwa Ali El-Sherbini murdered inside a courtroom in Dresden, Germany

Marwa Ali El-Sherbini (7 October 1977 – 1 July 2009) was an Egyptin German resident, who was killed during a hearing at a court of law in Dresden, Germany , on July 1, 2009.

She was stabbed by the man against whom she had testified in a criminal case about wearing a headscarf. The murder was committed inside the Courtroom in front of her three-year-old son and husband. She was three months pregnant.

As El-Sherbini and her family were about to leave, Alex Wiens, the man against whom she had testified, attacked her with an 18 cm (7 in) long blade. She received multiple stab wounds to the upper body and arm (at least 16). While trying to protect his wife, El-Sherbini's husband Elwi Ali-Okaz was stabbed at least 16 times to the head, neck, upper body and arm. The attack happened at 10:23 (time-stamped by the judge having raised a security alarm). A police officer, called to the scene to intervene, mistook Elwi Ali-Okaz for the attacker and shot him in the lower leg. Her three-year-old son was also injured while being ushered to safety. Marwa El-Sherbini died at the scene, at 11:07, succumbing to her injuries. Alex Wiens was arrested on the scene.

UK Judges and Special Advocates refuse to back down regarding release of information on torture of innocent man Binyan Mohamed

Last Friday Lord Justice Thomas and Mr. Justice Lloyd Jones , issued a sixth judgment on the case (PDF), declaring that the treatment of Mohamed “could never properly be described as ‘a secret’ or an ‘intelligence secret’ or ‘a summary of classified intelligence,’” .

They also restored two passages from their fifth judgment, which were removed at the request of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Full text and details about the case HERE - "UK Judges Comapre Binyam Mohamed's Torture to that of Abu Zubaydah" - by Andy Worthington - November 26, 2009

"THESE GUYS ARE ALL SCIENTISTS"

New York Times article about Bruce Jessen and Jim Mitchell, two military retirees and psychologists with no expertise on al-Qaeda, no foreign language skills, no experience in real interrogations, and with no relevant degrees ("...their Ph.D. dissertations were on high blood pressure and family therapy")....but "scientists" - The Torture Designers

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Creating and feeding ISLAMOPHOBIA - how Islamophobes manipulate media

FAIRNESS AND ACCURACY IN REPORTING documents the "ISLAMOPHOBIA INDUSTRY"

Smearcasting documents the public writings and appearances of Islamophobic activists and pundits who intentionally and regularly spread fear, bigotry and misinformation in the media.

A fresh ook at Islamophobia and its perpetrators in today’s media

See snapshots, or case studies, describing how Islamophobes manipulate media.

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