A recent Financial Times column on the Iran war exemplifies how the Western elite worldview is more concerned with strategy and power than legality or human life, writes ANDREW MURRAY
Wikileaks and the El-Masri kidnap case
The importance of the whistleblowing media group was made plain when the Assange trial heard the case of the Lebanese man whose abduction and torture by the CIA it exposed, writes TIM DAWSON
After being exposed by Wikileaks, the US has resisted all attempts to hold it to account for the five months during which the CIA tortured Kahled El-Masri in secret
STEVE BISHOP considers the prospects for a settlement of the conflict and how the demands of both sides are being viewed
The PM is drawing cautious distance from Donald Trump over Iran – but history suggests Britain’s support may run deeper than it appears, just as it did during the Vietnam war, says KEITH FLETT
Years of austerity and political failure have left classrooms overcrowded and staff overstretched – now educators are organising across roles to demand change, says ED HARLOW
While US restrictions tighten economic and social pressures on Cuba, international allies and grassroots campaigns are stepping in to support the island’s resilience, writes BERNARD REGAN, secretary of Cuba Solidarity Campaign
Labour’s approach to Scotland reveals a long-running tension between rhetoric and reality, warns PAULINE BRYAN
LAWYERS for the US government wrangled for days to prevent Julian Assange’s extradition proceedings hearing Kahled El-Masri’s evidence.
When eventually his story was laid before the court last week, it was obvious why.
The German shop worker suffered horrific treatment at the hands of the Macedonian police and the CIA.
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