DN! interview with Cherif Bassiouni, professor at DePaul University: College of Law, president emeritus of the International Human Rights Law Institute, former United Nations human rights investigator in Afghanistan. In 2005 he was forced out of the United Nations under pressure from the US just days after he released a report criticizing the US for committing human rights abuses. (more…)
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Fmr. Afghan UN Human Rights Investigator: No Military Solution for Afghanistan (Video)
Posted: 10 February 2009 by Editors in Af-Pak War, International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: abuses, Afghanistan, Amy Goodman, Bassiouni, civilians, democracy, DePaul, economy, Gitmo, Guantanamo, human rights, international law, Iraq, Karzai, law, Middle East, military, Obama, private contractors, special forces, Taliban, terrorism, UN, UN Security Council, US
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Little Alex in Wonderland 