Amnesty brands Guantanamo a gulag in global rights critique
Amnesty International blasted the Guantanamo Bay detention camp as a failure and called for its shutdown. It cited about 540 detainees held on suspected links to al Qaida or the Taliban, with some held over three years without charges, while defending U.S. interrogation practices.
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Egyptian agents beat protesters during Cairo referendum
Plainclothes government agents assaulted protesters while Mubarak supporters clashed with demonstrators in Cairo as voters weighed a constitutional amendment. The measure would require 250 recommendations from parliament and local councils for independent presidential candidates, a hurdle seen as blocking real challengers.
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Secondhand smoke linked to lower fertility in IVF study
A McMaster University study of 225 women seeking fertility treatment found three groups with differing pregnancy rates after embryo transfer. Nonsmokers not exposed to smoke at home had about 48 percent pregnancies, smokers about 19 percent, and sidestream exposed about 20 percent, suggesting secondhand smoke may reduce IVF success.
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Detainees allege Quran desecration by Guantanamo guards
Declassified FBI records show detainees at Guantanamo Bay told interrogators in 2002 that military guards beat them and desecrated the Quran. One detainee quoted on July 22, 2002, said guards flushed a Quran in a toilet.
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