Human Rights - All Posts To JUSTICE Will Be Served From 8 April 2008 - 10 March 2009

SUMMARY OF ALL POSTS

This is a Summary of All Posts to JUSTICE Will Be Served - Human Rights - HRLaws Blog from 8 April 2008 through 10 March 2009. I have included a Blend of Factual Information from NESW including details of my own Personal Experiences involving my Blood Relations and their Associates who are guilty of Human Rights Violations and Abuses as well as proving their contempt for Established Laws, Restrictions and Boundaries. References to Human Rights Instruments are included in some posts: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, European Convention on Human Rights 1953 and the UK Human Rights Act 1998.

My Second Blog: International 7/7 London Bombings Inquiry (AA-1177) also raises some Human Rights Issues. The aim of the AA-1177 blog is To Think Outside The Box. Instead of focusing on what the government and media reports, and wants us to Hear and Believe, let us discover a few logical and connected details, by ourselves....

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LIST OF POSTS

Tuesday, March 10, 2009
UDHR Translations - Arabic, Czech, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian & Spanish
Links to Over 300 Translations of the UDHR - Sites Used: Amnesty International, BOES, KnowYourRights, UN and The High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Refers to Human Rights Violations of Blood Relations and Their Associates

Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Ameneh Bahrami - Why Acid Attacks Will Continue On Muslim Women/Children in the 21st Century and Beyond - Inequality of Justice For The Physically Weak In Iran
Her Recent Interview on Spanish Radio. Contains references to Iran’s Constitution, Penal Code and Qisas/The Bill of Retribution (1982), all responsible for enforcing the inequality of justice for women.

Sunday, February 22, 2009
SELF IMMOLATION - Dying For A Cause > Human Rights > Violations and Abuses
Many people have committed self immolation with the goal of raising attention about a variety of human rights violations and abuses, oppression, persecution as well as crime and political corruption, in their own countries and elsewhere. This post identifies the names and the stories behind self immolations, worldwide.

Thursday, February 19, 2009
Majid Movahedi - Iran State Supreme Court Rejects Appeal
Iran's State Supreme Court has upheld a sentence of blinding Majid Movahedi for throwing acid into the face of Ameneh Bahrami who spurned him.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009
8NAZI GERMANY - UNWCC United Nations War Crimes Commission Law Reports
The UNWCC prepared and published a 15 volume set of law reports covering 89 War Crimes Trials, after World War II. This post contains links to all of these volumes as well as a simple list of cases by volume.

Friday, February 13, 2009
Oliveira - Brazilian Lawyer Attacked By Neo Nazis in Switzerland
Why do Neo Nazis still exist? Why did they attack a Brazilian Woman (with Twins) in Switzerland?
Swiss Authorities are claiming this widely circulated media story is fictitious.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009
7NAZI GERMANY - WWII BY INTERNATIONAL DESIGN - THE ECONOMY AND FOREIGN INVESTORS
Contains information about the Vital Component of Nazi Germany's War Infrastructure. A Brief History of the German Economy and Hermann Goering's Four Year Plan. Role of Jewish Public Protests and their Boycott of German Goods in 1933 and Germany's Retaliatory Actions. The Real Role of Neutral Countries During the War. Post War Looting of German Patents, Cover Up of German Research on Tobacco and Cancer and the Removal/Kidnap of Nazi Experts to Allied Countries. The Role of Foreign Subsidiaries/Investors before and during World War II in Germany.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009
6NAZI GERMANY - STERILIZATION AND EUTHANASIA PROGRAMS
Life “Unworthy of Life” A Brief History of the Sterilization and the Euthanasia Programs and German Public Opposition. The Use of Cost Benefits Analysis in Nazi Medicine to Educate Children about the Monetary Value of Human Life. Refers to Personal Actions of Blood Relations.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009
5NAZI GERMANY - THE DOCTORS & MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS
The Nazi Doctors' Nuremberg Trial and Details of Their Experiments. Names of Nazi Doctors who Escaped Prosecution. Information about Post War Unethical Experiments Without Informed Consent, in the USA, Russia, South Africa and Israel. Refers to the Experiences of My Blood Relations and Their Associates During the War.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009
4NAZI GERMANY - FORCED PROSTITUTION & RAPE NAZI GERMANY -
'CASES NOT TRIED' AT THE NUREMBERG TRIALS
Sexual Crimes Were Not Tried at Nuremberg even though There Were Established Laws Condemning These Crimes. Information About Nazi Military Brothels and Concentration Camp Brothels. Evidence and Testimonies from Witnesses. Both Axis and Allied Forces were Guilty of Sexual Violence and Rape. Refers to the Experiences of My Blood Relations and Their Associates During the War.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009
3NAZI GERMANY - SLAVE & FORCED LABOUR
Without Forced and Slave Labour the Nazi War Machine would have Collapsed, bringing the War to a Swift End. A Brief History of Forced and Slave Labour Before, During and After World War II. Details of The Nuremberg Trials for German Industrialists - Flick, Krupp and IG Farben. Refers to the Experiences of My Blood Relations and Their Associates During the War.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009
2NAZI GERMANY - EUGENICS, RACIAL PURITY & PERSECUTION
The US Influenced Nazi Germany's Eugenics Program. A Snapshot of the Diverse Groups Persecuted and Imprisoned in Concentration Camps. The Nuremberg Trial, Which Dealt With Racial Purity - RuSHA (USA vs. Ulrich Greifelt et al).

Tuesday, February 10, 2009
1NAZI GERMANY - UN CHARTER & UDHR
Why WWII Drove The Creation Of The UN Charter and the UDHR. Refers to My Motives For Coming To Geneva in 1994 to stop Certain Human Rights Violations in Great Britain.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009
0NAZI GERMANY - INTRODUCTION TO SERIES OF POSTS
This post is part of a series covering World War II Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity. My aims are to present: Some of the reasons why the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and subsequent HR Instruments Were Created and Are Currently Being Ignored, and To Publicize Present Day Human Rights Abuses, the Perpetrators and their Motives, including my own blood relations and their associates.

Sunday, January 11, 2009
War Crimes in Israel Gaza Strip - Disproportionate Retaliation
Select Media Stories Of War Crimes in the Israel Gaza Strip Conflict.

Saturday, December 20, 2008
DOG BITES ATTACKS - The Dangerous World of Possession, Materialism & Dogs (As Weapons)
This post endeavors to bring home the Denied Reality of dog people who are fully responsible for the violence and ferocious attacks on children and adults. The owner of these dogs obtained the animal in the knowledge that these dogs could display at any time, with their magnificent fangs, their natural behavior and instincts. Some recent stories from around the world. Refers to the Actions of a Blood Relation, who was involved with a dog attack on a small child.

Sunday, December 14, 2008
Her Name is Ameneh Bahrami and She Wished No Harm........So Why Harm Her?.........Iran Acid Attack
A man blinded Ameneh in an acid attack after she spurned his marriage proposals. He has been sentenced to the same punishment, in a literal application of Iran's sharia Eye-for-an-Eye Qisa laws.

Thursday, December 4, 2008
Shannon Matthews - £50,000 pounds Of ILL WILL Bait From The Sun (Newspaper)
She Was Reported Missing - When She Never Was - The Motivation - Money! The Police Search for Shannon Matthews cost nearly £3.2 million. Karen Matthews, 33, and her accomplice, Michael Donovan, 40 - the uncle of Matthews' former partner, Craig Meehan - were today convicted of false imprisonment, kidnap and perverting the course of justice.

Monday, December 1, 2008
ANGELA CORNES (Angel from Hell) versus MARTIN GILBERTSON (Ex Hells Angel)
The Murder of Banaz Mahmod in Policewoman Angela Cornes Hands versus the acts of an Ex Hells Angel, who contacted Anti-Terrorist Police about the 7/7 London Suicide Bombers in 2003. Real Angels do not Wear Uniforms and Have Wings. Refers to Personal Actions.

Wednesday, November 26, 2008
The British Fritzl - Another Perverted Gaffer with His Accomplice
The 56-year-old British Fritzl who has been compared to the notorious Austrian Josef Fritzl, was given 25 life sentences for the horrific catalogue of rapes and abuse he inflicted on his two daughters.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Saudi Arabia Attacks Doctor Raouf Amin, An Egyptian who bowed To his ROYAL Patients

Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Hannibal & Aline - Use Your Own Hospitals in Libya, Next Time!
Servants drop charges against Kadhafi's Son - Two servants who accused the son of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi of mistreating them in a Geneva hotel have dropped their legal complaints against him and his wife.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Pakistan - Jafferabad District - Baba Kot - This is Not Cricket!
Five Women wanted to pick their Own Husbands - Their Punishment - Buried Alive in Mass Honour Killing.

Thursday, August 14, 2008
Bulgaria - Ilko Todorov, 7 Year Old Chained to the Kitchen Sink
Bulgarian Parents Chained Son to Sink while the Dog Roamed Freely. A Bulgarian couple chained their seven-year-old boy to the kitchen sink to prevent him from misbehaving while they were at work.

Monday, August 11, 2008
Hannibal Gaddafi and His Wife Alin/Aline Versus Innocent Hostages in Libya
Ali Benouari, the president of the Swiss Association of Muslims for Secularism and Union of North Africans in Switzerland - "We will organize a march to encourage Switzerland to remain firm against Libya and demand the immediate and unconditional release of hostages held on Libyan territory."

Monday, August 11, 2008
UAE - Slavery in the Conrad Hotel, Brussels - Monarchies/Royalty are Not Above the Law!
Seven family members of deceased Emir Muhammed Khalid Al Nahyan from the United Arab Emirates were charged on 29 July 2008 with exploiting servants, while living in the Conrad Hotel, Brussels, Belgium.

Monday, August 4, 2008
Josef Fritzl - Slavery and Imprisonment Charges - Latest News and Information
A prosecutor says Josef Fritzl, the man who held his daughter captive for 24 years in a cellar and fathered seven children with her, may be charged with slavery.

Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Al-Gaddafi (Libya) Speaks - UN Security Council and International Criminal Courts and Tribunals
Speech Made By Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi/al-Gathafi about the UN Security Council and the illegality of International Criminal Courts and Tribunals.

Thursday, July 24, 2008
Switzerland versus Libya - Part 2 of "Hannibal" Motassim Bilal Gaddafi
Switzerland versus Libya - Part 2 of "Hannibal" Motassim Bilal Gaddafi with His Wife Alin Skaf/Aline Skaff.

Monday, July 21, 2008
"Hannibal" Motassim Bilal Gaddafi - Another Belt and Coat Hanger
Colonel Gadaffi’s son and daughter-in law have been Freed on Bail in Switzerland after being arrested on on charges of making threats, coercion and assaulting their domestic staff, a Moroccan Male and a Female Tunisian.

Monday, July 21, 2008
Forced Human TRAFFICKING/Sexual Exploitation - The End Users/The Clients Are As Guilty As The Traffickers
This post focuses on Forced Human Trafficking in the Balkans and contains extracts from two official Reports providing a picture of the actual experiences of victims including their testimonies. Reports Used: Changing Patterns and Trends of Trafficking in Persons in the Balkan Region (IOM) & Kosovo (Serbia and Montenegro): "So does it mean that we have the rights?" (Amnesty International)


Tuesday, July 15, 2008
UAE: The Sheikh's Belt and the Stilletto Heel of Michelle Palmer
This post follows on from the Sheikh's Belt Story. The indecent acts of Michelle Palmer (MP) and Vince Acors (VA) (British Citizens) in a Public Place in Dubai, UAE and the guilty judgement of Sheikh Falah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan in Switzerland for inflicting "bodily harm with the use of a dangerous object".

Friday, July 11, 2008
Silvano Orsi and The Sheikh's Belt - A Case To Watch
A Shocking Story about the Conduct of Middle Eastern Wealth and Savagery in Switzerland. A Swiss court has convicted Sheikh Falah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, a brother of the United Arab Emirates' ruler of assaulting an American man with his belt in a luxury hotel bar in the La Reserve Hotel in Geneva, Switzerland.

Thursday, July 10, 2008
UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize Journalists - UDHR Freedom of Expression
In 1993 the United Nations designated the 3rd of May as World Press Freedom Day, a day for raising international awareness of the importance of freedom of the press. Starting in 1997, Winners of the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.

Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Whistleblowers - Human Rights Violators, National Security, Government & Armed Forces
These Whistleblowers have exposed the Secret Rendition Program, Foreign Spy Rings, Illegal Nuclear Weapons Trade, Human Rights violations including torture and abuse in Abu Ghraib; Disinformation - Intelligence fixed for political purposes in the lead up to invasions such as Iraq, etc

Monday, June 23, 2008
RAPE in the Armed Forces - During War and Peace Time
Historical Examples of Rape being used as An Instrument of Armed Conflict by the Military During War and Peace Time. Rape and Sexual Violence in the Context of International Law. Refers to Personal and Known Experiences as well as Their Cover Up.

Monday, June 23, 2008
Discrimination and Persecution of Atheists, Agnostics and Irreligious People
The Meaning of Atheism, Agnosticism and an Irreligious Person. Discrimination and Persecution in Different Countries. List of Famous Atheists. There are still too many stories of different religions persecuting each other and non-believers. None of these groups have the higher moral ground nor can they invoke their God to prove their God actually exists. Refers to Personal Experiences.

Monday, June 16, 2008
Slavery, Servitude, Forced or Compulsory Labour - UDHR, ECHR & UKHRA
An Introduction to Slavery, Servitude and Forced/Compulsory Labour. Refers to UDHR Article 4, ECHR Article 4 & UKHRA Article 4, Slavery Convention (1926) and Forced Labour Convention (No. 29) 28 June 1930 by ILO. Refers To Personal Experiences With My Blood Relations and Associates.

Monday, June 16, 2008
Honour Killings - Why Do They Happen?
Brian Whitaker's article "Rights in Practice - Considering How to Deal with 'Honour' Killings may provide a Model for Human Rights Activism in other situations"

Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Josef Fritzl - Other Cases of Abduction and Imprisonment of Adults and Children
Highly Disturbing Historical Cases of Abduction, Imprisonment, Sexual Abuse & Murder Of Adults and Children By Parents and Strangers.

Friday, June 6, 2008
Emile Zola and the Dreyfus Affair - “J’ACCUSE...!” - SO DO I!
The Dreyfus Affair and Emile Zola's Gift to the World "J'Accuse!"

Monday, June 2, 2008
Open Invitation to Hijackers and Terrorists - Afghan Hijack, Stansted Airport, Great Britain 2000
The Afghan Hijackers in 2000 and Human Rights Law. What are the Hijackers Doing Now?

Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Burma/Myanmar International Joint Ventures - UN Security Council Members and the Junta
Capitalizing On Grief, Death and Human Rights Violations - All Five UN Permanent Security Council Member States are Doing Business with the Burmese Junta. Refers To Actions Of My Blood Relations and Their Associates.

Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Save the Children Report - No One To Turn To
Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by Aid Workers and Peacekeepers. This Report is based on 38 focus group discussions with a total of 341 people living in chronic emergencies in three countries (Southern Sudan, Côte d’Ivoire and Haiti).

Friday, May 23, 2008
28 May Important?! Amnesty International Peter Benenson's The Forgotten Prisoners
On the 28 May 1961 - Peter Benenson's article "The Forgotten Prisoners" was published. Amnesty International was founded in Luxembourg in July at a meeting of Peter Benenson and six other men. My Birthday!

Monday, May 19, 2008
Human Rights Annual Reports & Global Practices
The following reports are produced annually - Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Freedom House, etc.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Unarmed Humanitarian Aid Workers Killed In Action
Humanitarian Aid Workers had one Transparent Mandate, which was destroyed because of an attack, kidnapping, carjacking, serious injury, murder, a transport accident or evacuation. This post contains a list of Humanitarian Aid Workers killed from 1993 through 2008. Refers to Personal Experiences.

Saturday, May 10, 2008
UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) - A Bloody Joke! - Freedom House
Along with UN Watch, an organization that analyzes UN activities, statements and programs, Freedom House has declared that five of the 15 candidate countries -- Bahrain, Gabon, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Zambia -- are entirely unfit for membership because of their rights records. All but one of them (Bahrain) is already a member of the commission. This goes to show how useless the UN is at protecting Human Rights.

Friday, May 9, 2008
A Statement From Josef Fritzl Before his Trial - Rudolf Mayer, His Lawyer

Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Josef Fritzl - Insanity Plea REJECTED - Article 2 EC Human Rights
In the European Courts - European Convention on Human Rights Osman v UK - (28 October 1998) - The judgment said individuals should have access to the courts to hold the police accountable for the "actions and omissions".

Monday, May 5, 2008
Honour Killings - Victims in European Countries
In memory of Victims of Honour Killings. If Great Britain thinks British Women will accept the Import of Brutal Acts from Other Countries and a return to the Medieval/Dark Ages, just because These Countries are the Sources of Rich Financial Rewards and Trade as well as Natural Resources, Expect Adverse Consequences. British Women Fought and Died for Respect, Equality and Emancipation, for a Reason.
Refers to Personal Actions Involving Charities.

Thursday, May 1, 2008
The Life of Verity
Why The JUSTICE Will Be Served Blog is Necessary? Countries, employment and some mental and physical exercise thrown in. Refers Directly to the Actions of My Blood Relations and Their Associates as well as Their Motives.

Saturday, April 26, 2008
Some Boundaries To Freedom Of Expression
Some Of The Boundaries To Freedom Of Expression (Defamation, Slander, Libel, Malicious Falsehoods, etc) Refers Directly to Some Of The Actions of My Blood Relations and Associates.

Saturday, April 12, 2008
Human Rights and Some Boundaries - I have Done My Duty!
Some of the Articles and Text from the UDHR, ECHR, and UKHR Act, side by side for comparative purposes covering Prohibition of Slavery and Forced Labour; Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion; Freedom of Expression; Freedom of Assembly and Association; Right to Respect for Private and Family Life and Prohibition of Abuse of Rights. Refers Directly to Some Of The Actions of My Blood Relations and Associates.

Thursday, April 10, 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS - Concepts, Philosophies, Organizations & Legal Instruments
Numerous Links to Wikipedia Information about Human Rights.

Thursday, April 10, 2008
Separate the Genuine from the Fake
A Genuine refugee/asylum seeker lives in Genuine Fear of returning to persecution (Reason of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a "social group”) therefore they will be grateful and respectful towards the state that provides refuge and protection. Refers to Personal Experiences.

Tuesday, April 8, 2008
The European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights & Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR)
- Council Of Europe
"The Convention" The Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in Europe as amended by Protocol No. 11 with Protocol Nos. 1, 4, 6, 7, 12 and 13.

UNESCO World Press Freedom Day - Prize Journalists - UDHR Freedom of Expression

WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY - 3RD MAY

In 1993 the United Nations designated the 3rd of May, a day for raising international awareness of the importance of freedom of the press and to remind governments globally of their duty to respect and uphold the right to freedom of expression enshrined under Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The 3rd May is the anniversary of the Declaration of Windhoek, a statement of free press principles put together by African newspaper journalists in 1991.

Since 1997, UNESCO has conferred the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize on a deserving individual, organization or institution that has made an outstanding contribution to the defence and/or promotion of press freedom anywhere in the world, especially when achieved in the face of danger. The prize is awarded based on the recommendation of an independent jury of 14 news professionals.

The Prize is named in honour of Guillermo Cano Isaza, a Colombian journalist who was assassinated in front of the offices of his newspaper, El Espectador, in Bogotá, on 17 December 1986. Cano's writings had offended Colombia's powerful drug barons.

UNESCO also brings together media professionals, press freedom organisations and UN agencies on this day to assess the state of press freedom worldwide and discuss solutions for addressing challenges. Each conference is centered around a theme related to press freedom, including good governance, media coverage of terrorism, impunity and the role of media in post-conflict countries.

World Press Freedom - The Prize Winners Are:

2008: Lydia Cacho Ribeiro, Mexico - UNESCO LINK

Lydia Cacho Ribeiro worked for the newspaper Novedades de Cancún and wrote articles about the prostitution of Cuban and Argentine girls in the city. In 2003, Cacho wrote articles on the sexual abuse of minors for the newspaper Por Esto including a note on a girl abused by a local hotel owner. Cacho then wrote the book Los Demonios del Edén (Demons of Eden) in which she accused Jean Succar Kuri of being involved in a ring of child pornography and prostitution, based on official statements from his alleged victims and even a video of him (filmed with hidden camera). The book mentions important politicians as Emilio Gamboa Patrón and Miguel Ángel Yunes as involved, and mentioned Kamel Nacif Borge, a Puebla businessman, of protecting Succar Kuri.

Nacif Borge sued Cacho for defamation in Puebla, and a group of policemen of the state illegally arrested her and extradited her from one state to another. She said she didn't know the reason for her arrest since she hadn't received a subpoena before. She paid a fine and was freed.

On February 14, 2006, several telephone conversations between Nacif Borge and Mario Marín, governor of the state of Puebla, were revealed by the Mexico City daily La Jornada, creating a media frenzy. In these conversations, before Cacho's arrest, Marín and Nacif Borge discussed putting Cacho in jail as a favour, and having her beaten and abused while in jail to silence her.

On 29 November 2007, the Supreme Court ruled 6 to 4 that Marín had no case to answer in Cacho's arrest, jailing and harassment, after which the United Nations Human Rights Council advised her to leave the country and offered her political asylum, legal assistance, and access to international courts.

While being held, Cacho was granted the Premio Francisco Ojeda al Valor Periodístico (Francisco Ojeda Award for Journalistic Courage). By May 2006, Cacho had taken the cause of the unsolved murders in Ciudad Juárez as a call to action against impunity of abuse of women in Mexico. What is an ongoing horror abroad, the chronic discovery of murdered women whose corpses are discovered in repeated patterns of abuse, rape, mutilation and are discarded as offal in pathetic scenes in the desert and urban surroundings of Ciudad Juárez. Young women from factories are said to be helpless in their need for public transportation. This is a common pattern for these women's deaths.

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2007: Anna Politkovskaya, Russia (posthumous award) - UNESCO LINK

Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya was a Russian journalist and human rights activist well-known for her opposition to the Chechen conflict and Russian president Putin. Politkovskaya made her name reporting from lawless Chechnya, where many journalists and humanitarian workers have been kidnapped or killed. She was arrested and subjected to a mock execution by Russian military forces there, and she was poisoned on the way to Beslan, but survived and continued her reporting. She authored several books about Chechen wars as well as Putin's Russia and received numerous prestigious international awards for her work. She was shot dead in the elevator of her apartment building on October 7, 2006. Politkovskaya was a citizen of both the United States of America and the Russian Federation.

Bibliography
A Dirty War: A Russian Reporter in Chechnya (2003) / A Small Corner of Hell: Dispatches from Chechnya (2003) /

Putin's Russia: Life in a Failing Democracy (2004) - Politkovskaya describes an army in which conscripts are tortured and hired out as slaves. She described judges who are removed from their positions or brutally assaulted on the street for not following instructions "from above" to let criminals go. She describes particular areas in Russia dominated and operating under insensitive companies or cold oligarchs that resemble brutal mafia bosses, with ex-military and special services personnel to aid them. She condemns routine kidnappings, murders, rape, and torture of people in Chechnya by Russian military, exemplified by Yuri Budanov. She mentions the decayed state and minimally financed conditions of the Russian Pacific Fleet and nuclear arsenal in Vladivostok. She describes the persistence of the infamous Moscow Serbsky Institute of psychiatry and Dr. Tamara Pechernikova, who was notorious for torturing Soviet dissidents in "psikhushkas" of 1960s and 1970s, often using drugs such as haloperidol. Politkovskaya accuses Vladimir Putin and FSB of stifling all civil liberties and promoting corruption to further the establishment of an authoritarian regime, but tells that "it is we who are responsible for Putin's policies" in the conclusion:

"Society has shown limitless apathy... As the Chekists have become entrenched in power, we have let them see our fear, and thereby have only intensified their urge to treat us like cattle. The KGB respects only the strong. The weak it devours. We of all people ought to know that."

A Russian Diary: A Journalist's Final Account of Life, Corruption, and Death in Putin's Russia (2007) A Russian Diary was made up of extracts from her notebook and other writing, in which she describes the poisoning on the plane to Rostov-on-Don, on the way to Beslan and the worsening political situation in Russia. She was hit 'while translation was being completed and final editing had to go ahead without her help.

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2006: May Chidiac, Lebanon- UNESCO LINK

May Chidiac (born 1964) is a Lebanese Christian Maronite journalist. Chidiac is a television journalist at the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation, where she was also one of the station's main television anchors until the assassination attempt on her life. She was one of the few critics of Syria's hegemony over Lebanon. Syria kept troops stationed in Lebanon even after the end of the Lebanese Civil War and the Taif accords which stipulated that Syria withdraw from Lebanon. Under heavy American and international pressure, Syrian troops withdrew in April 2005. On the day she was nearly killed, she had hosted a talk show in which she criticized Syria's continuous meddling in Lebanon's affairs and voiced fears over further violence ahead of the UN report on the death of the former prime minister, Rafik Hariri.

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2005: Cheng Yizhong, China - UNESCO LINK

As editor of Nanfang Dushi Bao (Southern Metropolis Daily) Mr Cheng, 40, broke new ground in Chinese journalism. His editorial independence and professional know-how helped turn his paper into one of the most successful dailies in the country, publishing articles revealing the SARS epidemic and a case of death in a Canton police station. Imprisoned for five months with two of his Nanfang Dushi Bao colleagues, Yu Huafeng and Li Minying, Mr Cheng was released in August 2004. While no formal charges were laid against him, he has been barred from resuming his professional activities.

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2004: Raúl Rivero, Cuba - UNESCO LINK
Raúl Rivero Castañeda is a Cuban poet, journalist, and dissident. In his youth, he was an ardent follower of Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution. He was among the first generations of journalist to graduate after the triumph of the Revolution. In 1973-1976, he was the chief correspondent of the official Cuban press in Moscow. He also served as chairman of the pro-regime National Union of Writers and Artists. On 2 June 1991, he signed the so-called "letter of the 10 intelletuals", a petition asking for the liberation of political prisoners and holding of democratic elections. Since then, Raúl River has been an outcast in Cuban society. In 1995, he founded Cuba Press, and became active in the movement of independent journalism, publishing his works in newspapers in the US and other countries. In 2003, Rivero was charged with "acting against Cuban independence and attempting to divide Cuban territorial unity", as well as with writing "against the government", organising "subversive meetings" at his home, and collaborating with US diplomat James Cason. Rivero was convicted and sentenced to twenty years imprisonment. He spent his first 11 months in a tiny one-man cell with no windows or any contact with the outside world. In November 2004 he was released following international pressure on Cuba and subsequently relocated to Spain.

The arrest of Rivero was defended by Cuban writer and culture minister Abel Prieto in 2006. According to Prieto, Rivero "was not arrested for his views, but for receiving US funding for his collaboration with a country that has besieged our island." Raúl Rivero has asserted, in prison interrogations as well as in public, that all funds received consisted of fees for his articles, paid by the publishing media, not by governments or political organisations.

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2003: Amira Hass, Israel - UNESCO LINK
Amira Hass is an Israeli journalist and author, mostly known for her columns in the daily newspaper Ha'aretz. She is especially famous for living in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and reporting on events regarding Palestinians in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.


Early in her career, she travelled widely and worked in several different jobs. Frustrated by the events of the First Intifada, she began her journalistic career in 1989 as a staff editor for Ha'aretz and started to report from the Palestinian Territories in 1991. As of 2003, she is the only Jewish Israeli journalist who lives full-time among the Palestinians, in Gaza from 1993 and in Ramallah from 1997. Her reporting is often sympathetic to the Palestinian point of view and generally critical of Israeli policy towards the Palestinians. Her reportage of events, and her voicing of opinions that run counter to both official Israeli and Palestinian positions has exposed Hass to verbal attacks, and opposition from both the Israeli and Palestinian authorities.

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2002: Geoffrey Nyarota, Zimbabwe - UNESCO LINK
Geoffrey Nyarota is an award-winning Zimbabwean journalist and author. He is the managing editor of thezimbabwetimes.com, an online newspaper. His first book, Against the Grain, Memoirs of a Zimbabwean Newsman, was published by Zebra Press of South Africa in 2006. He started his working life as a teacher because, as he has explained, "In colonial Rhodesia the only job open to educated Africans was teaching." However, when The Herald began hiring black trainees, he seized the opportunity and was contracted.

In 1983, he was appointed editor of the country's second largest newspaper, The Chronicle, based in Bulawayo. It was here that he cemented his reputation as tireless investigator of government corruption, exposing the so-called "Willowgate scandal" in 1988 linking high officials with fraud and corruption at the Willowvale Motor Plant. The Chronicle's coverage of the scandal -- it was the only Zimbabwean paper to carry anything about it -- lead to the resignation of four government ministers and the suicide of a fifth. It also earned Nyarota the disapproval of President Mugabe, who at the time described him as "overzealous," and subsequently cost him his job at The Chronicle (the management told him he was being removed "for his own safety.")

For the following six years he ran journalism courses across southern Africa before launching the Daily News in March 1999, Zimbabwe's first truly independent newspaper. As editor of the Daily News he was arrested six times. He survived an assassination attempt in 2000 but the newspaper's printing press was destroyed in a bombing incident in 2001.

On 30 December 2002 Nyarota was mysteriously fired as editor of the Daily News. A few days later he fled to South Africa and, later, to the United States, where he was awarded a fellowship at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. The Daily News was shut down by the government in September 2003. http://www.un.org/events/pressday/2006/nyarota.html

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2001: U Win Tin, Myanmar - UNESCO LINK
U Win Tin (born March 12, 1929) is being held prisoner in Burma (Myanmar) because of his senior position in the National League for Democracy (NLD) and for his writings. Arrested in July 1989, he has spent the last 19 years in prison. U Win Tin is serving a 20-year sentence on charges including "anti-government propaganda."

One of the reasons for his detention is his attempt to inform the United Nations of ongoing human rights violations in Burmese prisons. At 76 years of age, he is in a poor state of health, exacerbated by his treatment in prison, which has included torture, inadequate access to medical treatment, being held in a cell designed for military dogs, without bedding, and being deprived of food and water for long periods of time.
Since the start of 2006 he has not been able to receive visits from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

U Win Tin marks 19 years in prison - 7 July 2008

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2000: Nizar Nayyouf, Syria - UNESCO LINK
Editor-in-chief of the Sawt al-Democratiyya (The Voice of Democracy), published by the Committee for the Defence of Democratic Freedom in Syria (CDF), and a contributor to the Al-Hurriya weekly, Nayyouf has been in prison since January 10, 1992. He was sentenced to ten years of forced labor for belonging to the banned CDF and for disseminating "false" information. He was released from prison on 7 May 2001 after nine years in detention. His release, granted by President Bashar-al-Assad, coincided with the Pope’s visit to Syria. The journalist was initially held under house arrest, but following international pressure was allowed to travel to France for medical treatment in July of that year. He was granted political asylum in 2002.

While in prison, Nayouf was severely tortured, leaving him partially paralysed and nearly blind. He also suffered from an array of diseases - lymphatic cancer, liver disease, dermatitis and ulcers. He is still being treated for a cancer developed in prison. His remaining family in Syria continues to be harassed.

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1999: Jesús Blancornelas, Mexico - UNESCO LINKJesús Blancornelas (b. 1936, San Luis Potosí – d. 23 November 2006, Tijuana) was a Mexican journalist. In 1960 he moved to Tijuana, Baja California, where, in 1977, he founded the weekly newsmagazine ABC de Tijuana and, in 1980, a successor publication called Zeta which is still published today. The brand of investigative journalism practiced by Blancornelas and his colleagues brought attention to corruption among local politicians, the burgeoning power of drugs gangs, particularly the Tijuana Cartel, and the frequent connections detected between the two. He was the victim of several attempts on his life, including one on 27 November 1997 that left him critically injured and his bodyguard dead. Blancornelas died in Tijuana on 23 November 2006 from complications caused by stomach cancer.

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1998: Christina Anyanwu, Nigeria - UNESCO LINK

Christina Anyanwu (b. 1951 in Ahiara in Imo State) is a Nigerian journalist. In May 1995, while working as the editor-in-chief of the Lagos-based The Sunday Magazine, she was arrested following the publication of a story about a failed coup d'état against the government of Sani Abacha on 1 March. She was prosecuted in camera by a military court and sentenced to life imprisonment on 4 July 1995, reduced to 15 years in October of that year. While being held in deplorable conditions in Kaduna prison, she contracted malaria and lost her left eye.

On 3 May 1998 she was awarded UNESCO's Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize; she was released from prison the following June. In the April 2007 general election, she was elected to the Senate, representing the Owerri district for the People's Democratic Party.

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1997: Gao Yu, China - UNESCO LINK
Gao Yu began her career in 1979 as a reporter for the China News Service. In 1988 she became deputy editor-in-chief of Economics Weekly, run by dissident intellectuals. She also worked as a freelance journalist for several newspapers in China and Hong Kong. In November 1988, she published an article in Hong Kong's Mirror Monthly which the Mayor of Beijing called the "political programme" of the "turmoil and rebellion." He labelled Gao Yu an "enemy of the people." She was detained in 1989 following the Tiananmen protests and released 14 months later because of health problems. She was arrested again on October 2, 1993 and sentenced in November 1994 to six year imprisonment for "leaking state secrets."

Whistleblowers - Human Rights Violators, National Security, Government & Armed Forces

- THE WHISTLEBLOWERS -

Human Rights Violations, National Security, Government & Armed Forces

This post was originally put on www.aa-1177.blogpost.com (International 7/7 London Bombings Inquiry) blog. I have added this post to this blog, because Human Rights Violators have been identified by some of these Whistleblowers.

These Whistleblowers have

• Exposed the Secret Rendition Program, Foreign Spy Rings, Illegal Nuclear Weapons Trade, etc
• Exposed Human Rights violations in different countries as well as torture and abuse in Abu Ghraib.
• Exposed Disinformation - Intelligence was being fixed for political purposes in the lead up to invasions such as Iraq. Different countries/governments have even dared to use this intelligence.
• Exposed Secret No Bid Contracts involving a US President's Associates and Coalition Partners.

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PHILIP AGEE

Philip Burnett Franklin Agee (July 19, 1935 – January 7, 2008) was a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) case officer and writer, best known as author of the 1975 book, Inside the Company: CIA Diary, detailing his experiences in the CIA. Agee joined the CIA in 1957, and over the following decade had postings in Washington, D.C., Ecuador, Uruguay, and Mexico. After resigning from the Agency in 1968, he became a leading opponent of CIA practices. He died in Cuba in January 2008. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Agee

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ERNEST BACKES
Ernest Backes (1946, Trier, Germany) was #3 of clearing chamber Clearstream (formerly Cedel), in charge of relations with clients, and was fired in May 1983. According to himself, he was "fired because (he) knew too much about the Ambrosiano scandal."

Banco Ambrosiano collapsed in 1982, but the scandal wasn't yet public when Ernest Backes was dismissed. Ernest Backes was the primary whistleblower in Revelation$, the book he co-authored with Denis Robert and which in 2001 caused the Clearstream scandal. In 1971, he was hired by Cedel, set up in 1970 by a consortium of 66 international banks. With Gérard Soisson, Cedel's manager, he helped design and install Cedel’s computerized accounting system in the 1970s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Backes

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SHAWN CARPENTER
Shawn Carpenter is an American Navy veteran and whistleblower (previously employed by Sandia National Laboratories) who tracked down a Chinese cyberespionage ring that is code-named Titan Rain by the FBI. He came to national attention when his story was reported on in the September 5, 2005 issue of Time magazine. After informing his supervisors of the breaches, he was told that his only concern was Sandia computers, and to drop the issue. His employment was later terminated when Carpenter disobeyed his management and communicated the information about the security breaches to the United States Army and the FBI. He was a confidential informant for the FBI for almost half a year before Sandia discovered his actions. Carpenter reportedly felt betrayed by the termination, as he viewed his actions were a service to his country, similar to that of his previous military service. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Carpenter

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A Special John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award was presented to Sgt. Joseph Darby May 16 at the JFK Presidential Library and Museum in Boston. Darby was presented the award for respecting the “rule of law” and turning photographs over to Army investigators depicting humiliation of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib.

SERGEANT JOSEPH M. DARBY

Sergeant Joseph M. Darby (born c. 1979), of Corriganville, Maryland, is best known as the whistleblower in the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal. Darby is a graduate of North Star High School, near his hometown at the time, Jenners, Pennsylvania. At the time, Darby was a U.S. Army Reservist who served as an M.P. at the Abu Ghraib prison, in Abu Ghraib, Iraq. After learning of the abuse, Darby was the first person to take steps to alert the U.S. military command. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Darby

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MATTHEW DIAZ

Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) Matthew M. Diaz is a former staff judge advocate in the U.S. Navy, Judge Advocate General's Corps. In mid-to-late 2004, Diaz served a six month tour of duty in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba as deputy director of the detention center's legal office. Early in 2005 as LCDR Diaz was concluding his tour, he sent an anonymous note to a New York civil liberties group containing the names of the detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. In July 2006, the United States government formally charged Diaz in a military court with five criminal counts related to the improper disclosure of classified information to an individual unauthorized to receive it. In May of 2007, he was convicted by a seven member jury of military officers on 4 of 5 counts. He served a 6 month prison sentence and was discharged from the military. In April 2008, he was awarded the Ridenhour Prize for Truth Telling. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Diaz

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SIBEL EDMONDS

Sibel Deniz Edmonds (born 1970) is a Turkish-American former FBI translator and founder of the National Security Whistleblowers Coalition (NSWBC). Edmonds was fired from her position as a language specialist at the FBI's Washington Field Office in March, 2002, after she accused a colleague of covering up illicit activity involving foreign nationals, alleging serious acts of security breaches, cover-ups, and intentional blocking of intelligence which, she contended, presented a danger to the United States' security. Since that time, court proceedings on her whistleblower claims have been blocked by the assertion of State Secrets Privilege. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibel_Edmonds

For sale: West’s deadly nuclear secrets - The Times - 6 Janaury 2008 / FBI denies file exposing nuclear secrets theft - The FBI has been accused of covering up a file detailing government dealings with a network stealing nuclear secrets - The Times - 20 Jan 2008 / Tip-off thwarted nuclear spy ring probe - The Times - 27 Janaury 2008

DANIEL ELLSBERG

Daniel Ellsberg (born April 7, 1931) is a former American military analyst employed by the RAND Corporation who precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he released the Pentagon Papers (Top Secret McNamara study of U.S. Decision-making in Vietnam, 1945-68) to the New York Times, the Washington Post and 17 other newspapers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Ellsberg / http://www.ellsberg.net/bio

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A. EARNEST FITZGERALD

A U.S. Department of Defense auditor who was fired in 1973 by President Richard M. Nixon for exposing to Congress the tidal wave of cost overruns associated with Lockheed's C-5A cargo plane. After protracted litigation he was reinstated to the civil service and continued to report cost overruns and military contractor fraud, including discovery in the 1980s that the Air Force was being charged $400 for hammers and $600 for toilet seats. Mr. Fitzgerald retired from the Defense Department in 2006. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_whistleblowers

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BUNNATINE "Bunny" H. GREENHOUSE

Bunnatine (Bunny) H. Greenhouse is a former chief contracting officer (Principal Assistant Responsible for Contracting (PARC) of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. On June 27, 2005, she testified to a Democratic Party public committee, alleging specific instances of waste, fraud, and other abuses and irregularities by Halliburton with regard to its operations in Iraq since the Iraq War. She described one of the Halliburton contracts (secret, no-bid contracts awarded to Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR)—a subsidiary of Halliburton) as "the most blatant and improper contract abuse I have witnessed during the course of my professional career." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny_Greenhouse

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FRANK GREVIL

Frank Søholm Grevil (born in 1960) had the rank of major in Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste [FE] (Danish military intelligence agency). On February 22, 2004 he acted as a whistle blower leaking classified information about the FE's assessment of the possibility of weapons of mass destruction [WMD] in Iraq. These documents showed that FE was not as certain that WMD's existed in Iraq as the danish prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Grevil

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KATHARINE TERESA GUN
Gun is a former employee of Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), a British intelligence agency. In 2003 she leaked top-secret information to the press concerning alleged illegal activities by the United States and the United Kingdom in their push for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

On January 31, 2003, she received an e-mail from a United States National Security Agency official named Frank Koza. This e-mail requested aid in a secret and illegal operation to bug the United Nations offices of six nations: Angola, Cameroon, Guinea, Pakistan, Mexico and Chile. These were the six "swing nations" on the UN Security Council that could determine whether the UN approved of the invasion of Iraq. The plan clearly violated the Vienna Conventions, which regulate global diplomacy. Gun leaked the email to The Observer, hoping to prevent the war. After her revelation, she was fired from GCHQ. "I have no regrets and I would do it again", she said. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Gun / http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Katharine_Gun

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ADRIENNE KINNE

Adrienne Kinne served in the US Army and Army Reserves from 1994 through 2004 as an Arabic linguist in military intelligence. She was activated in the Reserves for two years following the events of 9/11 and served stateside in direct support of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan as a voice interceptor. She now works in the Department of Veterans Affairs as a health science specialist (psychology) and as the New England Regional Coordinator for Iraq Veterans Against the War. She lives in Vermont.

In 2008, Adrienne Kinne, a former U.S. military intelligence officer, revealed that she had seen secret documents listing the Palestine Hotel as a possible military target prior to the 2003 shelling incident. Reports from Kinne suggest that the attack on the hotel was a deliberate attempt to control news coverage of the U.S. invasion of Iraq as the Palestine Hotel was a popular place for international journalists.

Justice for Dead Journalists - http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/85512/ - May 15, 2008.

New NSA Whistleblower Speaks - A former member of U.S. military intelligence has decided to reveal what she knows about warrantless spying on Americans and about the fixing of intelligence in the leadup to the invasion of Iraq. - http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/24183

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MARK KLEIN

Mark Klein is a former AT&T technician who leaked knowledge of his company's alleged cooperation with the United States National Security Agency in installing network monitoring hardware to spy on American citizens. The subsequent media coverage became a major story in May 2006. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Klein

'Turning In' AT&T Over NSA Program - Washington Post - 7 November 2007 His first inkling that something was amiss came in summer 2002 when he opened the door to admit a visitor from the National Security Agency to an office of AT&T in San Francisco."What the heck is the NSA doing here?" Mark Klein, a former AT&T technician, said he asked himself.......

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DAVE LARSON

On January 08, 2008 a Whistleblower named Dave Larson made significant disclosures to the Dept. of Defense Office of the Inspector General and to Senate members substantiating allegations made by Russ Tice and which detailed unlawful criminal acts committed under Special Access Program (SAP) provisions. This matter remains pending and current with the Dept. of Defense Inspector General as case #103586.

Dave Larson has been involved in the development of government funded implantable medical device technology since March 1997, as a Biomedical Engineering student, research subject, Microsoft Certified Technician, programmer and FCC licensed operator KI6JJN. His site details the ongoing legal effort regarding criminal misconduct and abuse of Defense Special Access Program provisions, and a campaign for government ethics and reform. A "Special Access Program" (or "SAP") is described as "a uniform system for classifying, safeguarding, and declassifying national security information" by the U.S. Department of Defense, more commonly known as "black projects". His site details one such project that may well be the darkest, blackest, highly classified project ever to receive public exposure. Extensive research efforts, ongoing legal efforts, and Freedom of Information requests have resulted in the factual data, and comprehensive documentation explicitly detailing U.S. Government efforts to develop implantable medical device technology for deployment as a Defense Tactical Weapon, and Intelligence Tool.

What began in 1997 as an inquiry has evolved into a moral and ethical dilemma that has personnel from the NIH (Hambrecht, Heetderks and Loeb), the United States Dept. of Defense (Col. Ling, and OSD components), the FBI, and Defense Contractor, the Alfred E. Mann Foundation, committing acts of felony criminal misconduct, fraud, and civil rights violations under the protections of "National Security", the Patriot Act and governmental contractual obligations. Civil litigation is being sought in the interest of justice and public interest. http://www.larsonmedia.net/special_access/biomed.htm

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DAVID MACMICHAEL

David MacMichael is a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst. A ten-year veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, he was a counter-insurgency expert in South-East Asia for four years. He also served as an analyst for the National Intelligence Council from 1981-1983. MacMichael graduated with an MA and Ph.D. in History from the University of Oregon. MacMichael resigned from the CIA in July 1983 because he felt the Agency was misrepresenting intelligence for political reasons.

His public resignation from the Agency gave credence and notability to his vocal indictment of the Reagan Administration's policy toward Central America. He was considered the "key witness" in Nicaragua v. United States. The case was heard in 1986 before the International Court of Justice, which ruled that the United States had violated international law by supporting the Contras in their war against the Nicaraguan government and by mining Nicaragua's harbors. MacMichael also testified in front of Congress on this matter. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_MacMichael

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STEWART MENZIES

Major General Sir Stewart Graham Menzies, KCB, KCMG, DSO, MC (pronounced "mingis", with a hard 'g') (30 January 1890 – 29 May 1968) was Chief of MI6, British Secret Intelligence Service, during and after World War II. He joined the counterintelligence section of Field Marshall Douglas Haig, and in late 1917 reported to high British leadership that Haig was fudging intelligence estimates, which soon led to Haig's removal. This whistle-blowing was apparently done very discreetly.

Following the end of the war, he entered MI6 (later SIS) and became a deputy of its director-general Hugh Sinclair. In 1924, Menzies was allegedly involved — alongside Sidney Reilly and Desmond Morton — in the forging of The Zinoviev Letter. This forgery is considered to have been instrumental in the Conservative Party's victory in the United Kingdom general election of 1924, which ended the country's first Labour government. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Menzies

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VASILI MITROKHIN

Vasili Nikitich Mitrokhin (March 3, 1922–January 23, 2004) was a Major and senior archivist for the Soviet Union's foreign intelligence service, the First Chief Directorate of the KGB, and co-author with Christopher Andrew of The Mitrokhin Archive: The KGB in Europe and the West, a massive account of Soviet intelligence operations based on copies of material from the archive. The second volume, The Mitrokhin Archive II: The KGB in the World, was published in 2005, soon after Mitrokhin's death. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasili_Mitrokhin

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CRAIG MURRAY

Craig Murray (born October, 1958) is a British political activist, former ambassador to Uzbekistan and current Rector of the University of Dundee. While at the embassy in Tashkent, he accused the Karimov administration of human rights abuses, a step which, he argued, was against the wishes of the British government and the reason for his removal. Murray complained to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in November 2002, January or early February 2003, and in June 2004 that intelligence linking the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan to al-Qaeda, suspected of being gained through torture, was unreliable, immoral, and illegal. He described this as "selling our souls for dross". Murray was subsequently removed from his ambassadorial post on October 14, 2004. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_murray / http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/

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DEREK PASQUILL

Derek Pasquill leaked documents relating to the US "Extraordinary Rendition" programme, a practice of secretly transporting terror suspects to places where they risked being tortured, and the UK government's policy towards Muslim groups.

Civil servant who leaked rendition secrets goes free - Guardian - 10 January 2008 / I had no choice but to leak - New Statesman - 17 January 2008 / Terror rendition prisons 'did exist' - Channel 4 TV - 7 June 2007

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CLIVE PONTING

Clive Ponting a senior civil servant in the Ministry of Defence who leaked classified documents to Labour Member of Parliament, Tam Dalyell confirming that the General Belgrano was sunk by United Kingdom Forces during the Falklands War while outside the total exclusion zone, contradicting statements by the UK Government. The documents revealed that the General Belgrano had been sighted a day earlier than officially reported, and was steaming away from the Royal Navy task force. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Ponting

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SAMUEL PROVANCE

Samuel Provance was a military intelligence sergeant who is most notable for going public, against the direct orders from his commanders, with what he knew about what happened at the Abu Ghraib Prison, where he worked as a U.S. Army computer systems supervisor from the fall of 2003 to the spring of 2004. Despite the consequences, he continued to defy those orders. The main points of his "whistle blowing" is the role of military intelligence, specifically military and civilian interrogators, in abusing detainees (that they directed the military police and were abusers themselves), the extent of knowledge of such abuse through the U.S. Army chain of command, and the subsequent cover-up of these practices when investigated. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_provance

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RON RIDENHOUR

Ronald Ridenhour (April 6, 1946 – May 10, 1998), a young GI who served in the 11th Infantry Brigade during the Vietnam War, played a central role in spurring the investigation of the My Lai Massacre. A helicopter gunner, Ridenhour heard of the massacre from friends while serving in Vietnam. While still on active duty, he gathered eyewitness and participant accounts from other soldiers. On his return to the United States, he sent letters to 30 members of Congress and to Pentagon officials, spurring a probe that led to several indictments against those involved, and the conviction of William Calley. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Ridenhour

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FRANK SERPICO

Francisco Vincent Serpico (born April 14, 1936) is a retired New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer who is most famous for testifying against police corruption in 1971. The majority of Serpico's fame, however, came after the release of the 1973 film, Serpico, which starred Al Pacino in the lead role. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Serpico

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DAVID SHAYLER
David Shayler is a British journalist and former MI5 (British Security Service) officer. Shayler earned notoriety after being prosecuted under the Official Secrets Act for his passing secret documents to the Mail on Sunday in August 1997 that alleged that MI5 was paranoid about socialists, and that it had previously investigated Labour Party ministers Peter Mandelson, Jack Straw and Harriet Harman. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Shayler / http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/davidshayler

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ROD STONER

Rod Stoner is a former British army corporal from the Parachute Regiment who was employed as a security consultant by the private military contractor Aegis Defence Services in 2004 and 2005. Rod Stoner became disgruntled with the management of Aegis in Iraq, where it is contracted to the U.S. Department of Defense, and left Aegis during 2005. In October 2005, Stoner set up an illicit website and published a number of videos allegedly showing Aegis personnel shooting indiscriminately, and without warning, at Iraqi civilian vehicles. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Stoner

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RUSS TICE

Russell D. Tice (born 1961) is a former intelligence analyst for the U.S. Air Force, Office of Naval Intelligence, Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and National Security Agency (NSA). During his nearly 20 year career with various United States government agencies, he conducted intelligence missions related to the Kosovo War, Afghanistan, the USS Cole bombing in Yemen, and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

In December, 2005, Tice helped spark a national controversy over claims that the NSA and the DIA were engaged in unlawful and unconstitutional wiretaps on American citizens. He later admitted that he was one of the sources that were used in the New York Times' reporting on the wiretap activity in December 2005.

Tice began to receive national attention as a whistleblower in May, 2005, after speaking publicly about alleged retaliation by government officials for reporting his suspicions that a DIA colleague might be a Chinese spy, and about the need for legislation to protect national security agency whistleblowers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Tice
NSA Whistleblower Alleges Illegal Spying Former Employee Admits to Being a Source for The New York Times - ABC News - 10 January 2006

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SARAH TISDALL

Sarah Tisdall was a Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) clerical officer who was jailed for leaking British government documents to a newspaper in 1983. Sarah Tisdall anonymously sent The Guardian photocopied documents detailing when American cruise missile nuclear weapons would be arriving in the United Kingdom. The documents set out the political tactics Michael Heseltine, then defence minister, would use to present the matter in the House of Commons. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Tisdall

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LANA VANDENBERGH

The circumstances surrounding the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes would not have come to the public's attention without whistleblower Lana Vandenbergh. Lana worked as an administration secretary for the Independent Police Complaints Commission. Jean Charles de Menezes, an innocent man, was shot and killed at Stockwell tube station on the London Underground by police. Initially, police falsely claimed that he was wearing bulky clothing, had vaulted the ticket barriers and run from police. It soon become clear that de Menezes did not vault and run from the police, but police did not correct the misinformation until the correct information was leaked to the press. At first the police tried to cover up this dreadful mistake. Vandenbergh leaked details of the police enquiry, which was very different from the version then in the public domain. http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Lana_Vandenbergh

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MORDECHAI VANUNU

Mordechai Vanunu, born in Marrakech, Morocco on October 13, 1954 is an Israeli former nuclear technician who revealed details of Israel's nuclear weapons program to the British press in 1986. He was subsequently kidnapped in Rome by Israeli agents and smuggled to Israel, where he was tried and convicted of treason. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordechai_Vanunu

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ANDREW WILKIE

Andrew Wilkie (born 1961, Tamworth, Australia) is a former soldier and intelligence analyst who resigned from the Office of National Assessments (ONA), an Australian intelligence agency, in March 2003 over concerns that intelligence was being misrepresented for political purposes in making the case for Australia's contribution to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. In the run-up to the 2003 Iraq war, the Australian, UK and U.S. governments were asserting that intelligence reports showed that Iraq held weapons of mass destruction. Wilkie resigned at this time, claiming that the reports did not support such claims and in the years since his resignation, no valid evidence supporting the pre-war claims of weapons of mass destruction has ever been found. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Wilkie

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BASSEM YOUSSEF

Mr. Youssef is the highest ranking Arab-American agent employed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He is currently a Unit Chief in the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division. Prior to holding his current position, Mr. Youssef coordinated the national counterterrorism investigation into the Islamic Group (the organization responsible for the first World Trade Center bombing). He speaks fluent Arabic (the highest ranking FBI official with this skill).

In 2002, Youssef blew the whistle to the director of the FBI and Congress that discriminatory practices within the Bureau were undermining the effectiveness of America’s counterterrorism efforts. Speaking publicly for the first time on the subject, the Egyptian-born Youssef said that FBI officials consider that “cultural understanding of the Middle East and radical Islamic groups, as well as the Arabic language, was unnecessary” in conducting counterterrorism investigations. Although the FBI has claimed to be “working hard to get Arabic-speaking agents,” Youssef said he has been completely sidelined since the September 11 attacks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassem_Youssef / http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/currentnews/newsarchive/2008/january2008/bassemyoussef.cfm

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SOURCES OF INFORMATION

Wikileaks is developing an uncensorable Wikipedia for untraceable mass document leaking and analysis. We have received over 1.2 million documents so far from dissident communities and anonymous sources. http://wikileaks.org/

National Whistleblowers Center - http://www.whistleblowers.org/

International Association of Whistleblowers - http://www.internationalassociationofwhistleblowers.net/

National Security Whistleblowers Coalition - http://www.nswbc.org/