Abu Ghraib'-style images of children in detention in Australia trigger public inquiry
Australian prime minister says he is ‘deeply shocked and appalled’ by footage of teenager being hooded in a restraint chair and other apparent abuses
Australia’s prime minister has launched a public inquiry after the broadcast of footage of children in detention being abused, hooded and bound in a manner likened to Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo Bay.
Malcolm Turnbull announced a royal commission hours after the airing of shocking footage showing the treatment of the children at the Don Dale detention facility outside Darwin in the Northern Territory.
The prime minister said that he was “deeply shocked ... and appalled” at instances of abuse at the centre, revealed by an investigation by the national broadcaster ABC on Monday.
CIA black site evidence 'destruction' allowed by judge in 9/11 plotter case
Congress allowed for substitution using photographs and blueprints
The US government destroyed a so-called CIA “black site” with a trial judge’s approval, according to accusations made by defence lawyers for the alleged 9/11 attack plotters.
Defence attorney Cheryl Bormann said that the secret prison, or “torture chamber”, as she called it, was “decommissioned” by US agents, according to a report by the Miami Herald.
Prosecutors were allowed to see top secret photographs and blueprints of one site in question instead of viewing the foreign held US prison in person to “exercise our own professional judgment as to what to document about the black sites,” according to defence attorney Jay Connell."How I escaped Aleppo on the 'highway of death'"
After several weeks of fighting, the Syrian army has now succeeded in fully surrounding rebel-held neighbourhoods in the city of Aleppo. On July 7, pro-regime soldiers seized control of the Castello Road, in the city's northwest, the only road that had allowed the rebels to resupply or leave the city. Nevertheless, a few days later, our Observer managed to flee Aleppo on this "highway of death".
Since 2012, the city of Aleppo has been divided in two: to the west, an area controlled by the Syrian regime, and to the east, an area held by rebel factions. Embedded with the rebels, Alaa Aljaber, a local, covered the fighting for several international media outlets. But when it was announced that the Castello Road (so-named in honour of a local Italian restaurant) had been seized, he decided to flee, whatever the risk:
Man arrested after killing 19, wounding 25 in night knife attack at Kanagawa care facility
KYODO, STAFF REPORT
A knife-wielding man went on a stabbing rampage at a care facility for people with disabilities in Kanagawa Prefecture early Tuesday, killing at least 19 people and wounding 25 others, 20 of them seriously, police and firefighters said.
The Kanagawa Prefectural Police arrested Satoshi Uematsu, 26, who drove to the Tsukui Police Station and turned himself in around 3 a.m. Tuesday, and quoted him as saying “I did it.”
“It’s better that the disabled disappear,” the police further quoted him as saying.
China scores key diplomatic win in South China Sea dispute
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations watered down their criticism of China's territorial claims in the South China Sea, after Cambodia opposed the communiqué's wording.
In deference to China, Cambodia insisted that the Philippines and the rest of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) avoid any mention of an international legal ruling on the South China Sea in a joint statement that the bloc issued Monday.
Instead, the 10-nation group published a communiqué that stressed the need to find peaceful resolutions to disputes in the South China Sea through international law.
"We remain seriously concerned about recent and ongoing developments and took note of the concerns expressed by some ministers on the land reclamations and escalation of activities in the area, which have eroded trust and confidence, increased tensions and may undermine peace, security and stability in the region," the communiqué said.
South Sudan's Salva Kiir replaces Riek Machar
Appointment of General Taban Deng in place of Riek Machar threatens to reignite civil war in Africa's youngest nation.
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has replaced his vice president and rival Riek Machar following a sharp surge in violence between the government and opposition fighters in the five-year-old country.
The move to replace Machar on Monday could potentially undermine last year's peace deal and reignite war in Africa's youngest nation.
According to a decree "for the appointment of the first vice president of the republic of South Sudan", read on the country's national broadcaster, Kiir said he had appointed General Taban Deng to the post.
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