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For The Week Ending Sept. 6, 2002
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Evidence that U.S.-Afghan Allies May Have Massacred
In early 2002, members of the Boston-based group Physicians for Human Rights discovered and examined what appeared to be a mass grave in northern Afghanistan. Forensic experts estimate that the site may contain more than a thousand bodies. Eyewitnesses have told investigators that the dead buried there were Taliban prisoners who surrendered to the U.S. allied Northern Alliance forces in the city of Kunduz in late November 2001.
Newsweek magazine's Aug. 26 cover story titled "The Death Convoy of Afghanistan," published the accounts of multiple witnesses and their accusation that Northern Alliance commander Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum murdered as many as 2,000 to 3, 000 Taliban and foreign prisoners by suffocation, sealing them inside cargo containers without water or food. No information has yet surfaced directly implicating U.S. armed forces in this massacre, but questions remain as to what the Pentagon may have known and when.
Physicians for Human Rights has called on the Bush Administration, the Afghan government and the United Nations to secure the mass gravesite at Dasht-e Leili, and conduct a thorough criminal investigation. But thus far there has been no movement to initiate such an inquiry. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Leonard Rubenstein, executive director of Physicians for Human Rights, who describes the alleged massacre in Afghanistan and the special obligation of the U.S. to hold accountable its ally which may be guilty of committing this war crime.
Contact Physicians for Human Rights by calling (617) 695-0041 or visit their Web site at www.phrusa.org
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in Poverty Eradication and Environmental Protection at World Summit on Sustainable Development Interview with Raj Patel, policy analyst with Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy, conducted by Scott Harris
In the days before the kickoff of the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa on Aug. 26, landless activists from around the globe took to the streets, drawing attention to the connection between poverty and landlessness. More than 70 of those protesting were arrested by police, symbolizing to many the lack of access to the summit for representatives of civil society who have come to Johannesburg to challenge development policies advocated by government and corporate leaders.
The World Summit on Sustainable Development comes ten years after the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, where delegates recognized the rapid destruction of the planet's environment and the link with growing poverty. Critics charge that many of the pledges made in Rio have been broken or watered down.
Expectations for progress in Johannesburg have been diminished by a dispute over the summit's agenda, which includes no new treaties or binding commitments. President Bush's decision not to attend the summit, and his refusal last year to sign the Kyoto treaty negotiated to reduce the production of greenhouse gases have been a lightning rod for criticism of America's lack of leadership. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Raj Patel, policy analyst with the Institute for Food and Development Policy, or Food First, who examines the obstacles that are hindering progress on global poverty eradication and environmental protection.
Contact Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy by calling (510) 654-4400, or visit their Web site at: www.foodfirst.org
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for Campaign Finance Reform Discusses the Struggle to Revive Democracy Interview conducted by Melinda Tuhus.
That incident helped transform Haddock into "Granny D.," the 92-year-old who walked across the country in 1999 and 2000 to promote campaign finance reform. Her remarkable journey and the people she encountered in cities and small towns across America are recounted in her book titled "Granny D: Walking Across American in My 90th Year." Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Haddock at the Grassroots Radio Conference in August, where she was a keynote speaker. She describes her transformation and the impact her walk had on the fight for campaign finance reform. For more information, visit Granny D's Web site at www.grannyd.com. Her book, "Granny D: Walking Across American in My 90th Year." is published by Villard Books.
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