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  • Amnesty condemns Haitian human rights failures (urges disarmament by the U.N.)

    11/13/2004 10:49:31 AM PST · by TERMINATTOR · 9 replies · 371+ views
    Rights group Amnesty International has condemned what it said were summary executions by police, serious human rights abuses and an alarming number of illegal detentions in Haiti. After an 18-day visit to the impoverished Caribbean nation, Amnesty called on the interim government to investigate the police, and urged it and a UN peacekeeping force to carry out a program of disarmament. While acknowledging interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue inherited numerous problems from the ousted democratically-elected president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Amnesty said, "None of these difficulties can be invoked by state agents to justify violations of human rights committed in total impunity"....
  • Woman Arrested for Gun in Carry-on (Armed Peon Alert)

    05/15/2004 12:22:55 PM PDT · by TERMINATTOR · 345 replies · 908+ views
    13abc.com ^ | 5/14/2004 | The Associated Press
    Loaded handgun and extra ammo found in Columbus passenger's bag. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A woman was arrested at Port Columbus International Airport on Thursday when security found a loaded gun and additional ammunition in her carry-on bag, authorities said. Janis Printz, 52, of suburban Powell, will be charged with attempting to take a weapon onto an airplane, said Thomas Rice, airport federal security director. Printz was released Thursday evening after being questioned, said Scott Lorenzo, a manager with the Transportation Security Administration. The maximum sentence upon conviction of the federal charge is 10 years in prison, and Printz could...