Lawyers condemn destruction of CIA tapes
Religious leaders want probe on CIA 'torture' tapes (FCN, 12-31-2007)Torture was taught by CIA; Declassified manual details (Baltimore Sun, 1997) NEW YORK - A former U.S. Department of Justice ethics adviser has joined leading members of the U.S. legal community in asking Congress to investigate the destruction of tape recordings of interrogations carried out by the CIA. Jesselyn Radack–who came...
Congressional hearing held on reparations bill
ASKIAMSenior Correspondent Congressional bill on reparations commission finally gets a hearing after 19 years of trying on Capitol Hill Restitution: Historic victory in corporate reparations lawsuit (FCN, 01-03-2007)The Movement for Reparations (FCN, 08-16-2002) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - For the first time ever, the U.S. Congress officially studied the institution of slavery, its legacy, as well as U.S. efforts to address it and...
Turkish incursion into Iraq reflects regional instability
NITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - Since the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) resumed armed violence against Turkey from sanctuaries in the mountains of northern Iraq, ending a threat that resurfaced in 2004 has been at the top of Turkey's list, say analysts. Turkish forces bombed Kurdish seperatists three times the week of Dec. 23 and vowed to keep up the air strikes...
Poll finds tension between Blacks, Asians and Latinos
Toward a Black and Brown Political Coalition (FCN, 12-28-2007) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - The land of the free and home of the brave has become a melting pot of racial tensions stirred daily by an American lifestyle that includes isolation between ethnic groups that would be better served by working together, according to the results of a poll taken by...
What’s behind the American Gangster?
Justifiable Homicide: Black Youth in Peril (FCN, 11-27-2007) LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - Black Entertainment Television (BET) has won higher ratings and critical acclaim for its “American Gangster” series on the rise and fall of Black criminals. But in the wake of the docudramas and a hit movie of the same name, many are concerned about the portrayal of...
Religious leaders want probe on CIA ‘torture’ tapes
Torture was taught by CIA; Declassified manual details (Baltimore Sun, 1997)Carter: Guantanamo Prison Camp, an Embarassment for U.S. (Prensa Latina, 06-08-2005)Farrakhan calls for delegation to be sent to Guantanamo (FCN, 05-25-2005)Pentagon’s Guantanamo tribunals are ruled illegal (FCN, 02-17-2005) NEW YORK - A coalition of more than 130 religious organizations is calling for the appointment of a special counsel to...
Rep. Julia Carson (D-IN) dies at 69
FCNNEWSSOURCE Congresswoman Julia Carson (Answers.com)Web Video: Min. Farrakhan's comments at Rep. Julia Carson's memorial service (WTHR) INDIANAPOLIS (FinalCall.com) - Rep. Julia Carson, the first Black and first woman to represent Indianapolis in Congress, died Dec. 15, a family spokeswoman said. She was 69. Rep. Carson died after a battle with lung cancer, spokeswoman Vanessa Summer said. The lawmaker’s death came three weeks...
‘Old school policing’ or kidnapping?
Cops should face serious charges in abduction case, outraged activists, parents say Police violence escalates in New York (FCN, 12-04-2007)Activist lawyers beaten by Brooklyn police (FCN, 07-12-2007)Nation of Islam team defeats police lawsuit filed after mosque stand-off (FCN, 07/06/1999) NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - Staten Island police officers handcuffed 14-year-old Rayshawn Moreno on Halloween night, placed him in the back of...
Black-owned TV stations nearly extinct
FCC decision to expand media ownership will curb dissent (FCN, 06-22-2003) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Over the last year Black TV station ownership dropped by 60 percent with the total number falling from 19 to eight and making Black ownership almost non-existent, according to a recent report. The dwindling numbers of Black-owned broadcast outlets was also discussed during a Dec. 5...
New evidence in Mumia Abu-Jamal’s case
ASKIAMStaff Writer FCN Editorial - Prisoners of Injustice (FCN, 05-31-2007)Congressional hypocrisy in anti Abu-Jamal resolution (FCN, 01-01-2007)The Mobilization to free Mumia (FinalCall.com) - On the eve of the anniversary of the night when a police officer was murdered and his accused killer was wounded, supporters of death-row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal released photographs Dec. 5 in Philadelphia, which they say prove he...