http://www.metafilter.com/tags/savethechildren Posts tagged with 'savethechildren' at MetaFilter. Thu, 08 Jul 2004 19:46:39 -0800 Thu, 08 Jul 2004 19:46:39 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/34231/Save%2DThe%2DChildren%2Dcalls%2Don%2Drelease%2Dof%2DIraqi%2Dchildren%2Dfrom%2Djails <a href="http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/040708/2004070801.html">Save The Children calls on release of Iraqi children from jails.</a> This apparently in response to <a href="http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/000732.html">recent media reports</a> on the abuse of children in Iraqi prisons. And it's not just Save the Children who is concerned, but UNICEF, Amnesty International, and the Red Cross. Infact, Congress has called for <a href="http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/news/local/9109227.htm">a special briefing tomorrow</a> from the Pentagon on "confidential reports" from the Red Cross on prison conditions in Iraq. The Pentagon is closing the briefing to the public, however, and apparently thinks that even Congress shouldn't know the details of how we treat prisoners.<br> <strong><i>"It's something of a stretch of policy and procedures to give them to the Congress,"</i></strong> Rumsfeld spokesman Larry Di Rita said. tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.34231 Thu, 08 Jul 2004 19:46:39 -0800 children iraq jails prisoners prisons savethechildren insomnia_lj