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The Current State of Health Care in this Country

by Shahidul Alam Posted on August 4, 2009

By Arjun Janah I have learned, from experience with my aged parents and my younger sister-in-law, that elementary services, or even basic coverage, can be denied on the flimsiest of grounds.  My own experience with physicians and hospitals has been … Continue reading →

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On Forced Marriage, and Insourced Torture

by Shahidul Alam Posted on July 20, 2009

Rahman’s case is one of the latest in a growing number of cases – 29, at last count – in which British intelligence services have been accused of colluding in the torture of British nationals and residents: Rangzieb Ahmed, Salahuddin Amin, Zeeshan Siddiqui, Rashid Rauf by the ISI, Binyam Mohamed in Morocco, Alam Ghafoor in Dubai, and Azhar Khan in Egypt. Rahman’s case provides the clearest indication so far, of torture outsourced Continue reading →

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