C. Banham, Liberal Democracies and the Torture of their Citizens by Scott Poynting

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Empire Crime, Rendition and Guantánamo Bay: The Case of David Hicks by Scott Poynting

“…This article argues that a concept of “empire crime” can usefully extend that of state crime to better comprehend the unlawful “extraordinary rendition”, detention without trial and torture associated with the US naval base at Guantánamo Bay and other sites where imperial “exceptions” to US and international law are claimed and practiced. …”
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Entitled to be a Radical? Counter-Terrorism and Travesty of Human Rights in the Case of Babar Ahmad by Scott Poynting

“…This argument is advanced through the case study of Babar Ahmad, who was detained without trial for eight years in the UK, before being sent, under a new and lopsided extradition treaty, to the US to face terrorism charges over his expression of support for the Taliban on his web pages in 2002. Mr Ahmad suffered torture and racist humiliation at the hands of the London Metropolitan Police (Met) after the raid in 2003 on his home by counter-terrorism officers, acting on advice from the US. …”
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