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Red Cross hunts for ad agency following Abu Ghraib abuses.(International Committee of the Red Cross)
The Red Cross is opening talks with UK agencies about running a campaign highlighting the plight of detainees imprisoned as a result of the global war on terrorism.
Confirming that a possible ad initiative was under consideration, an International Committee of the Red Cross executive said: 'We'd certainly like to develop some advertising, but the issue is sensitive and it's still early days.'
It follows the outcry of the treatment of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib by US soldiers and those held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in connection with the war in Afghanistan.
The Geneva-based ICRC was itself the subject of criticism earlier this year for failing to speak out sooner about its report to the US military on abuses at Abu Ghraib.
ICRC representatives regularly visit Abu ...
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- Magazine article from: Swiss News Heddema, Renske May 1, 2005 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report Pound, Edward T. June 21, 2004 700+ words
...by soldiers, from Red Cross inspectors and keep...prisoners from the Red Cross, a practice that...of detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad...lawyers sought to curb Red Cross access to Abu Ghraib, only weeks after...
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- Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report Pound, Edward T. Robinson, Linda May 31, 2004 700+ words
...humiliated Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib. Last week, there were...uncovered last year at Abu Ghraib by inspectors for the...International Committee of the Red Cross. At week's end, theWashington...American soldiers at Abu Ghraib, a place where Saddam...
- Abu Ghraib, USA.
- Magazine article from: The Progressive Cusac, Anne-Marie July 1, 2004 700+ words
...the abuse when he visited Abu Ghraib on May 13, "It doesn...nearly the attention that the Abu Ghraib photos did. And maybe we...the part of the jail. The Red Cross also says that inmates at the Abu Ghraib jail suffer "prolonged exposure...
- Abuse at Abu Ghraib.(Impressions)
- Magazine article from: The Christian Century Wall, James M. June 1, 2004 700+ words
...BOTH THE INTERNATIONAL Red Cross and Amnesty International...about the horrors of Abu Ghraib. Both organizations...criminal abuses' at Abu Ghraib." The Bush administration...behavior of soldiers at Abu Ghraib is aberrant and does...
- J'accuse; Investigative journalism.(A searing critique of the Bush...
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) October 23, 2004 700+ words
...deals with the story of Abu Ghraib). Soon after September...Torture and abuse at Abu Ghraib soon became routine...what was happening at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo were made...by the International Red Cross, human-rights groups...
- Official in charge of Abu Ghraib interrogations testifies at hearing.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Ackerman, Elise August 6, 2004 700+ words
...interrogations at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison, described Thursday...International Committee of the Red Cross that criticized the Army...account was at odds with the Red Cross report, which singled...intelligence section of Abu Ghraib as a place where "methods...
