The Wholesome Photo of the Month Thu May 09, 2024 11:01 | Anti-Empire
In 3 War Years Russia Will Have Spent $3... Thu May 09, 2024 02:17 | Anti-Empire
UK Sending Missiles to Be Fired Into Rus... Tue May 07, 2024 14:17 | Marko Marjanović
US Gives Weapons to Taiwan for Free, The... Fri May 03, 2024 03:55 | Anti-Empire
Russia Has 17 Percent More Defense Jobs ... Tue Apr 30, 2024 11:56 | Marko Marjanović
Anti-Empire >>
A bird's eye view of the vineyard
Alternative Copy of thesaker.is site is available Thu May 25, 2023 14:38 | Ice-Saker-V6bKu3nz
Alternative site: https://thesaker.si/saker-a... Site was created using the downloads provided Regards Herb
The Saker blog is now frozen Tue Feb 28, 2023 23:55 | The Saker
Dear friends As I have previously announced, we are now “freezing” the blog. We are also making archives of the blog available for free download in various formats (see below).
What do you make of the Russia and China Partnership? Tue Feb 28, 2023 16:26 | The Saker
by Mr. Allen for the Saker blog Over the last few years, we hear leaders from both Russia and China pronouncing that they have formed a relationship where there are
Moveable Feast Cafe 2023/02/27 ? Open Thread Mon Feb 27, 2023 19:00 | cafe-uploader
2023/02/27 19:00:02Welcome to the ‘Moveable Feast Cafe’. The ‘Moveable Feast’ is an open thread where readers can post wide ranging observations, articles, rants, off topic and have animate discussions of
The stage is set for Hybrid World War III Mon Feb 27, 2023 15:50 | The Saker
Pepe Escobar for the Saker blog A powerful feeling rhythms your skin and drums up your soul as you?re immersed in a long walk under persistent snow flurries, pinpointed by
The Saker >>
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005
RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail supporter? Anthony
Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony
Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony
RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony
Waiting for SIPO Anthony
Public Inquiry >>
Indymedia Ireland is a volunteer-run non-commercial open publishing website for local and international news, opinion & analysis, press releases and events. Its main objective is to enable the public to participate in reporting and analysis of the news and other important events and aspects of our daily lives and thereby give a voice to people.
Julian Assange is finally free ! Tue Jun 25, 2024 21:11 | indy
Stand With Palestine: Workplace Day of Action on Naksa Day Thu May 30, 2024 21:55 | indy
It is Chemtrails Month and Time to Visit this Topic Thu May 30, 2024 00:01 | indy
Hamburg 14.05. "Rote" Flora Reoccupied By Internationalists Wed May 15, 2024 15:49 | Internationalist left
Eddie Hobbs Breaks the Silence Exposing the Hidden Agenda Behind the WHO Treaty Sat May 11, 2024 22:41 | indy
Human Rights in Ireland >>
View Comments Titles Only
save preference
Comments (2 of 2)
Jump To Comment: 1 2Well done to Amnesty for this.
There is no need at all for the government to review our laws or police powers, both already facilitate the upholding of Irish and international law insofar as kidnapping, torture and other crimes against humanity are concerned. Indeed our government should remove themselves from this particular question altogether as they have no business whatsoever in effectively putting the Irish justice system through a version of extraordinary rendition, Irish style. To review Irish law and practice, there should at least have been some failure or shortcoming to fix - the review itself, being the mechanism that has the Irish justice system locked up tight, is seemingly both the sickness and the cure. It is preposterous.
As for Obama ending extraordinary rendition, that too is a complete fabrication. It wasn't the American presidency who made extraordinary rendition a lawful entity in the US. It was the Supreme Court and it made this abomination a lawful practice decades ago.
Another thing that needs to come out in the wash is Blackwater, or whatever those goons are called these days. It is now known that this mercenary group has intimate ties to the CIA. How many, if any, have been ferried through Irish airports, tooled up for and intent on butchering children?
The government, especially Fianna Fáil, are happy to read off figures indicating how much profit has been made from US military passing through Shannon, an airport that is otherwise going down the tubes. Local gombeen-think believes the US is saving ould' Ireland once again. Political whoring is now so commonplace in Irish political life that we virtually can take it for granted that it has replaced democracy. Fianna Fáil couldn't get rid of the US presence if it wanted to: the Yanks would immediately threaten some sort of bullying sanction, such as pulling out certain industries and so on. C an you imagine Cowen trying to face that down? It would also take a certain moral and ethical sense, which the Greens threw away as soon as they were shown a government seat and Fianna Fáil never had. It would also take a strong sense of patriotism and of who we are as country, but we possess neither.