The UN has sharply criticised President Donald Trump s decision to pardon four former Blackwater contractors jailed over the killing of 14 Iraqi civilians.
A cyclist passing by a burnt-out car a few days after Blackwater guards escorting US embassy officials opened fire in the Baghdad neighbourhood on 16 September 2007.
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Nicholas Slatten, Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and Dustin Heard opened fire in Baghdad s Nisoor Square in 2007 while guarding an American diplomatic convoy.
The UN Human Rights Office warned that the pardons would serve to embolden others to commit similar crimes.
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Pervasive Surveillance Tactics Have Haunted Muslim Americans For Years
Decades of discriminatory profiling and government surveillance have eroded trust, vilified Muslim Americans and traumatized a community.
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“There’s little to no reason to trust that it won’t happen in your community or my community, said Hina Shamsi, the director of the American Civil Liberties Union National Security Project.
The Supreme Court unanimously determined last week that three Muslim men may seek monetary damages from the FBI agents who, according to the men, placed them on a no-fly list because they refused to spy on their communities as informants.