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God bless America, land of the free, but sadly not the land of the depraved…  article fromNew York TimesSebastian Horsley, a British author who has written an eyebrow-raising memoir detailing a life of rampant drug use and voluminous encounters with prostitutes, was turned back at Newark Liberty International Airport on Tuesday as he tried to enter the United States for a book party and New York news media tour. (more…)

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Right! Champagne and Caviar for everybody…

Antonio Cassese, La Repubblica

Quel che è avvenuto a Bolzaneto nel 2001 è la violazione simultanea e flagrante di tre importanti trattati internazionali che l´Italia aveva contribuito ad elaborare e si era solennemente impegnata a rispettare: la Convenzione europea dei diritti dell´uomo del 1950, il Patto dell´Onu sui diritti civili e politici del 1966, e la Convenzione dell´Onu contro la tortura del 1984. A Bolzaneto sono stati inflitti trattamenti disumani e degradanti ma, in più casi, anche vere e proprie torture.

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