Showing posts with label prisoners. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prisoners. Show all posts

Friday, 7 September 2012

Bad advertising: Buchenwald victims used for slimming pills ad


In a case of really poor judgment, an Estonian newspaper published an ad for slimming pills, showing exhausted concentration camp torture victims to portray new, slim bodies.
On the image, published by Eesti Ekspress, a cynical inscription reads, “One, Two, Three… Dr Mengele slimming pills work wonders for you!” And underneath: “There were no thickset people in Buchenwald!” ... read more.

Friday, 13 July 2012

Video: 'US drugged for false Gitmo confessions'


Investigative journalist, Jason Leopold, is one of many people wishing for the release of information that prisoners are drugged in order to extract confessions at Gitmo.
RT interviews Jason Leopold, who states that detainees in secret U.S. prisons, such as Guantanamo Bay, were drugged with mind-altering substances, including anti-psychotic drugs, in order to extract confessions... read more and watch video.