Democracy Now! 9-28 Minn. Immigrant Rights Group Sues ICE Over Swift Meatpacking Raid

TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!:

With Amy Goodman
* More Dead in Burma as Troops Fire on Defiant Anti-Government Protesters *

In Burma, the military junta is continuing its violent crackdown on
anti-government protesters. Soldiers raided monasteries and fired at
demonstrators. At least nine people were killed on Thursday, including a apanese photojournalist. There are fears the death toll could be several times more. We speak with Burmese activist, Htun Aung Gway, president of the
Civil Society for Burma.

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* More Health Care Professionals Involved In Design, Structuring of Torture Than in Providing Care for Survivors *

"In today's world there are more health care professionals involved in the design and structuring of torture than there are involved in providing care for survivors," said Douglas Johnson, executive director of the Center for Victims of Torture in Minneapolis. We also speak with professor Steven Miles, author of "Oath Betrayed: Torture, Medical Complicity, and the War on Terror."

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* Minn. Immigrant Rights Group Sues ICE Over Swift Meatpacking Raid *

A Minnesota immigrant rights group has sued Immigration and Customs
Enforcement over its raid last year on a meatpacking plant owned by Swift and Company in Worthington, Minnesota. The lawsuit claims that federal agents "insulted, abused, and humiliated the plaintiffs on account of their race." We speak with the executive director of Centro Legal, the group that filed the lawsuit.

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* Headlines for September 28, 2007 *

- Black Teen Jailed in Jena Six Case Freed on Bail
- At Least 9 Killed as Junta Continues Protest Crackdown
- Probe: Blackwater USA Negligent in Fallujah Deaths
- Senate Calls for Division of Iraq
- Senate OKs Expanding Child Health Program
- Protesters Decry ³Sham² U.S.-Backed Climate Summit
- Report: White House to Allow Lawyer Access for 14 Gitmo Prisoners
- Transcript: Saddam Offered Exile to Avoid War
- Federal Prosecutors to Probe Chicago Torture Scandal

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