DN!: Death Toll Rises in Burma//Medical Complicity in Torture//ICE Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:11:01 -0400 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST September 28, 2007 = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now! needs volunteers to staff our booth at the Washington, DC Green Festival. Volunteers will be responsible for outreach, merchandise sales and promotion of Amyıs appearance at the festival. Volunteers should be energetic, friendly, environmentally conscientious fans of the show, willing to talk to people about DN! and media issues. Volunteers will get a free t-shirt and a pass to the festival for the day they volunteer. Please contact emily@democracynow.org if you are available for a half-day shift on either Sat or Sun. *Show Hours* Saturday 10AM - 8PM Sunday 11AM - 6PM *Venue Name and Address* Washington D.C. Convention Center 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW Washington, DC 20001 More info: www.greenfestivals.org = = = = = = = = = * DN! is hiring * Full-Time Senior TV Producer/Editor http://www.democracynow.org/jobs.shtml Full-Time Broadcast Engineer http://www.democracynow.org/jobs.shtml = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * 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 Japanese 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. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/28/1353224 * 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." Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/28/1353248 * 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. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/28/1353253 * 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 Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/28/1353212 = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Friday, September 28, 2007: http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/28/1857243 To subscribe to these "Titulares de Hoy" by email, send a blank message to: boletin-sub@list.democracynow.org = = = = = = = = = COMING UP ON DEMOCRACY NOW! 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