{"id":1579,"date":"2011-06-29T04:47:01","date_gmt":"2011-06-29T04:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melangedmaculateme.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/29\/holding-private-security-contractors-accountable\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T16:31:01","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:31:01","slug":"holding-private-security-contractors-accountable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2011\/06\/29\/holding-private-security-contractors-accountable\/","title":{"rendered":"Holding Private Security Contractors Accountable for Human Rights Abuses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scoop.it\/t\/rights-liberties\/p\/250228255\/holding-private-security-contractors-accountable-for-human-rights-abuses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scoop.it<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scoop.it\/t\/rights-liberties\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rights &amp; Liberties<\/a><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.scoop.it\/VvE-tAJf4wur3LzV5w-v9Dl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBXEejxNn4ZJNZ2ss5Ku7Cxt\" \/><br \/>Two Xe (formerly Blackwater) contractors were recently convicted for killing a civilian in Afghanistan. However, loopholes still remain that allow private military companies to dodge accountability.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.amnestyusa.org\/justice\/holding-private-security-contractors-accountable-for-human-rights-abuses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Show original<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Via Scoop.it &#8211; Rights &amp; LibertiesTwo Xe (formerly Blackwater) contractors were recently convicted for killing a civilian in Afghanistan. However, loopholes still remain that allow private military companies to dodge accountability.Show original<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1583,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2011\/06\/29\/us-supreme-court-refuses-to-allow-abu-ghraib\/","url_meta":{"origin":1579,"position":0},"title":"US Supreme Court Refuses to Allow Abu Ghraib Torture Victims to Sue Military Contractors | Andy Worthington","author":"aslam","date":"June 29, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Via Scoop.it - Rights & LibertiesThe case that was shunned by the Supreme Court on Monday, Saleh v. 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