the 'school of americas' is dubbed "school of assassins" as it has trained latin american soldiers over nearly 60 years, including the el salvadorean death squads. many of the most infamous dictators, torturers, mass murderers, and terrorist groups have been trained at this institute which changed its name in 2001 to "western hemisphere institute for security co-operation".

it is widely regarded as a terrorist camp specifically involved in destabilising latin america, and has attracted the opprobium of radicals, historians, and peace campaigners for many years.

this weekend saw an established annual peace rally of thousands of people outside the camp at fort benning, georgia.

however, police have arrested dozens of peaceful protestors and have apparently particularly targeted media including an official news team from the international "russia today" channel. the RT journalists claim they saw police zeroing in on journalists, and although they complied with police orders they were brutally arrested and then held for 32 hours, fined on local charges, and bailed while possibly facing further federal charges.

the story has not been substantially covered by western media.

imagine a US film crew jailed in a foreign country during a peaceful protest - do you think that would make the news?