ahmadinejad: In Iran, freedom is absolute.

" September 23, 2008. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in New York this week to address the United Nations General Assembly. He sat down at the Grand Hyatt hotel with Times'...

Omar Khadr "Child Terrorist" denied independent psychiatrist: US

Opinion Barry Artiste. Now Public Contributor Certainly an unbiased psychiatrist is needed to determine Omar Khadr’s mental condition, especially if he is to be released back to Canada. Hopefully counseling will...

Demonstrators Rally For Release Of Guantanamo's Youngest Prisoner

The wind driven rain may have pounded the downtown Toronto streets on Saturday, but it wasn't enough to stop the hundred plus protesters who turned out in front of the American consulate, to demand the release of...

Captain America slain by sniper!

Marvel Comics superhero Captain America is killed by a sniper in the latest issue of his eponymous comic book. Captain America #25 went on sale today.The death of the superhero is certain to raise some controversy, and not only among comic book geeks."Series writer Ed...

Convicted & Executed by Hearsay & Coercion

According to the Pentagon accused terrorists may now be "convicted and perhaps executed using hearsay testimony and coerced statements.A summary statement assures us this new methodology "afford(s) all the judicial...

It's not Torture, It's Coercion

"Like everything this administration is responsible for, the detainee facility at Guantanamo Bay is controversial. There have been allegations of torture and abuse, religious insults, detainment of the innocent...

Cindy Sheehan Shames Her Son

Cindy Sheehan cries for the terrorists her son died protecting America from."International peace activists marched to the Cuban military zone wrapping around the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay on Thursday to demand closure of the U.S. military prison for terror suspects...

Guantanamo Anniversary Sparks World Protest

Some anniversary's are not to be relished.  Downing Street Protest... World Protest..."The protesters include a British former detainee, Asif Iqbal, the mother and brother of a current detainee, Omar Deghayes,...

Human Rights Watch calls for leadership in bleak annual report

"NEW YORK (AFP) - Human Rights Watch has painted a grim picture of rights abuses around the world in its annual report, urging Europe to play a stronger role in the absence of "credible leadership" from the United States. In a far-reaching report on more than 75 countries...

U.S. postpones Guantanamo building plans

The U.S. Defense Department notified Sen. Dianne Feinstein (news, bio, voting record) that it canceled a contract solicitation to build the new courthouse complex at the isolated base in southeast Cuba because of...

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Terror Detainee Speaks For the First Time About His "Unjust Incarceration in ...

Detainee "AS" is a terror suspect being held at Britain 's Long Lartin Prison. He's been detained for nearly five years and is considered a threat to national security. But he's never been charged with a crime and isn't allowed to see the secret evidence against him.

Report: Guantanamo Bay Detainee Lawyer Not Promoted, Will Leave Navy

will retire in March or April under the military's "up or out" promotion system. Swift said last week he was notified he would not be promoted to commander.

US 'used secret German prison'

Reprieve cited information from three Guantanamo detainees, Hassan bin Attash, Binyam Mohamed and Shaker Aamer, in its report.

BBC NEWS | Politics | UK minister to condemn Guantanamo

A Cabinet minister is due to denounce Guantanamo Bay detention centre as a "shocking affront to the principles of democracy", it has emerged. The Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer, is expected to voice the most outspoken criticism of US terror policy yet made by a...

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