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Spain Launches Criminal Investigation Into US Torture at Gitmo
According to this report, Spain is doing what President Obama should be doing: a criminal investigation into the use of torture at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. " Despite rhetoric coming from the White House that...
created by Rhonda J Mangus | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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527 views | 58 recommendations | 13 comments
Canadian Court Says Free Omar Khadr, PM Considering Appeal
In the continuing saga of Omar Khadr, the Canadian Federal Court has ordered Prime Minister Stephen Harper to seek his immediate release, but so far the PM has refused to do so. A Federal Court Justice ruled on Thursday that Canada had denied the Toronto-born man his... CIA Contracted Psychologists Approved Torture Methods Used
Referring to the CIA's practice of an " .... increased pressure phase" , this article describes limiting prisoners' human contact to two persons, the CIA interrogator and a psychologist. Methods of...
created by Karen Hatter | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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733 views | 38 recommendations | 8 comments
Miss Universe Calls Guantanamo Bay 'Relaxing, Calm and Beautiful'
In case you missed it, Miss Universe visited the U.S.-run military facility in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba a few days ago and, much to the surprise of her blog-reading public, she had "a loooot of fun!". In a cooing,...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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355 views | 16 recommendations | 2 comments
A Book By Mark Danner: U.S. Torture: Voices from Black Sites
Mark Danner, author of Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib and the War on Terror, has written another soon to be released book entitled, U.S. Torture: Voices from Black Sites. Mr. Danner obtained an...
created by Karen Hatter | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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403 views | 2 recommendations | 0 comments
Obama Administration Condemns 'Waterboarding' as Torture
A new administration in the White House calls for a new approach to terrorism — and a radical overhaul of past practices. On Monday, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, declared 'waterboarding' to be a "a form of...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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424 views | 17 recommendations | 3 comments
British spies accused of human rights violations
Two British spies have been accused of violating human rights laws as they aided and abetted the torture and detaining of terrorist suspects. A United Nations human rights expert said that the UK had participated in interrogations and asked questions during torture sessions... Ex Gitmo guard “ashamed” he participated in detainee abuse
Breandon Neely, who was a guard at Guantanamo when it first opened in 2002 was honorably discharged from the military last year and now leads the Houston chapter of Iraq Veterans Against the War. He told Rachel...
created by TheCameraObscura | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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133 views | 7 recommendations | 5 comments
The Guantanamo Testimonials Project
The Guantanamo Testimonials Project is collecting testimonies in relation to the abuse of prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba as part of " .... a long term research project...
created by Karen Hatter | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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275 views | 10 recommendations | 3 comments
Military commissions must obey President's directive
WASHINGTON - The military commissions system created in 2006 to try accused terrorists held at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, must comply with President Barack Obama's directive to suspend all legal proceedings... A Scavenger Hunt for Guantanamo Case Files?
Although there has been a forceful thrust by President Obama's new administration for closing the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba prison as quickly as possible, with the president signing an executive order...
created by Karen Hatter | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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153 views | 9 recommendations | 4 comments
Joe Biden: Gitmo detainees won’t be released in U.S.
Vice President Joe Biden told CBS that he didn ’t expect detainees held at Guantanamo Bay to be released inside the U.S. “We won’t release people inside the United States because all but one, I believe, is... GITMO Detainees Likely to Thank MLK, Allah
If President Barack Obama succeeds in shutting down Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility within 12 months, he will be tempted to describe himself as an emancipator in the mold of Abraham Lincoln. Unfortunately,... Obama acts on Guantanamo trials
New US President Barack Obama has ordered the suspension of all military tribunals at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. Obama has promised to close the facility, but analysts say that could take some time....
created by Dave Keating | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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336 views | 43 recommendations | 1 comment
The Iraq War Is Now Illegal
" By Bruce Ackerman and Oona Hathaway, The Daily Beast. "Ongoing combat in Iraq is illegal under US law. As of January 1, Congress’ authorization of the war expired. " The Bush administration’s... Top Members Today
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