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Spain an Accessory to CIA Rendition Flights
Afghan detainees are walked to a Chinook helicopter for transport bySpecial Operation Forces. Photo: Darren McCollester/Getty. “However, if, for unseen reasons, an emergency landing were necessary, the U.S. government would like the Spanish government’s authorization to use one of our … Continue reading
Guantanamo Irregularities Yield Broken Men
Cal study finds ex-Guantanamo prisoners brokenBy Bob Egelko / November 17, 2008 The first extensive study of prisoners released from the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, finds that many of them are physically and psychologically traumatized, debt-ridden and … Continue reading
Guantanamo: A US Government Desperate Not to Accept Responsibility for Its Mistakes
More treachery at GuantanamoBy Andy Worthington / November 03, 2008 For many of the prisoners at Guantanamo, the forthcoming US presidential election holds little promise of change. Although both Barack Obama and John McCain have pledged to close Guantanamo, the … Continue reading
Guantanamo Torture : CIA Officers Could Face Trial in Britian
‘British resident held in Guantanamo Bay was brutally tortured after being arrested and questioned by American forces.’By Robert Verkaik / October 31, 2008 Senior CIA officers could be put on trial in Britain after it emerged last night that the … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, CIA, Criminal Justice, Great Britain, Guantanamo, Human Rights, Terrorism, Torture, War on Terror
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Guantanamo Irregularities Yield Military Probe
Air Force Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, in a June 4, 2008 file photo. Photo: Brennan Linsley/Reuters.U.S. general target of Guantanamo probeBy Danica Coto / October 26, 2008 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – … Continue reading
Darrell Vandeveld Speaks About Guantanamo
Although we posted about this previously, this article adds more detail to the debacle that Guantanamo has become. We call on the Bush administration to own up to this failure, dismantle the mechanism of military tribunals, release the illegally held … Continue reading
Seeing the Crime in Guantanamo Slowly Stopped
Judge orders 17 Chinese Muslims released from Guantanamo BayBy David G. Savage / October 8, 2008 U.S. District Judge Ricardo Urbina is to decide where in the U.S. the men can be released. The Pentagon cleared most of them of … Continue reading
The Guantanamo Military Commissions: A Parody of Justice
Who’s Pulling the Strings? The Dark Heart of the Guantánamo TrialsBy Andy Worthington / October 3, 2008 On September 24, Col. Lawrence Morris, the chief prosecutor of Guantánamo’s Military Commission trial system, announced that Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld, the prosecutor … Continue reading
Extraordinary Rendition: The Grief Isn’t Yet Over
Rendered to Egypt for torture, Mohammed Saad Iqbal Madni is released from GuantánamoBy Andy Worthington / September 6, 2008 News that three more prisoners have been released from Guantánamo is cause for celebration, as all three men should never have … Continue reading
The Pursuit of Justice for Those Still Languishing in Guantanamo: Binyam Mohamed
Jackie Chase (left) of Brighton’s Save Omar campaign, with a picture of Binyam Mohamed, and Andy Worthington (right).London’s High Court Strikes a Blow at CIA: Shining a Light on the Dark PrisonBy Andy Worthington / August 30, 2008 In the … Continue reading
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Tagged CIA, Criminal Justice, Detention, Guantanamo, War on Terror
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Do No Harm : The Complicity of Psychologists in Cheney-Bush Torture Program
Psychologist protesting APA complicity in torture in 2007.APA pressured to take a stand… ‘Psychologists have been identified as key figures in the design and conduct of abuses against detainees in US custody’by Meteor Blades / August 12, 2008 Unlike the … Continue reading
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Tagged Abu Ghraib, Bush Presidency, Criminal Justice, Detention, Guantanamo, Human Rights, Medical Ethics, Medicine, Psychologists, Torture
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Guantanamo : Two Trials in One
Boots of Military Police at Camp Delta, a Long-Term DetentionCenter at Guantanamo.Salim Hamdan trial also test of military tribunal systemBy Willian Glaberson / July 29, 2008 GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — On the surface, the proceedings unfolding inside a makeshift courthouse … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil Liberties, Criminal Justice, Guantanamo, Human Rights, Iraq Occupation, Iraq War, Military Tribunals, Torture
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