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Guilt
by Torture
Posted: 10 Nov 2008 05:09 PM CST
Binyam
Mohamed’s transatlantic quest for justice
By Andy Worthington
The case of Binyam Mohamed just gets weirder and weirder. For the last
six months, the British resident and Guantánamo prisoner, who was
seized in Pakistan in April 2002, has been engaged in a transatlantic
struggle to secure evidence [...] ![]() |
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Aafia
in US custody
Posted: 10 Nov 2008 05:04 PM CST
Imran
Khan and Yvonne Ridley broke the news on July 7 at a press conference
at Islamabad that the woman prisoner No. 650 in the notorious US jail
of Bagram, Afghanistan, was Dr Aafia Siddiqui. Now the same persons
from the same place are stating that prisoner No. 650 was not Dr
Siddiqui rather she [...] ![]() |
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Guantánamo
Bay Obama legal advisers draft plans for Guantánamo
Posted: 10 Nov 2008 05:01 PM CST
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Plan calls for up to 80 detainees to be put on trial in the US
· ACLU asks Obama to ban torture and close down Guantánamo
· White House press secretary says quick closure ‘not so easy’ Suzanne
Goldenberg in Washington
The White House today challenged president-elect Barack Obama to make
good on his campaign promise to [...] ![]() |
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ADDAMEER:
IOF Arrests Children
Posted: 10 Nov 2008 04:57 PM CST
RAMALLAH,
(WAFA)- Al-Dameer Prisoners Support and Human Rights Association
accused, Monday, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) of arresting tens of
Palestinian children in the Palestinian Territory.
In a press release, The Association considered such arrests a violation
to the international humanitarian law.
Al-Dameer explained that, in the past few days, IOF arrested nine
Palestinian children after attacking Al-A’roub Agriculture School near
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Bush
Administration Once Again Attempts To Block Release Of Prisoner Abuse
Photos In ACLU Lawsuit
Posted: 10 Nov 2008 04:53 PM CST
NEW
YORK – The Bush administration petitioned a full appeals court late
Thursday to reconsider a decision ordering the Defense Department to
release photographs showing detainee abuse by U.S. forces in Iraq and
Afghanistan. In September, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Second Circuit ordered the government to release the
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Two
Detainees Transferred
Posted: 10 Nov 2008 04:51 PM CST
DoD
Announcement:
The Department of Defense announced today the transfer of two detainees
from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Algeria. These detainees were determined
to be eligible for transfer following a comprehensive series of review
processes.
The transfer is a demonstration of the United States’ desire not to
hold detainees any longer than necessary. It also underscores the [...] ![]() |
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Waterboarding:
The psychological damage is indescribable
Posted: 10 Nov 2008 04:43 PM CST
Christopher
Hitchens lasted seconds under waterboarding. And they say it isn’t
torture
Until recently, “waterboarding” was something that Americans did to
other Americans. It was inflicted, and endured, by those members of the
special forces who underwent the advanced form of training known as
Sere (survival, evasion, resistance, escape). In these harsh exercises,
brave men and [...] ![]() |
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ACTION:
Sheikh Omar Abdul Rahman’s Health Deteriorates
Posted: 10 Nov 2008 04:37 PM CST
Sheikh
Omar Abdul Rahman’s Health Deteriorates 1. Summary
According to recent reports, health of Sheikh Omar Abdul Rahman, the
elderly Egyptian sheikh imprisoned in the US in 1995 under sedition
laws last used during the American civil war, has severely
deteriorated. In a telephone conversation with his family a few days
ago, he told them to [...] ![]() |
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Detained
in Guantanamo Bay
Posted: 10 Nov 2008 04:31 PM CST
Reprieve
is a British international not-for-profit organisation that champions
human rights by providing legal support for those facing death
sentences. One such detainee is Kenya’s Abdulmalik Mohamed who is in
Guantanamo Bay. Reprieve’s Clara Gutteridge speaks to The Standard’s
PHILIP MWAKIO.
Reprieve investigator Clara Gutteridge during a Press conference held
by Muslim leaders and Muslim Human [...] ![]() |
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100
DAYS TO CLOSE GUANTANAMO!
Posted: 10 Nov 2008 04:23 PM CST
Witness
Against Torture is excited to announce a new campaign to close
Guantánamo and end torture by the U.S. Kicking off with a nine day
fast, the campaign will consist of a daily, sustained, physical
presence across from the White House and a weekly schedule of Executive
and Congressional education, public teach-ins and [...] ![]() |
