Report on US Torture and Rendition to Libya Details New Waterboarding Claims
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has released a major new report detailing how the Bush Administration and other allied governments tortured and imprisoned opponents of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi....
View ArticleClosing Guantanamo Prison More Difficult After Obama Signs NDAA
(Image: Lance Page / t r u t h o u t; Adapted: Darren Hester, rpmaxwell, Will Montague) President Barack Obama signed the intelligence authorization bill—the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)....
View ArticleGuantanamo Prisoner on Hunger Strike Seeks Relief in Court from ‘Reversion to...
(update below) A Yemeni prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay prison, who has been participating in a hunger strike which has been ongoing for weeks, has requested “emergency humanitarian relief” from a...
View Article“You are completely destroyed”: Testimony on Torture from Shaker Aamer’s...
Shakar Aamer On April 7, 2014, Shaker Aamer, the last British resident still held at Guantanamo, and his attorneys filed a habeas petition (PDF) asking for his release due to chronic health problems...
View ArticleWhat Will Happen to Secret Prisoners at Bagram as US Withdraws More Forces...
Kaleem, one of the forever prisoners at Bagram who was detained when he was 14 years-old (Photo from Justice Project Pakistan) The United States will face a deadline at the end of the year and will...
View ArticleHigh Court Judge Rules UK Government Not Entitled to Immunity from Claims...
Yunus Rahmatullah A high court judge in the United Kingdom has ruled that a Pakistani detained by British forces in Iraq in February 2004 may proceed with claims against the UK government related to...
View ArticleFirst Published Book by a Guantanamo Prisoner Vividly Recounts Torture &...
ACLU graphic for “Free Slahi” campaign Mauritanian citizen Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who remains in indefinite detention at Guantanamo Bay, has become the first prisoner to have a book written during his...
View Article‘A Piece of Torture’: Guantanamo Prisoner’s Diary Describes Brutal Transfer...
ACLU graphic for “Free Slahi” campaign[Editor's Note: Mauritanian citizen Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who remains in indefinite detention at Guantanamo Bay, is the first prisoner to have a book written...
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