Much has happened since the human rights train wreck that was the creation of Guantánamo – a detention center deliberately designed to be outside the rule of any law. The majority of the so-called “worst of the worst” have been revealed to be innocents in the wrong place at the wrong time – many sold to US forces for bounty. The majority of detainees now held at Guantánamo have been cleared for release. Many have been held there for more than 10 years without charges. Reports of torture, abuse and interference with right to counsel that trickled out in the beginning have been confirmed and continue. Prisoners trapped in this 21st century “No Exit” are gripped with desperation – leading to hunger strikes. Our government has responded with force-feeding that amounts to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment and even torture.
Since the creation of this Kafkaesque penal colony, Truthout has been in the forefront documenting its abuses – and the implications for all of us when the US government asserts extra-legal powers over anyone. Now long-time Truthout contributor and professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, former president of the National Lawyers Guild and deputy secretary general of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers Marjorie Cohn will be analyzing the legal and human rights implications of the military tribunals at Guantánamo, while Truthout special human rights reporter Adam Hudson will be reporting direct from those tribunals at Guantánamo in a new series. Their work is supported by the Freedom of the Press Foundation.
Marjorie Cohn, a professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, former president of the National Lawyers Guild and deputy secretary general of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers is Truthout’s Guantanamo/human rights reporter and analyst. Her most recent book is The United States and Torture: Interrogation, Incarceration, and Abuse. She is working on a book about drones and targeted killing.
Adam Hudson is a journalist, writer, and photographer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. A graduate of Stanford University and a former intern at The Nation magazine, Hudson covers war and peace issues, drone warfare and technology, international relations, Middle Eastern/North African (MENA) affairs, human rights, and institutional racism. He is Truthout’s special human rights reporter.
UN Human Rights Committee Finds US in Violation on 25 Counts
By Adam Hudson, Truthout | News Analysis
Friday, 04 April 2014
Killing Civilians to Protect Civilians in Syria
By Marjorie Cohn and Jeanne Mirer, Marjorie Cohn’s Blog | Op-Ed
Wednesday, 28 August 2013
Inside Gitmo Military Commissions
By Jessica Desvarieux, The Real News Network | Video
Tuesday, 09 July 2013
Five “High-Value” Guantanamo Detainees Improperly Presumed Guilty
By Marjorie Cohn, Truthout | News Analysis
Wednesday, 03 July 2013
Guantanamo and Permanent War: The View From Camp X-Ray
By Adam Hudson, Truthout | News Analysis
Wednesday, 03 July 2013
Military Commission Pre-Trial Hearings for Alleged 9/11 “Plotters” Focus on Gitmo Conditions
By Adam Hudson, Truthout | News Analysis
Friday, 28 June 2013
Pretrial Hearings of 5 Suspects in 9/11 Face Challenge of Torture-Obtained Evidence
By Adam Hudson, Truthout | News Analysis
Friday, 21 June 2013
Guantanamo Prisoner Al-Nashiri’s Case Demonstrates Unfairness of Military Commissions
Tuesday, 18 June 2013
By Marjorie Cohn, Truthout | News Analysis
Contention and Confusion in Guantanamo Pre-Trial Hearings for Al-Nashiri Military Commissions
Tuesday, 18 June 2013
By Adam Hudson, Truthout | Report
Monday 17 June 2013 10:13
By Adam Hudson, Truthout | News Analysis
Bradley Manning’s Legal Duty to Expose War Crimes
Monday, 03 June 2013 09:29
By Marjorie Cohn, Truthout | News Analysis
Truthout TV Interviews Marjorie Cohn About Obama’s Counterterrorism Policy
Sunday, 02 June 2013 09:52
By Ted Asregadoo , Truthout | Video Interview
Guantanamo, Drone Strikes and the Non-War Terror War: Obama Speaks
Friday, 24 May 2013 09:38
By Marjorie Cohn, Truthout | News Analysis
Death Is Preferable to Life at Obama’s Guantanamo
Sunday, 12 May 2013 11:22
By Marjorie Cohn, Marjorie Cohn’s Website | Report
“Liberals”: Partisan or Principled?
Thursday, 4 April 2013 10:43
By Adam Hudson, Truthout | Op-Ed
Leaked White Paper the “Tip of the Iceberg”: An Interview With Marjorie Cohn About Targeted Killings
Friday, 15 February 2013 00:00
By Dennis Bernstein, Truthout | Interview
No Accountability for Torturers
Tuesday, 04 September 2012 13:02
By Marjorie Cohn, MarjorieCohn.com | News Analysis
The Toxic Effects of Agent Orange Persist 51 Years After the Vietnam War
Tuesday, 07 August 2012 09:42
By Jeanne Mirer and Marjorie Cohn, Truthout | Op-Ed
Hope Dies at Guantanamo
Thursday, 21 June 2012 12:02
By Marjorie Cohn, The Jurist | Op-Ed
Marjorie Cohn | The United States Has Been Enabling Torture for Decades
Thursday, 15 March 2012 04:27
By Mark Karlin, Truthout | Interview
The Haditha Massacre: No Justice for Iraqis
Tuesday, 31 January 2012 08:28
By Marjorie Cohn, Truthout | News Analysis
Close the Guantánamo Gulag
Tuesday, 17 January 2012 07:40
By Marjorie Cohn, Truthout | News Analysis
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