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UK Government Claims in Rendition Case “Highly Unlikely,” Says Ex-US Ambassador
Mr. Rahmatullah is now challenging the British Government's refusal to investigate his allegations of torture and rendition, and is also asking the court to determine that the UK's actions …
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Lessons Learned in the Bucca Camp
The US war in Iraq is the longest in the country's history. The United States invasion that began in 2003 left over a million people dead.
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Mass Incarceration Found Guilty
In “Mass Incarceration on Trial,” Jonathan Simon argues that a 2011 Supreme Court decision that will improve overcrowded conditions and neglect in California prisons may also have a positive …
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Imprisoning, Killing, Spying: Suppression of the Innocent inside Ethiopia
Ethiopia's ruling regime follows a nationwide policy of violent suppression and constitutional vandalism.
Ten CIA Rendition Victims Urge Obama to Name Them in Senate Torture Report
None of the ten signatories, all victims of CIA rendition, have been officially acknowledged by the US government.
G4S Guantanamo Contract “Breaches UK Policy”
The British government maintains that the prison must close.
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Dahr Jamail | Tortured and Raped by Israel, Persecuted by the United States
Rasmea Odeh was arrested and tortured by the Israel Defense Forces in 1969 when she was 22 years old. Today, Odah is on trial in the United States and …
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In Senate-CIA Fight on Interrogation Report, Another Controversy
The background of a key negotiator in the battle over a Senate report on the CIA's use of torture has sparked concerns about the Obama administration's objectivity in handling …
British Resident Shaker Aamer “Beaten” in Latest Guantanamo Crackdown
Mr. Aamer, who has been cleared for release by both the Bush and Obama administrations, has been held for long periods of solitary confinement since 2005 and is in …
Hagel Ignores Leading NGOs’ Call for Release of Gitmo Force-Feeding Tapes
The methods being used to force-feed our desperately ill client are gratuitously brutal.