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Torture
A Murder Mystery at Guantanamo Bay
The grotesque court testimony brought to mind the period in spring 2006 when torture and forced feedings were rampant - not only at the CIA annex at Guantanamo but …
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From Chicago to Geneva, a Call for Police Accountability for Violence and Torture
We Charge Genocide, a coalition of Chicago activists, is turning outside the US criminal justice system to force accountability for police misconduct by taking their complaints to the United …
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How Much Moral High Ground Does the US Have Over ISIS?
The United States' war on sexual violence, mass murder and religious persecution should begin at home.
Guantanamo’s Force-Feeding Challenged
If anything qualifies for the description of a festering boil, Guantanamo does.
Guantanamo Force-Feeding Trial Must Not Be Secret, Say Press and Lawyers
Sixteen major US news organizations and a hunger-striking detainee have asked a federal judge not to hold the first-ever trial of force-feeding practices at Guantanamo Bay in secret.
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Number 14: Stop Torturing and Stop Assassinating
In the 21st century, the US adopted torture and assassination as tools of foreign policy.
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Confronting Barbarism: ISIS, the United States and the Consequences of Torture
Instead of using ISIS's mocking use of orange jumpsuits as a pretext to continue to withhold information about US torture programs in Iraq and elsewhere, the United States should …
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 …