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Six Reasons Why UC Berkeley Should Investigate John Yoo Instead of Honoring Him – Or, Silence is Complicity
A basic skill of an effective lawyer is the ability to form a legal opinion regarding specific factual circumstances.
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Even a Guantanamo Nurse Refuses to Force-Feed Prisoners
A Pentagon spokesperson acknowledged that an employee declined to perform this specific feeding task, so he was reassigned to other duties.
Treating Prisoners as Well as Farm Animals
There are too many stories are out there about the subhuman treatment of pregnant prisoners who give birth while chained, with prison officials by their side.
The 25th Hour: Still Living With Jack Bauer in a Terrified New American World
Top officials in the Obama administration didn't think it worth the bother to dismantle the elaborate torture system created in the Bush years.
MPs to Vote on Legal Aid Cut Which Would Shut Torture Victims Out of Court
The measures, known as the residence test, would block anyone resident outside the UK from receiving legal aid.
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A Year After Mass Hunger Strike in California Prisons, What’s Changed?
Last July, 30,000 California prisoners went on hunger strike. Some have been released from solitary and correctional authorities continue a review process as a class-action lawsuit by prisoners goes …
Abu Ghraib Torture Victims May Sue US Corporation, Appeals Court Rules
Judges uphold use of Alien Tort Statute post-Kiobel.
Chilean Australians Clamor for the Extradition to Chile of Former DINA Agent Adriana Rivas
Despite her alleged participation in crimes committed at a Chilean torture and extermination center under Pinochet, former DINA agent Adriana Rivas lives in Australia where Chilean activists campaign for …
The American People, Including Liberals, Deserve Some Blame for the Horror of Gitmo
While Greenwald's piece taunts Obama supporters for their gymnastics in defending him over failing to close Gitmo, it turns out they don't even want to close Gitmo in the …
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Bringing Prison Abuse Out of the Shadows to End It
Conditions in US prisons are far worse than those depicted in the Netflix hit, “Orange Is the New Black” - even rising to the definition of “torture” in many …