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Fight Over Closing of Illinois Supermax Ends 14 Years of Prisoners’ Silence in Solitary Confinement
The story of Tamms Correctional Center is the story of what may be the last throes of the supermax movement, and what a campaign against torture accomplished in less …
Impunity at Home, Rendition Abroad: How Two Administrations and Both Parties Made Illegality the American Way of Life
After a decade of fiery public debate and bare-knuckle partisan brawling, the United States has stumbled toward an ad hoc bipartisan compromise over the issue of torture that rests …
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US Walks Back Terrorist Claims Against High-Value Detainee Abu Zubaydah
The Justice Department has quietly recanted nearly every major claim the Bush administration made about Abu Zubaydah the alleged al-Qaeda leader who was the first suspected terrorist subjected to …
Terrifying Peace: Living Within a Permanent War Economy
Today's geopolitical interventions to extract power on behalf of the Western nations has established a perpetual war for perpetual peace.
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Let Chicago’s Anti-Torture Resolution Inspire Your Own City
In June 2012, the Illinois Coalition Against Torture (ICAT) produced a
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Destroying the Commons: How the Magna Carta Became a Minor Carta
One of the great works in the establishment of civil and human rights is being shredded before our eyes.
The Unhappy Truth About Positive Psychology
While trying to survive (as opposed to thrive) is the new normal, increasing numbers of people still debate the nature of happiness.
Prolonged Solitary Confinement on Trial —An Interview With Law Professor Angela A. Allen-Bell
The newly released issue of the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly features an article by Prof. Bell entitled
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The School of the Americas, the CIA and the US-Condoned Cancer of Torture Continue to Spread in Latin America, Including Mexico
Harbury's request was simple: she wanted the State Department or CIA to tell her what had happened to her husband. But both agencies didn't acknowledge they knew of his …
Guantanamo Scandal: The 40 Prisoners Still Held, but Cleared for Release at Least Five Years Ago
The Task Force involved around 60 career officials from various government departments and the intelligence agencies, who spent the first year of the Obama Presidency reviewing the cases of …