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Torture
Biden Tells Supreme Court That Publicly Documented Torture Is a State Secret
The Biden administration is trying to prevent testimony by the psychologists who orchestrated Abu Zubaydah’s torture.
I Was Detained in Guantánamo for 14 Years After Being Kidnapped and Sold to CIA
“The purpose of Guantánamo wasn’t about making Americans safe,” says former Guantánamo detainee Mansoor Adayfi.
Judges Rule in Favor of a School’s Use of Shock Therapy That UN Calls Torture
A private school is once again allowed to use shock therapy on students with developmental and emotional disabilities.
Guantánamo Memoir Film Skewers George W. Bush, But Exonerates Barack Obama
“The Mauritanian” fails to examine Obama's or Biden’s complicity in the continuing scandal of Guantánamo.
Russian Guantánamo Prisoner Released to UAE at Risk of Torture Upon Repatriation
The Biden administration must take action to remedy almost two decades of torture and indefinite arbitrary detention.
Rumsfeld Was Not “Controversial.” He Played a Leading Role in Mass Murder.
There are many bad people in the world, but few actual villains. Donald Rumsfeld is one such.
24 Senators Urge Biden to Close Guantánamo Bay Prison
40 men are still being held at the military prison despite global outrage over its long record of torture.
I’m on Hunger Strike in Guantánamo. I Dream of Cooking for My Family.
Before I was kidnapped, tortured and flown halfway around the world in chains, I loved cooking.
If Biden Wants to Confront White Supremacy, He Must Also End the “War on Terror”
For the last two decades, state violence rooted in white supremacy has operated under the guise of the “war on terror.”
After Trump Blocked UN Inquiry of Racist Violence, NGOs Are Conducting Their Own
The commission will analyze whether several instances of police violence violated international law.