Detainees

Obama and Karzai Talk, but the Fate of 3000 U.S. Prisoners in Afghanistan Remains a Mystery

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Human Rights, Human Rights First, Afghanistan, Obama, Afghanistan Withdrawal Timetable, Indefinite Detention, Karzai, Detainees, Torture, Afghanistan War, War in Afghanistan, World News

President Obama is surely negotiating U.S. troop withdrawal carefully so as to keep U.S. soldiers from facing unnecessary risks. He should take the same care with the lives of Afghans.

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No Conviction, No Freedom: Immigration Authorities Locked 13,000 In Limbo

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Prosecutorial Discretion, Undocumented Immigrants, Cca, John Morton, Detention, Obama Immigration, Immigration, Immigrants, Barack Obama, Detainees, Barack Obama Immigration, Morton Memo, Video, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Corrections Corporation of America, Unauthorized Immigration, Ice, Immigrant Detention, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- On a single day this past fall, the United States government held 13,185 people in immigration detention who had not been convicted of a...

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ICE Launches Hotline For Detained Undocumented Immigrants

The Huffington Post | Cindy Y. Rodriguez | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Immigration Reform, Video, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Hotline, Undocumented Immigrants, Detained Immigrants, Ice, Detainees, Latino Voices News

At a time when states such as Alabama and Arizona push for tougher immigration laws, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has launched a hot...

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Reject Indefinite Detention; Defend the Constitution

Rep. Hank Johnson | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Obama Detainees, House Armed Service Committee, Gitmo Detainees, Armed Forces, House Democrats, Detainees, National Defense Authorization Act, Politics News

We have sworn to uphold our Constitution of the United States of America.... Yet we are about to give our seal of approval to a bill that gives the military the authority to hold American citizens captured abroad on suspicion of terrorism and to hold them indefinitely without trial.

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40 Members of Congress Say No to Indefinite Detention of Americans

Rep. Hank Johnson | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Trial, Civil Liberties, US Military, Veterans Affairs, Human Rights, Freedom, Guantanamo Detainees, House Armed Services Committee, Civil Rights, Detainees, Politics News

This week, U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich (NM-1) and I sent an urgent letter to House and Senate Armed Services Committee leaders and conferees opposing provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act.

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Senate Kills Effort To Ban Military Detentions Of Americans At Home

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Aclu, Military Detention, National Defense Authorization Act, Citizen Detention, Guantanamo Detainees, Dick Durbin, Dianne Feinstein, Kelly Ayotte, Lindsey Graham, Detainees, Video, Indefinite Detention Bill, US Military Detention Centers, Detention of Citizens, Indefinite Detention, Military Detention Americans, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Senators compromised Thursday on a bill that attempts to spell out the military's right to detain Americans indefinitely, killing a bid ...

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Senate Blocks Another Bid To Spare Citizens Military Detention

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 12.01.2011

Read More: Video, Military Detention, Indefinite Detention Bill, National Defense Authorization Act, Citizen Detention, Guantanamo Detainees, US Military Detention Centers, Dianne Feinstein, Kelly Ayotte, Lindsey Graham, Detention of Citizens, Military Detention Americans, Indefinite Detention, Detainees, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Thursday blocked a second attempt to spare U.S. citizens from potential indefinite military detentions and was set to vote...

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Senate Rejects Effort To Strip Controversial Provision Opposed By White House

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Mark Udall, Detainee Policy, Obama Detainee Policy, Defense Authorization Bill, Senate Defense Authorization, Video, Terrorism, Defense Authorization Act, Defense Policy, Terrorism Detainees, Obama Detainee, Lindsey Graham, Obama Veto Defense, Obama Veto, Senate Detainee Policy, Detainees, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday rejected an effort to strip divisive provisions from a defense bill that deal with the capture and handling o...

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Dem Chairman Faults White House, Fellow Dems For Detainee Policy

AP | By DONNA CASSATA | Posted 11.18.2011

Read More: Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Suspected Terrorists, Senator Carl Levin, Video, Terrorists, Defense Bill, Dianne Feinstein, Senate Armed Services Committee, Carl Levin, Senate Intelligence Committee, Detainees, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Friday faulted the White House and fellow Democrats for mischaracterizing provisi...

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Human Rights Watch Demands George W. Bush's Arrest

Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Video, Economic Summit, Human Rights Watch, George W. Bush, Amnesty International, British Columbia, Waterboarding, Canada, Arrest, Torture, Detainees, Impact News

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch demanded the arrest and prosecution of former president George W. Bush before his appearance at an econom...

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Harry Reid Blocks Defense Bill Over Detainee Provisions

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Senate Armed Services Committee, 112th Congress, Harry Reid, Harry Reid Defense Bill, John McCain, Video, National Defense Authorization Act, Carl Levin, Detainees, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has promised that the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2012 will not come up for a v...

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Night Raids: For Afghan Civilians, the Costs May Outweigh the Benefits

Erica Gaston | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Nato, President Obama, Petraeus, National Security, Detention, Civilian Casualties, Isaf, Strategic Partnership, Afghanistan, Night Raids, Afghan Government, Karzai, Troop Withdrawals, Detainees, Torture, World News

While individual night raids are unquestionably effective at getting insurgent leaders, the larger costs of night raids may outweigh the benefits.

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Taking Responsibility for Torture in Afghanistan

Chris Rogers | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Bagram, Counterterrorism, Isaf, Detention, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Nato, United Nations, Detainee Abuse, International Law, Taliban, Detainees, Afghanistan War, Torture, World News

There are no easy solutions to the detention dilemmas of international forces in a country where torture by the host government is widespread.

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WH Advisor John Brennan To Congress: Stop Playing Politics With 'Counterterrorism Cavalry'

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: Military Tribunals, White House Counterterrorism Czar, Guantanamo Detainees, John Brennan, Obama Administration, Decade After 9/11 - National Security, Detainees, Al Qaeda, September 11, Libya, Video, Obama Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, 112th Congress, Obama Guantanamo Detainees, September 11 Anniversary, Obama Terrorism, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The White House's chief counterterrorism advisor expressed frustration Thursday that the administration remains unable to make good on i...

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Ai Weiwei's Sister Gives Details of His Confinement

The Washington Post | Keith B. Richburg | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Government, Ai Weiwei Released, Art, Beijing, Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei, Chinese Government, Ai Weiwei House Arrest, Ai Weiwei Sister, UK Arts, China Human Rights, Ai Weiwei, China, Confinement, Detainees, Arts News

SHANGHAI – Ai Weiwei, the dissident artist who was released last month after 81 days in a Beijing jail on tax evasion charges, spent his days of con...

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Justice Department To Investigate CIA Interrogation Deaths

AP | PETE YOST and ADAM GOLDMAN | Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Cia Interrogation Deaths, War on Terror, Cia, Counterterrorism, Terrorism, Enhanced Interrogations, Cia Interrogation Deaths Investigation, Waterboarding, Justice Department, Detainees, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department inquiry into CIA interrogations of terrorist detainees has led to a full criminal investigation into the dea...

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Ai Weiwei Appeals Taxes, Fines

AP | By ALEXA OLESEN | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Taxes, Photography, Pu Zhiqiang, Beijing Local Taxation Bureau, Ai Weiwei Appeals, Ai Weiwei Released, Beijing Fake Cultural Development Ltd., Design, Lu Qing, Chinese Government, Tax Evasion, Ai Weiwei, China, Detainees, Arts News

BEIJING -- Outspoken Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's design firm on Wednesday challenged the $1.85 million tax bill delivered by authorities shortly after ...

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Obama Threatens to Veto Bill Expanding War and Restricting Prosecution of Terrorists

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Federal Courts, Military Commissions, Buck Mckeon, Veto, National Defense Authorization Act, National Security, Terrorism, Ndaa, President Obama, Aumf, Guantanamo, War on Terror, Detainees, Politics News

As House Republicans continue to press for new and expanded war authority, the White House has issued a rare threat to veto any legislation that would needlessly expand the war on terror.

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Lindsey Graham: U.S. Troops Will Shoot More Afghans Because Guantanamo Bay Is Closing

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 07.11.2011

Read More: Military Tribunals, Terrorists, Obama Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Guantanamo, Amnesty International, Kelly Ayotte, Joe Lieberman, Lindsey Graham, Eric Holder, Detainees, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Wednesday that U.S. forces kill suspected terrorists and enemy combatants because they cannot detai...

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Bin Laden's Death Sparks Rethinking of US Policy in Afghanistan

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: Afghanistan War, Human Rights, Afghanistan, Prisoners, David Petraeus, Rule of Law, Bagram, Defense Department, Due Process, Osama Bin Laden, U.S. Military, Detainees, World News

The death of the world's most wanted terrorist is building up pressure on the United States government to end our country's longest-running war. The question now is whether the American public and its leaders are willing to invest in a long-term strategy for peace.

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Torture May Have Slowed Hunt For Bin Laden, Not Hastened It

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 07.06.2011

Read More: Cia, War on Terror, Liz Cheney, Interrogation, George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Torture Debate, Matthew Alexander, Steven Kleinman, Bin Laden, John Yoo, Glenn Carle, Dick Cheney, Torture, Detainees, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News

Torture apologists are reaching precisely the wrong conclusion from the back-story of the hunt for Osama bin Laden, say experienced interrogators and ...

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Is the White House's Gitmo Policy Unraveling or Coming Together?

ProPublica | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Federal Trial, President Obama, Robert Gates, Guantánamo Bay, Hillary Clinton, Eric Holder, Detainees, Military Commissions, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Trials, Gitmo Trials, Gitmo, Politics News

The news today that the Obama administration has decided to go forward with new military at Guantanamo will test its commitment to a two-track policy and Obama's first promise as president: to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay.

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The Taliban Catch-and-Release Scheme

Douglas A. Wissing | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taliban, Douglas Wissing, Afghanistan, Catch-and-Release, Detainees, World News

Recent reports that Afghan security forces are freeing captured high-level Taliban leaders in exchange for financial and political payoffs is a story I started hearing over a year ago when reporting from Afghanistan.

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Ashcroft v. al-Kidd and Material Witness Detention

Wes Oliver | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Obama Administration, Material Witness, John Ashcroft, Al-Kidd, Detention, Ninth Circuit, Detainees, Politics News

Mr. al-Kidd did not seem to qualify for detention under the material witness statute. The treatment he alleged he received once he was detained is inconsistent with our fundamental values.

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Bagram's Evil Twin

Jonathan Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Afghanistan, Counterterrorism, Detention, Detainee Abuse, Obama Administration, Bagram, Detainees, Afghanistan War, Bagram Air Base, World News

When the U.S. military opened a new detention facility in Bagram, I gave credit where credit was due. But a report released today focuses on allegations of inhumane treatment at a smaller facility, co-located on Bagram Air Base.

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