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Former Afghan Detainees Speak Out About U.S. "Acts Of Torture" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics


Abdul Raqeeb, a former prisoner held for two years by US forces in Afghanistan, is speaking out against his brutalization at the hands of his captors....

The New Bagram: Has Anything Changed?

Jonathan Horowitz | Posted 11.20.2009 | World


Jonathan Horowitz

Having toured it, I give the new Bagram detention facility a "vastly improved" grade compared to what it was before. But, that being said, U.S. detention policy still has a long way to go.

The Word Not Spoken: Bagram

Harry Shearer | Posted 11.13.2009 | World


Harry Shearer

When Fox staged a special Veterans Day version of its NFL pregame show at Bagram AF Base last Sunday, they failed to mention one interesting fact about Bagram: It's the site of America's other Gitmo.

Afghan Working Group Calls for Transparency at Bagram

Jonathan Horowitz | Posted 10.27.2009 | World


Jonathan Horowitz

The only way the United States will feel comfortable getting out of the risky and destructive detention business, is if it trusts the Afghan justice system.

New Bagram Prison Procedures Still Fall Short

Jonathan Horowitz | Posted 11.21.2009 | World


Jonathan Horowitz

New Bagram detainee procedures, while not all bad, fail to create a fair and effective detention system that will be credible in the eyes of the Afghan government, the Afghan people, and human rights groups.

Is Bagram Obama's New Secret Prison?

Andy Worthington | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics


Andy Worthington

The Obama administration is following Bush's lead by unilaterally rewriting the Geneva Conventions, presumably to allow it to continue exploiting prisoners of war for their supposed intelligence value.

Bagram Detainees Win Right To Challenge Detention

AFP | Lucile Malandain and Daphne Benoit | Posted 11.14.2009 | World


WASHINGTON (AFP) For the first time, the United States is granting some 600 prisoners held in the US air base in Bagram the right to challenge their d...

Rethinking Taxi to the Dark Side: On Torture and the Mystery of Cheney Not Being in Jail

Jonathan Kim | Posted 10.19.2009 | Entertainment


Jonathan Kim

I can't for the life of me figure out why Dick Cheney is still walking around free and -- even worse -- continues to get airtime so he can spew lies about the utter awesomeness of American torture.

Bagram Prison Threatens Success in Afghanistan

Jonathan Horowitz | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics


Jonathan Horowitz

The U.S. military finally seems to have learned that dropping bombs on civilians isn't the way to win the hearts and minds of Afghans. But neither is grabbing people out of their houses and jailing them.

Bagram Isn't The New Guantanamo, It's The Old Guantanamo

Andy Worthington | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics


Andy Worthington

From what I have been able to gather about the workings of Bagram, I have no reason to conclude that the prison is now being run according to the Geneva Conventions.

EXCLUSIVE: Former Bagram Detainee Describes "Completely Wild" Arrest, Interrogation By US Troops

Huffington Post Contributor | Posted 08.28.2009 | World


* Scroll down for the Pentagon's response. Text and photos by Jonathan Horowitz, a consultant working in Afghanistan for the Open Society Institute. ...

Former Bagram Detainee Describes "Completely Wild" Arrest, Interrogation By US Troops

Jonathan Horowitz | Posted 09.03.2009 | World


Jonathan Horowitz

* Scroll down for the Pentagon's response. Text and photos by Jonathan Horowitz, a consultant working in Afghanistan for the Open Society Institute. ...

Reading the Pictures: Bagram: Nobody Here But Us Humanitarians

Michael Shaw | Posted 08.20.2009 | Media


Michael Shaw

2009-07-21-shaw0721.jpgOne of the hallmarks of the Iraq and Afghanistan campaigns has been the absurd disconnect between what the military showcases for the visual media as compared to what is happening "on the ground."

Afghanistan Villages Threatened By US Military Over Kidnapped Soldier

Huffington Post | Posted 08.16.2009 | World


In the aftermath of a US soldier's abduction by Afghan Taliban forces, the US military is disbursing leaflets in two towns near particularly dangerous...

Never Forget: The International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

Andy Worthington | Posted 07.27.2009 | Politics


Andy Worthington

Sadly, our celebrity-obsessed world is unlikely to pay much attention to the International Day in Support of the Victims of Torture, as the death of Michael Jackson dominates headlines.

Bagram Detainees Accuse US Of Beatings, Stress Positions, Humiliation, Dog Threats

BBC NEWS | Posted 07.25.2009 | World


Allegations of abuse and neglect at a US detention facility in Afghanistan have been uncovered by the BBC....

3 US Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan After Obama Stresses Need To Fight Extremists

AP | CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 07.05.2009 | World


KABUL — Taliban militants detonated a bomb and opened fire on a vehicle carrying U.S. soldiers on Thursday, killing three of them, as President ...

Afghan Suicide Bomber Kills Civilian Family Of At Least 6 Near Bagram

Quqnoos | Posted 07.03.2009 | World


At least six civilians were killed when a suicide bomber attacked a civilian vehicle in Bagram on Tuesday, officials said. The civilians, including t...

Obama to Offer Blindfolds and Ear Plugs to All Americans

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics


Matthew Filipowicz

Until we take off our blindfolds, until we truly hold accountable those who authorized these heinous acts, we will continue to endanger not only ourselves, but our troops.

Judge Gladys Kessler Releases Yemeni Detainee, Slams "Mosaic" Of Guantanamo Intelligence And Unreliable Witnesses

Andy Worthington | Posted 06.14.2009 | World


Andy Worthington

I am surprised that senior Obama officials seem to have been content to let a Bush-era approach to prosecution survive unchanged.

US Soldiers in Afghanistan Told to "Hunt People for Jesus... So We Get Them into the Kingdom" (Video)

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 06.04.2009 | World


Jeremy Scahill

Trying to convert Muslims to any other faith is a crime in Afghanistan. The fact that the video footage is being broadcast on Al Jazeera guarantees that it will be seen throughout the Muslim world.

Torture In US Goes Unprosecuted Beyond Gitmo (VIDEO)

Huffington Post Contributor | John Hamilton | Posted 05.31.2009 | World


By John Hamilton Finally, there's been a criminal indictment for acts of torture. No, this isn't a case involving CIA operatives waterboarding high-...

Jason Linkins

Colbert Torches Obama On Bagram Decision (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.17.2009 | Politics


While he only dedicated the first two minutes of his show to the issue, Stephen Colbert's mini-segment on President Barack Obama's decision to preserv...

Will Obama Block Release of Key Bush-era Torture Memos?

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics


Jeremy Scahill

As has been pointed out by journalists, human rights lawyers and critics, President Obama has continued -- and continues to defend -- some of the Bush administration's most repressive "War on Terror" policies.

Jason Linkins

Obama's Bagram Detainees Decision 'Eerily Familiar'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics


The Washington Independent's Daphne Eviatar does a great service today, explaining, with a good deal of precision, how President Barack Obama's recent...