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Seized at 15, Omar Khadr turns 22 in Guantanamo

Andy Worthington | Posted 10.20.2008 | Home

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Andy Worthington

Today, Omar Khadr, the sole Canadian citizen in Guantánamo, marks his 22nd birthday in isolation. Seized in Afghanistan when he was just 15 years old...

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Two Afghans Released from Guantanamo: a Farmer and a Teenager

Andy Worthington | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Abdul Wahab, Bagram, Mahbub Rahman, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Taliban, Afghanistan, The Guantanamo Files, Politics News
Andy Worthington

The stories of the two Afghans released with Madni -- though involving slightly less brutality -- do nothing to justify the United States' detention policies in the "War on Terror."

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Legal Torture Is Still Wrong

Michael Schwartz | Posted 09.12.2008 | Home

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Michael Schwartz

The fact is that the Bush Administration's legal maneuvering has won over American citizens to torture. The only viable argument against torture now is the moral argument.

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The Banality of Rick Ayers or, Hiding in Plain Sight

Marc Garlasco | Posted 08.09.2008 | Politics

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Marc Garlasco

Rick Ayers is rightly upset by the number of dead in Iraq and Afghanistan but in his ire, he blames the wrong guy -- me. I tried my very best to minimize civilian casualties -- as required by the Geneva Conventions.

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Folly and Injustice: Salim Hamdan's Guantanamo Trial

Andy Worthington | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics

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Andy Worthington

As with justice, logic is in short supply in the executive's approach to terror suspects, who have been deprived of the protections of the Geneva Conventions to make false confessions.

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Guantanamo as Alice in Wonderland

Andy Worthington | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

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Andy Worthington

The US administration's basis for holding prisoners without charge or trial in the "War on Terror" belongs in a fantasy world. At the heart of this fantasy world are the Combatant Status Review Tribunals.

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And War Crimes for All....

Larisa Alexandrovna | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Excellent Reporting, Rendition, Detainee Abuse, Torture, War Crimes, Ircc, Politics News
Larisa Alexandrovna

Read this incredible article by Warren Strobel of McClatchy Newspapers 'The U.S. military hid the locations of suspected terrorist detainees and conc...

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"Standard Operating Procedures"

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

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Jayne Lyn Stahl

While some may say this emperor (Bush) has no clothes, he's still managed to hide his derriere better, and operate with impunity more effectively, than any in recent memory.

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Nadler Grills The Torture Team With An Eye To Prosecute

Lou Dubose | Posted 05.21.2008 | Home

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Lou Dubose

The Bush Administration shielded itself from anti-torture laws, but prohibitions on torture aren't so easily circumvented-- they live on the books here and overseas and without statutes of limitation.

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