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Lawyer Blasts "Congressional Depravity" on Guantanamo

Andy Worthington | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

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Andy Worthington

Lt. Col. David Frakt said Congress is still behaving unconstitutionally with regard to the right of the Executive branch and the Judiciary to order the release of prisoners from Guantanamo.

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Investigate Alleged Abuse of Terror Suspects

Navi Pillay | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

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Navi Pillay

I hope there is a swift examination of the various allegations of abuse made by former and current detainees in Guantanamo and other US-run prisons.

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Mohammed Jawad, Young Afghan Freed From Guantanamo, To Sue U.S. For Mistreatment And Lost Adolescence

AP | HEIDI VOGT | Posted 09.27.2009 | World

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KABUL — The family of one of the youngest prisoners ever held at Guantanamo plans to sue the U.S. government to compensate him for mistreatment ...

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Mohammed Jawad, Guantanamo Detainee Held As Teen, Back In Afghanistan

AP | Posted 09.24.2009 | World

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A Guantanamo prisoner once charged with wounding two U.S. soldiers and their interpreter was back home in Afghanistan Mon...

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Mohammed Jawad: Judge Orders Gitmo Detainee's Release

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — A judge ruled Thursday that one of the youngest detainees brought to Guantanamo Bay is being held illegally and must be released &n...

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Mohammed Jawad, Teenage Afghan Detainee, To Be Transferred To Civilian Court

Washington Independent | Posted 08.27.2009 | World

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It wasn't until late Friday afternoon that the Obama Justice Department, after years of wrangling over the fate of Mohammed Jawad, the Afghan boy arre...

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Mohammed Jawad, Gitmo Detainee, May Be Tried In U.S. Court

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon's top lawyer said Friday that the Obama administration has not abandoned the possibility of transferring some prisoner...

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Justice Dept. Abandons Torture-Based Evidence In Gitmo Case

The Washington Independent | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

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The Justice Department informed a federal district court Wednesday that it was no longer seeking to rely on coerced and tortured evidence in the habea...

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ACLU: Government Using False Confessions To Justify Confinement Of Detainee Captured When He Was 12

Washington Post | Del Quentin Wilber | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

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The American Civil Liberties Union yesterday accused the Obama administration of using statements elicited through torture to justify the confinement ...

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Afghan Taken To Guantanamo At Age 12: Rights Group

Reuters | Sayed Salahuddin | Posted 06.26.2009 | World

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KABUL (Reuters) -- An Afghan who has spent over six years at the U.S. military's Guantanamo Bay prison was only around 12 years old when he was detain...

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