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John Yoo asks that torture lawsuit be dismissed
Political Blotter —
Authority: 570
University of California, Berkeley Boalt Hall Law School Professor John Yoo – widely recognized as an architect of Bush Administration policies on torture and detainee rights – has filed a brief asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to toss a lawsuit filed by a former prisoner.American citizen Jose Padilla ...1 day ago -
‘I never did anything wrong’
freedetainees.org —
Authority: 436
A report highlighting the cases of 71 individuals who have been subjected to various forms of detention without charge, has been released by human rights campaign group Cageprisoners. The report, primarily based upon testimonies taken directly from the detainees, says that the counter-terrorism tools used are ...6 days ago -
Dorian Yates’ Secret: What Lean People Are Doing To Get That Way
Wish Everyone Good Health. —
Authority: 464
A consensus has arisen within the bodybuilding world over the past twenty years regarding the exact modes and procedures needed to become lean as humanly possible while retaining muscle mass. Across the nation and the world, bodybuilders are lifting weights, hitting aerobics and eating with discipline in order to melt ...1 week ago -
DEMINT, BARRETT, BROWN AND WILSON URGE PRESIDENT OBAMA TO REMOVE SOUTH CAROLINA FROM CONSIDERATION AS NEW HOME FOR GITMO TERRORISTS
SCHotline Press Box —
Authority: 119
For Immediate Release November 4, 2009 Contact: Emily Tyner Press Secretary 202-225-5301 WASHINGTON, DC—Yesterday, Congressman J. Gresham Barrett (SC-03) sent a letter to President Obama urging him to develop a detention process that would keep Guantanamo Baydetainees from entering the United ...1 week ago -
Blog:ugg classic tall boots
3stepADS - Free Advertising Blog —
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in january 2009, al-qaeda’s branches in saudi arabia and yemen merged to create a single transnational organization: al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula.following this move, us director of national intelligence dennis c blair stated that yemen was “re-emerging as a jihadist battleground and potential regional base ...1 week ago -
Blog:ugg classic tall boots
3stepADS - Free Advertising Blog —
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in january 2009, al-qaeda’s branches in saudi arabia and yemen merged to create a single transnational organization: al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula.following this move, us director of national intelligence dennis c blair stated that yemen was “re-emerging as a jihadist battleground and potential regional base ...1 week ago -
US Supreme Court refuses to hear Guantanamo case (AFP)
Relevant News —
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AFP – The US Supreme Court refused Monday to consider the case of a Yemeni detainee held at Guantanamo Bay despite a lower court order for his release. See the rest here: (AFP)"> (AFP)">US Supreme Court refuses to hear Guantanamo case (AFP)1 week ago -
‘We were tortured and sexually abused’
freedetainees.org —
Authority: 436
Iraqi Jameela Abbas Hameedi, 54, said she was arrested in Baghdad in January 2004 with her entire family, allegedly for supporting and funding forces against the US invasion.“The US army beat me with tubes and a plastic chair until it broke.“A plastic shard entered my leg and caused a bad infection. I had to ...1 week ago -
testing
freedetainees.org —
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testing fb… are you working, or are you going to take up too much of my precious time? (Ignore this post – I am making it somewhat entertaining by talking to myself, hush, it’s private) Share on Facebook yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = "testing"; http://freedetainees.org/73471 week ago -
Law & Executive Order
The Melting Pot Project —
Authority: 433
When he was on the campaign trail, Candidate Obama made some very encouraging, American-sounding remarks about torture, secrecy, and the total disregard for the law that had become a hallmark of the Bush administration. But President Obama seems to think...2 weeks ago -
Stand Down! End Human Rights Abuses by Private Military Contractors
freedetainees.org —
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Young Afghan struggles to adapt after Guantanamo
freedetainees.org —
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Mohammed Jawad, widely considered the prison’s youngest detainee, is back home in Afghanistan after a judge ordered him freed. He is angry and confused. Many U.S. officials are unhappy he’s free. Mohamed Jawad sits with his cousin Bader at his family home in Kabul. Jawad is believed to have been the youngest ...2 weeks ago -
The New York Times Slams Obama’s Torture ‘Cover-Up’
The Washington Independent Blog —
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The New York Times’ lead editorial today is a powerful indictment of the Obama administration’s continuation of Bush-era efforts to conceal the facts of U.S.-sponsored torture. Running through the list of situations that we’ve been reporting on in which the Obama administration continues to conceal evidence ...2 weeks ago -
Administrative Detention in Israel: Palestinians Behind Bars with No Recourse to Justice
Nasir Khan blog —
Authority: 141
By Christoph Schult , Spiegel Online International , Oct 23, 2009 Hundreds of Palestinians are kept behind bars in Israel without charges having been filed and with no access to a fair trial. Not even their lawyers are allowed to look at the evidence. Some governments in the West have expressed their concern, ...2 weeks ago -
Administrative Detention in Israel: Palestinians Behind Bars with No Recourse to Justice
Dr Nasir Khan —
Authority: 485
By Christoph Schult , Spiegel Online International , Oct 23, 2009 Hundreds of Palestinians are kept behind bars in Israel without charges having been filed and with no access to a fair trial. Not even their lawyers are allowed to look at the evidence. Some governments in the West have expressed their concern, ...2 weeks ago -
HaMoked and B’Tselem issue joint report criticizing administrative detention
freedetainees.org —
Authority: 436
From Samoud [Link to report below] HaMoked has issued a joint report with B’Tselem criticizing Israel’s detention of Palestinians without trial. In the report, they make the case that the policy of extensive detentions breaches international law, which permits use of administrative detention only in very extreme ...2 weeks ago -
Why Terrorists Are Coming To Your Backyard
The Foundry —
Authority: 760
Nation Review ’s Andy McCarthy writes: President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder contend that America’s civilian federal prisons are secure. Our “supermaxes,” they insist, are up to the task of confining the most lethal terrorists. Even if that were true (and history shows it is not), the ...2 weeks ago -
New Military Commissions Act Still Allows Coerced Testimony and Hearsay
The Washington Independent —
Authority: 783
A few more points worth noting about the new Military Commissions Act amendments passed by Congress yesterday: Just as the House bill circulating earlier did, the amendments passed would still allow some coerced testimony to be used in court if the military judges decide it’s reliable and it wasn’t obtained ...2 weeks ago -
Diaries Recounting Zubaydah’s Torture Should Be Given to Defense Attorneys, Judge Rules
Muslim Media Network —
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By Jason Leopold, Truthout Guantanamo detainee Abu Zubaydah is expected to finally gain access to diaries he wrote during the years while he was being tortured by CIA interrogators. A federal court judge has ordered the government to turn over unredacted volumes of the diaries and other “specified” writings to ...2 weeks ago -
“Two Very Fine Guys Who’d Add to Our Community”: Amherst In Love With Gitmo Terrorists
Debbie Schlussel —
Authority: 608
By Debbie SchlusselThis is so sad, it’s hilarious. This is the future of our country. And these are the jerks who elected Obama. The people of Amherst, Massachusetts are lusting after two Gitmo terrorists–Ahmed Bel Bacha, of Algeria and Ravil Mingazov of Russia–whom they badly want to live in their ...3 weeks ago