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After 22 Years of Human Rights Abuses, the U.S. Government Must Close the Military Detention Camp at Guantanamo Bay
Amnesty International USA calls on the U.S. government to close the military detention camp at Guantanamo Bay.
January 10, 2024
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Twenty Years After Authorization for Use of Military Force, Continued Lack of Accountability for those Harmed by Policies and Abuses
Ahead of the 20th anniversary of the Authorization for Use of Military Force on September 18, 2001, Daphne Eviatar, the…
September 14, 2021
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President Biden Has the Political Support to Close the Guantanamo Detention Center
In response to the news that a Congressional letter was sent to President Biden by 75 Representatives urging him to…
August 4, 2021
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Guantánamo Bay Has Been Allowed to Remain Open Too Long
Responding to the Biden administration transferring its first detainee out of Guantánamo Bay, Daphne Eviatar, the director of the Security…
July 19, 2021
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Closing of Guantánamo Must be a Priority for President Biden
Responding to the Biden administration approving three more detainees at Guantánamo Bay for release, Daphne Eviatar, the director of the…
May 18, 2021
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Dispatch from Guantanamo: U.S. Must Open Criminal Investigation into Mitchell and Jessen, Two Torture Program Psychologists
Following testimony at Guantanamo over the past two weeks of James E. Mitchell and John “Bruce” Jessen--two contract psychologists who…
January 31, 2020
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Architects of CIA torture program to testify at Guantanamo for first time
The two psychologists responsible for designing and implementing the CIA’s “enhanced interrogation techniques” will testify in pre-trial hearings in the…
January 16, 2020
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Marshall Billingslea Should Not be Confirmed for Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights
As today’s hearing takes place before the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Marshall Billingslea’s nomination to be Under…
September 19, 2019
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SACHA BARON COHEN AUCTION TO BENEFIT AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
Following this evening’s airing of Showtime’s, Who Is America, host Sacha Baron Cohen will be auctioning off the “Water Board Kit”…
July 22, 2018
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Landmark rulings expose Romanian and Lithuanian complicity in CIA secret detention program
The European Court of Human Rights has found that Romania and Lithuania violated the human rights of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri…
May 31, 2018
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Amnesty International USA Stands Against Policy of New Detainees to Guantanamo
Reacting to news that U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has provided the White House updated guidance on criteria for transferring…
May 2, 2018
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Ahead of Defense Department Recommendation Deadline, Amnesty International USA for Closure of Guantanamo Bay Prison
Ahead of the April 30 deadline for the Defense Department to comment on President Trump’s January order to allow the…
April 26, 2018