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Amnesty Activists March to White House Today Calling for Accountability
At last night's press conference marking 100 days in office, President Obama said that over time a "short-cut" like torture "corrodes the character of a country." And he has gotten…
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Obama possessed
By Cheney that is. Last Friday, the Obama administration turned to the "dark-side" yet again, and appealed a district court ruling that would give detainees in Afghanistan a chance to…
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Why Are These People Dancing?
[caption id="attachment_1712" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti"][/caption] It is Monday, March 16, 2009. These two lawyers are dancing in celebration outside the home of Iftikhar Chaudhry , Chief Justice of…
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Doctors who torture
Torture can't happen without doctors. The point of torture is not to kill. As a former CIA lawyer once said, "If a detainee dies, you're doing it wrong." The point…
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Republicans Protest Too Much
Right-wing Republicans have reportedly been mobilizing to block the appointment of two prominent lawyers to advisory positions in the Obama administration: Indiana University constitutional law Professor Dawn Johnsen and the…
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Another Blow to Illegal Detention
Judge John Bates took a stand for human rights and common sense when he ruled yesterday that foreign prisoners held in the U.S. prison at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan who…
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Guantanamo, Now "Relaxing, Calm and Beautiful"
Proving that there truly is no prerequisite for intelligence in pageant winners, Miss Universe either just revealed her deep ignorance of global issues or her utter lack of humanity. Either…
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Arrest warrants coming for 6 Bush-era officials in Madrid?
Last week the National Court in Madrid received a complaint filed on behalf of five Spanish nationals formerly detained in Guantanamo who have charged that they were tortured in U.S.…
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Immigrants Locked Away in Legal Limbo
New research shows immigrants, including asylum seekers fleeing torture and long-time lawful permanent residents, are being unjustly detained in the U.S. Tens of thousands of people sit locked up in…
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Guantanamo's Uighurs Coming to the US?
(Originally posted on Daily Kos) On Wednesday, Attorney General Eric Holder gave the first public indication that at least some of the Chinese Uighurs cleared for release from Guantanamo in…
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The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same
Late on Friday afternoon, in a move apparently designed to give the media as little time to respond as possible, the Obama administration filed a new motion in the US…
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The Gift that keeps on Giving
The appointment of Daniel Fried, a career diplomat who has formerly been both Ambassador to Poland and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, as the new Special Envoy on…