Campaign for Release of Whistleblower John Kiriakou
image source Catherine J. Frompovich Activist Post Injustices happen all the time, but none seem more unfair than when whistleblowers get the stabbing end of…
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“For Their Own Protection”: Children in Long-Term Solitary Confinement
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US Courts Approve Indefinite Detention and Torture
Stephen Lendman Activist Post America’s a police state. It’s ruthless. Iron fist authority rules. International law’s quaint and out-of-date. US statute protections aren’t worth the…
Gitmo Force-Feeding Continues Through Ramadan
Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) image source Stephen Lendman Activist Post Doing so constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. It inflicts excruciating pain and suffering. It’s…
Guantanamo Force-Feeding Constitutes Torture
image source Stephen Lendman Activist Post Guantanamo detention constitutes torture, abuse and ill-treatment. Long-term detention compounds it. Force-feeding increases unconscionable pain and suffering. Doing so…
Close Guantanamo Now!
Stephen Lendman Activist Post As president and commander-in-chief, Obama has legal authority to do so. On May 3, New York City Bar president Carey R….
White House delays release of secret torture report
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Some of force-fed hunger striking detainees in Guantanamo were cleared for release years ago
Amnesty International demonstrates for the closure of Guantanamo Bay Prison image: casmaron/Flickr Madison Ruppert Activist Post Some of the hunger striking detainees being force-fed at…
Condoleezza Rice defends torture, confirms Bush’s role in the program in new video clip
Dees Illustration Madison Ruppert Activist Post In a video for the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, Condoleezza Rice defends the…
Torture Remains Official US Policy
image source Stephen Lendman Activist Post International law is clear and unequivocal. Torture is illegal at all times, under all circumstances with no allowed exceptions….
Why Has US President Already Delivered Guilty Verdict to Boston Bombers? Gitmo Comes to America
President delivers ‘executive verdict’ as Feds draft in Gitmo interrogators to handle 19-year-old student held in custody Patrick Henningsen Activist Post Rule number one for…
McCain and Graham: Suspect Dzhokhar has no rights and should be ‘enemy combatant’
The old wounds of 911 and the cryptic calls for legalised torture have once again taken center stage in the American political discourse this week……
Globalized Torture
image source Stephen Lendman Activist Post America’s the world’s leading human rights abuser. State terror is official policy. So is waging war on humanity. Guantanamo…
Guantanamo Hunger Strike Spreads
Stephen Lendman Activist Post Detainees have few ways to resist. Refusing food challenges injustice. It’s now past two months. Media scoundrels at first ignored it….