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US: Bipartisan Study Shows Need to Investigate Torture

Apr 16, 2013

A bipartisan study finding “indisputable” evidence of torture for which the highest United States officials bear responsibility should spur the US government to thoroughly investigate detainee abuse since September 11, 2001, and provide redress to victims.
US: NY Trial Right for Bin Laden In-Law

Mar 8, 2013

The Obama administration’s decision to try an alleged al Qaeda figure in federal court rather than before a military commission at Guantanamo best serves the interests of justice. Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden who had been an al Qaeda spokesman, was indicted on a criminal charge of conspiracy to kill United States citizens. He appeared in US District Court in Manhattan on March 8, 2013, and pleaded not guilty.

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Guantanamo

US: Bipartisan Study Shows Need to Investigate Torture

Apr 16, 2013

A bipartisan study finding “indisputable” evidence of torture for which the highest United States officials bear responsibility should spur the US government to thoroughly investigate detainee abuse since September 11, 2001, and provide redress to victims.
Joint letter to President Obama on closing Guantanamo

Apr 11, 2013

If ever there were a moment to act upon the promise you made over four years ago to shutter the prison, it is now.
US: Address Guantanamo Hunger Strike, End Indefinite Detention

Mar 29, 2013

The current hunger strike highlights the problem of ongoing detention without charge at Guantanamo.
Military commissions don't give victims justice

Mar 18, 2013

More than a decade after the attack on the USS Cole, the victims and family members of those lost in the attack are still waiting for justice.
UN Human Rights Council: Statement under Item 4 General Debate, addressing Guantanamo

Mar 13, 2013
US: NY Trial Right for Bin Laden In-Law

Mar 8, 2013

The Obama administration’s decision to try an alleged al Qaeda figure in federal court rather than before a military commission at Guantanamo best serves the interests of justice. Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden who had been an al Qaeda spokesman, was indicted on a criminal charge of conspiracy to kill United States citizens. He appeared in US District Court in Manhattan on March 8, 2013, and pleaded not guilty.
Listening In

Feb 21, 2013

New revelations at Guantánamo show the walls have ears, and justice is being made a mockery.
US: Injustices Filling the Prisons

Jan 31, 2013

The enormous prison population in the United States partly reflects harsh sentencing practices contrary to international law, Human Rights Watch said in the US chapter of its World Report 2013.
US: Zero Dark Torture

Jan 11, 2013

Viewers and critics have been shocked by Zero Dark Thirty's depiction of enhanced interrogation techniques. But, if anything, the film goes way too easy on the CIA.
US: Zero Dark Thirty and the Truth About Torture

Jan 11, 2013

The movie Zero Dark Thirty, which depicts the hunt for Osama bin Laden, wrongly suggests that torture was an ugly but useful tactic in the fight against terrorism.

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