By Clive Stafford Smith From Al Jazeera | Original Article After 20 years in Guantánamo and a seven-year hunger strike, Ahmed Rabbani is finally free. Ahmed Rabbani saw his son, Jawad, for…
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2/16/23 Our ‘father’ has finally been released from Guantanamo
By Mansoor Adayfi From Al Jazeera | Original Article But like all former detainees, including myself, father Saifullah is not truly free. This undated image provided by the counsel to Saifullah Paracha…
1/26/23 Ron DeSantis accused of illegal acts of torture against Guantanamo detainees when he was a Navy JAG officer
By Dan Christensen From Florida Bulldog | Original Article Former Guantanamo inmate Mansoor Adayfi’s depiction of himself being nasally force fed. “We had no rights at #Guantanamo. We had no power. We…
1/26/23 What can the United States bring to the peace table for Ukraine?
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies From Nation of Change | Original Article The United States bears its share of responsibility for this crisis that is destroying Ukraine and placing the…
11/9/22 Timeline: “Torture, Psychology, and the War on Terror”
From the Coalition for an Ethical Psychology January 11, 2023 marks Guantanamo’s 21st anniversary as a “war on terror” prison where hundreds of men and boys have been subjected to degrading treatment,…
1/8/23 American Exceptionalism on Full Display
By Rebecca Gordon From TomDispatch | Original Article Why This Country Might Want to Lower Its Expectations Let me start with a confession: I no longer read all the way through newspaper…
11/18/22 Who’s Nuking Whom?
By Gerry Condon From LA Progressive | Original Article International peace and disarmament movements would do well to heed Russia’s concerns, including its warning about a possible nuclear “false flag” in Ukraine….
11/14/22 Congressional Amendment Opens Floodgates for War Profiteers and a Major Ground War on Russia
By Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J. S. Davies From CodePink | Original Article If the powerful leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senators Jack Reed (D) and Jim Inhofe (R), have…
11/12/22 Surgeons Rushed to Guantánamo as Prisoner’s Condition Deteriorates
By Carol Rosenberg From The New York Times | Original Article Lawyers for the prisoner, an Iraqi with spine disease, say it has suddenly gotten worse and that the U.S. naval base…
11/8/22 The US military is operating in more countries than we think
By Jim Lobe From Responsible Statecraft | Original Article A new report finds that DOD uses ‘security cooperation’ programs for ‘secret wars,’ recommends that Congress rein them in. Read the full report…
11/7/22 Man Cleared for Release from Gitmo Presses Judge to Act on Long Stalled Case as Medical Condition Worsens
From Center for Constitutional Rights | Original Article Still suffering effects of CIA abuse, Guled Duran is one of many stranded at Gitmo due to inaction by courts, Biden admin A Somali…
10/18/22 Guantánamo Detainees Ask Biden to Let Them Keep Their Art
By Molly Enking From Smithsonian Magazine | Original Article An open letter calls for the reversal of a ruling giving the government ownership of work made in the prison In an open…
10/15/22 John Rizzo Was Supposed To Be Constitution’s Last Line of Defense Inside CIA
By John Kiriakou From Covert Action Magazine | Original Article But instead, he pandered to the CIA’s leadership and to the politicians who put them there. A friend from Covert Action Magazine…
10/14/22 NATO Set To Kick Off Nuclear War Games on Monday
By Kyle Anzalone From AntiWar.com | Original Article Alliance head Jens Stoltenberg says canceling the games would send the “wrong signal” The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is set to begin its annual…
10/12/22 Animal populations experience average decline of almost 70% since 1970, report reveals
By Patrick Greenfield From The Guardian | Original Article Huge scale of human-driven loss of species demands urgent action, say world’s leading scientists There was a 64% reduction of Australian sea lion…