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New
report contradicts central Obama claim for preventive detention
Posted: 24 Jul 2009 11:55 AM PDT
Glenn
Greenwald
[updated below - Update II (Friday)]
“The 2009 federal courts have proven they are up to the task of
handling terrorism cases”
An important new report (.pdf) was released today by Human Rights First
regarding the overwhelming success of the U.S. Government in obtaining
convictions in federal court against accused Terrorists. The Report
squarely contradicts [...] ![]() |
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U.S.
Rebuffs U.N. Requests for Guantanamo Visits, Data on CIA Prisons
Posted: 24 Jul 2009 11:50 AM PDT
By
Colum Lynch UNITED NATIONS — The Obama administration has declined
requests from U.N. human rights investigators for information on secret
prisons and for private interviews with inmates at the U.S. military
detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, U.N. officials said,
dampening their hopes of greater U.S. cooperation on human rights
issues.
The rebuffs are [...] ![]() |
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Don’t
forget the Jericho Six, Time to release these political prisoners!
Posted: 23 Jul 2009 07:44 PM PDT
By
Mary Rizzo
Again and again, we are reminded that there is a strong network in
force. What it does is uses and abuses “law” in order to falsely accuse
people, lock them up, subject them to “kangaroo courts” without respect
for any legal principles, and then hope the world will forget about
them.
They do [...] ![]() |
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Obama
Accused by Lawyers of Stonewalling on Terror Questioning
Posted: 23 Jul 2009 06:19 PM PDT
By
Jeff Bliss
(Bloomberg) — Lawyers for suspected terrorists at the U.S.’s Guantanamo
Bay prison in Cuba accused the Obama administration of failing to live
up to its pledge of transparency and provide information that could
free the detainees.
The attorneys said government officials have been no more helpful than
the Bush administration in sharing transcripts of [...] ![]() |
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Attorney
General reaches out to Muslim Americans
Posted: 23 Jul 2009 06:12 PM PDT
On
a recent trip west, Attn. Gen. Eric Holder Jr. visited more than 200
young Muslim Americans at a Los Angeles mosque to discuss everything
from their concerns about the Patriot Act to their distrust of the FBI.
The closed meeting was part of the attorney general’s jam-packed trip
to Los Angeles, where he also [...] ![]() |
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Shrugging
off torture
Posted: 23 Jul 2009 06:08 PM PDT
It’s
horrifying enough to experience fear, abuse and torture when you know
you’re innocent of any crime. But it’s worse to know that those who
were responsible for your suffering shrug it off without so much as an
apology.
That’s the situation for Benamar Benatta, the only person known to have
been subjected to “extraordinary rendition” [...] ![]() |
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Binyam
Mohamed’s allegations spark debate on British use of torture to combat
terror threats
Posted: 23 Jul 2009 05:52 PM PDT
Sonya
Sceats [Associate Fellow in International Law, Chatham House]: “Claims
by Binyam Mohamed that the UK security service colluded in his
‘medieval’ torture while detained in Pakistan, Morocco and Afghanistan
have reignited an important debate about the standing of the torture
ban in UK foreign policy.
According to Mohamed, British officials not only failed to protect [...] ![]() |
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Judge:
Case Against Gitmo Prisoner “an Outrage”
Posted: 23 Jul 2009 05:49 PM PDT
The
Obama administration is facing a Friday deadline on whether to continue
jailing Guantanamo Bay prisoner Mohamed Jawad. The American Civil
Liberties Union has challenged Jawad’s indefinite imprisonment, saying
he’s been abused, threatened, and deprived of sleep in US custody. The
case has received further scrutiny because it’s believed Jawad was
jailed when he was [...] ![]() |
