End The Torture Chamber
Saddam’s torture chambers reopened under new management, U.S. management.–Edward Kennedy I grew up in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, an American steel town on the outskirts of Pittsburgh. The steelworkers in our town…
Israel: Never mind the bleeding, it was cardiac arrest
According to Israeli authorities, 30-year-old Palestinian prisoner Arafat Jaradat died of cardiac arrest five days after being arrested on February 18, 2013. Because of doubts, however, I asked to interview…
Message from and regarding the Mental Torture of Julian Assange
“I salute those who recognize that freedom of the press and the publics right to know- recognized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in the 1st Amendment in…
Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal Day 3
The American government has issued an arrest warrant for American citizen Yonas Fikre, 33, who is seeking asylum in Sweden. This comes, after the Ethiopia-born resident of Portland, Ore, publicly…
Torture Cover-Up
The security services are delighted at the cancellation of the Gibson Inquiry into torture. Gibson had been showing worrying signs of independence. To use my own humble case as an…
Ten Years of Guantanamo Bay
Today marks the tenth anniversary of the opening of Guantanamo Bay. Surely one of the most ignominous episodes in the recent history of the United States. I am sure we all…
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