Bagram handed over, the final blow to US accountability
Despite being the eleventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks the US legacy of secret prisons and torture won't be forgotten by simply handing over the prison facilities to others
The hidden horrors of WikiLeaks' Guantánamo files
Andy Worthington on the significance of WikiLeaks' release of secret military documents on the Guantanamo prisoners.
Friday: the day that toppled the tyrants
Since the beginning of the revolutions in the Arab world the most disconcerting day of the week for rulers has been Friday - yaum al-Jum'ah, the Day of Gathering.
Hiding horrific tales of torture: Why the US government reached a plea deal with Guantánamo prisoner Noor Uthman Muhammed
Andy Worthington on what lies behind the plea deal of Guantanamo prisoner Noor Uthman Muhammed in his Military Commission trial.
On Bush's waterboarding claims, UK media loses its moral compass
Andy Worthington bemoans the British media's failure to challenge George W. Bush's claims about the legality and efficacy of torture.
Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi
Who are the remaining prisoners in Guantánamo? Part Six: Captured in Pakistan (2 of 3)
This is the sixth part of an exclusive nine-part series telling the stories of all 174 prisoners in Guantanamo.
Ex-Guantánamo prisoner freed in Libya after three years’ detention – and information about “ghost prisoners”
As Colonel Gaddafi marks 41 years in power, Andy Worthington reports on the release of a former Guantanamo prisoner and three former CIA "ghost prisoners," but notes that others are still held.
Bin Laden cook expected to serve two more years at Guantánamo – and some thoughts on the remaining Sudanese prisoners
Andy Worthington examines the disturbing secrecy surrounding the recent conviction of Ibrahim al-Qosi at Guantanamo, and the prospects for the repatriation of the three remaining Sudanese prisoners.
New evidence about prisoners held in secret CIA prisons in Poland and Romania
New revelations from Poland unearth more than was previously known about the secret CIA prisons in Poland and Romania. Andy Worthington reports.
In Abu Zubaydah’s case, court relies on propaganda and lies
How US courts have overplayed the significance of torture victim Abu Zubaydah in a court case involving the Algerian, Sufyian Barhoumi.
Is Torture Ever Justified?
Moazzam Begg's powerful presentation to the Law Society in 2006 for the Graham Turnbull Award ceremony on the merits of torture
Events
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International human rights breaches - State accountability v State immunity
A forum to discuss the issues surrounding International human rights breaches – State accountability v…
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Legal seminar: Preserving the rule of law: taking a risk
A discussion between noted human…
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Extradited to a future of torture: the reality of solitary confinement in America
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Spying and Entrapment
What's New
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TRAITOR: a Guantanamo guard's journey to Islam
“Traitor?” is the story of an American soldier's journey to Islam having found it in the 'armpit of the world', Camp Delta,…
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Starving for justice
Shaker Aamer, Fayiz al-Kandari, Samir Moqbel and 163 other have been starving…
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Are Muslims active enough in the fight against Guantanamo?
Tariq Ramadan speaks to Moazzam Begg about the Guantanamo hunger strikers and…
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Guantanamo: 100 days of hunger strike - Template Khutba
For exactly 100 days today, Guantanamo detainees have been on hunger strike,…
Blog
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Help Lynne Stewart, civil rights lawyer for Muslim defendants, stay alive
Lynne Stewart is a prominent civil rights lawyer who’s now facing the prospect of death on the inside.
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How your Schedule 7 swab could help get your family arrested
Have you ever been swabbed under Schedule 7 or in any criminal…
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Why haven't you signed the Shaker Aamer petition?
What do you see when you read the name? I often…



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