Lawyers release Guantanamo video
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008Footage shows Canadian detainee crying as he is interrogated at the US prison facility.Read the full story
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Footage shows Canadian detainee crying as he is interrogated at the US prison facility.Read the full story
Abu Ghraib inmates sue, claiming torture
Monday, June 30th, 2008Former detainees of the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq are suing U.S. contractors in four states for alleged torture. The first complaint was filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Seattle. Others are being filed in Detroit; Columbus, Ohio; and Greenbelt, Md.Read the full story
U.S. mulls Guantanamo closure as Bush term nears end
Friday, May 2nd, 2008The Bush administration could announce plans by the end of its term in January to close Guantanamo prison and an upcoming Supreme Court ruling might be the impetus for this, senior U.S. officials and experts say. The government is under international and domestic pressure to close the prison.Read the ...
Top Bush aides approved interrogation tactics: report
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008"Highly placed sources said a handful of top advisers signed off on how the CIA would interrogate top al Qaeda suspects -- whether they would be slapped, pushed, deprived of sleep or subjected to simulated drowning, called waterboarding," ABC reported. War crimes trials in the future? Read the full story
New Us Attorney General Confirmed
Friday, November 9th, 2007Congress refuses to demand Gonzales emails prior to voting: Michael Mukasey, a retired judge who has refused to denounce interrogation methods viewed worldwide as torture, has been confirmed as the new US attorney general by a divided senate.Read the full story