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Saturday, October 4, 2014

From Our Friends Down Under at Justinian

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From Roger Fitch and our Friends at Justinian Click here to read the whole article.. Alien Tort law gives a leg-up to Abu Ghraib victi...

FORCE FEEDING HEARING OPEN TO PUBLIC

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The force-feeding hearing is before Judge Kessler at the DC District Court this Monday and Tuesday (October 6 and 7) at 10 AM. If you are in...

TWO IMPORTANT RULINGS

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Friday was a busy day. Judge Kessler stepped up to the plate and not only ordered that the force feeding hearing be made public (she specifi...
Wednesday, October 1, 2014

secrecy please.....

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The government wants to keep the hearing on the force feedings at Guantanamo secret. Why? The government says it is important for "nati...

Moazamm is Free Again....

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Since being released from Guantanamo Moazamm Begg has been a steadfast fighter for those still held at Guantanamo. Earlier this year after r...
Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Court Again Rejects Shawali Khan's Habeas Petition

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I had the honor of helping in Shawali Khan's habeas hearing and the fact that Mr. Khan is still being held at Guantanamo is a travesty. ...
Monday, September 29, 2014

Mori's book is out.....

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Michael Mori, the former US Marine lawyer who spent four years defending David Hicks released a book this week: In the company of coward...

Kafkaesque is really the only name for it...

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And like my remaining client who will never be tried in the military commission or in a criminal trial....- -  “The more guilty you are...
Thursday, September 18, 2014

Jose Padilla- an american citizen tortured on american soil

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I would be amiss in not addressing the disgraceful decision of the Judge in Jose Padilla's case to increase his sentence to 30 years. I ...

Obama's new rules on detainee detention--- giving a thumbs up on abusive tactics

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Jeff Kaye has this summary of new department of defense directives for prisoners like the Guantanamo prisoners. The last version was dated ...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014

More on the Gitmo nurse who refused to force feed detainees....

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Jeff Kaye has an update on the nurse who refused to violate the oath he took as a medical provider---seems the military has decided not to c...
Friday, September 12, 2014

Lest we forget....

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September 12, 1977.

9-11

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(SORRY ERASED THIS BY MISTAKE).  As usual I turn to the talking dog for the 9-11 message as he was a block from the twin towers at the time ...
Monday, September 8, 2014

More news on torture

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While we wait for the redacted torture report to finally be released there is this news about some of the torture we might read about in th...
Sunday, September 7, 2014

Limbo and Cruelty at Guantanamo

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Many of us Gitmo attorneys are concerned about a deafening silence and the complete halt to the review committee. Is there a deal underway t...
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