Read the original post by Andy Worthington On Wednesday (August 7) campaigners for the closure of the prison at Guantánamo Bay marked 18 months of monthly coordinated global vigils for the prison’s…
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Biden’s idea: Haitian refugees to GITMO
Genocide Joe Biden was the VP of the president who was going to close Guantanamo, Day 1. Twelve years later, as President, he mumbled something about closing it some day. How’s that…
No Justice for Omar Khadr at Guantánamo
By Andy Worthington Exactly two years ago, when I began writing a weekly column for the Future of Freedom Foundation on Guantánamo, torture and other crimes and abuses committed as part of…
“Berkeley Says No to Torture” Week: Day Six – Education, Human Experimentation and a Grand Finale
By Andy Worthington Getting up at the crack of dawn to visit a high school to discuss Guantánamo could hardly have been a less appealing idea after the exhausting events of…
Andy Worthington and Justine Sharrock at “Berkeley Says No to Torture” Week
By Andy Worthington As part of “Berkeley Says No to Torture” Week (the largest gathering of anti-torture experts and activists since the Bush administration began its “War on Terror” over nine years…
Liveblogging “Berkeley Says No to Torture” Week: Day One
By Andy Worthington The weather in the Bay Area is radiant — hot, sunny, and astonishing for mid-October — and, although a ten-hour flight from London and my usual paranoia about Homeland…
The Remaining Prisoners in Guantánamo – Part Six: Captured in Pakistan
By Andy Worthington This is the sixth part of a nine-part series telling the stories of all the prisoners currently held in Guantánamo (174 at the time of writing). See the introduction…
Andy Worthington Attends “Berkeley Says No to Torture” Week, October 10-16
By Andy Worthington Remember, John Yoo, the smug, shameless apologist for unfettered executive power who once claimed that, if he so desired, the President of the United States could crush a child’s testicles and…
Who Are the Remaining Prisoners in Guantánamo? Part Three: Captured Crossing from Afghanistan into Pakistan
By Andy Worthington This is the third part of an eight-part series telling the stories of all the prisoners currently held in Guantánamo (174 at the time of writing). See the introduction…
The Definitive List of the Remaining Prisoners in Guantánamo
By Andy Worthington Over the next month, in an attempt to focus attention more closely on Guantánamo, and on the remaining prisoners who are held there, I’ll be publishing an eight-part…