We learned this week that President Biden approved in March a highly classified nuclear strategic plan for the United States that, for the first time, reorients the U.S deterrent strategy to…
Join The International Emergency Campaign (IEC)-Initiated Webinar
Read the original post on freeiranspoliticalprisonersnow.org Join The International Emergency Campaign (IEC)-Initiated Webinar Co-Hosted by “Global Conversations” of the Unitarian Universalist Society Of San Francisco Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/91631626879?pwd=ajem5BtDvWSXVry4Bnwiii0gfB7BJP.1 In-person viewing at UUSF TSK Room…
We refuse to accept…
To those paying attention, the last two weeks have very sharply posed the danger the U.S. is putting the globe in. Coinciding with the U.S. government’s “empathy” for the suffering of Palestinians,…
On the Watch for War Criminals
In varied roles in the U.S. government, Antony Blinkenorganized acts of aggression against Yugoslavia, Iraq, Syria, Libya and Palestine as well as blocking peace negotiations by Ukraine. If you didn’t know the whole…
Next Global Vigil to Close Guantanamo Now: Wednesday September
Next Global Vigil to Close Guantanamo Now: Wednesday September 4 There is no good news coming out of Guantanamo and none expected. We continue to follow the prisoners who are still…
Evin Women Prisoners Assaulted During Protest in Face of Alarming Rise of Mass Executions in Iran
August 12, 2024: In an ominous development, at least 29 prisoners were executed by Iran’s theocratic regime on a single day (August 7). Yet in this fraught and dangerous current situation in the Middle…
Photos and Report: The Ten Coordinated Global Monthly Vigils for the Closure of Guantánamo on August 7, 2024
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…
Could the U.S. make Guantanamo any worse?
On July 31, the U.S. Defense Department announced a plea agreement likely to bring life in prison for three men held in Guantanamo; Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin…
Sundan’s Struggle July 11 – August 1, 2024
August 1 GLOBAL HUNGER MONITOR DECLARES FAMINE IN CAMP IN N DARFUR. The war and restrictions on aid deliveries have caused famine in at least 1 camp for displaced people in N…
9/11 plea deals cynically revoked after just 48 hours
Andy Worthington, closeguantanamo.org In our latest article, Lloyd Austin Cynically Revokes 9/11 Plea Deals, Which Correctly Concluded That the Use of Torture Is Incompatible With the Pursuit of Justice, our…