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US earmarks $69m for new prison at Guantanamo
The US Congress has allocated a fund of $69 million for a new secret jail at Guantanamo Bay to hold the 9/11 mastermind and several former CIA prisoners. The GOP-led House Armed Services Committee allocated
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‘Donald Rumsfeld, the aging criminal’
When Donald Rumsfeld used to hold press conferences about the Iraq war, the press corps would giggle at the clever ways in which he refused to actually say anything or answer any questions. In a
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House votes to block Obama plan to close Guantanamo
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a massive defense bill on Friday that includes measures to block President Barack Obama's plans to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, underscoring the tough fight ahead for the
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Guantanamo an ideal recruitment tool for terrorists – UN human rights chief
UN human rights chief Navi Pillay has scolded the US for failing to close Guantanamo prison, warning it “has become an ideal recruitment tool for terrorists.” Pillay also cautioned that curtailing freedoms to fight
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How Guantánamo’s horror forced inmates to hunger strike
When the military doctors force-feed Guantánamo Bay detainee Fayiz al-Kandari with a tube shoved into his stomach there are three stages to the pain. First, there is the sensation of the tube passing near his
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UN calls force-feeding at Guantanamo ‘torture’
The UN human rights office has condemned force-feeding hunger strikers at Guantanamo Bay, calling it ‘torture’ and a breach of international law. At least 21 inmates out of the 100 officially on strike are
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Guantanamo Bay – President Obama’s shame: The forgotten prisoners of America’s own Gulag
No charge, but no release. Yesterday the anger of hunger-striking detainees boiled over in clashes with their jailers For long periods we forget it, even though it is a human rights disgrace surely unequalled in
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When the Rule of Force Replaces the Rule of Law
The imposition of a brutal totalitarian system of government, in the annals of history, is far more common than it is not. Some say it was only a matter of time until America regressed
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Obama signs NDAA 2013 without objecting to indefinite detention of Americans
President Barack Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 on Wednesday, giving his stamp of approval to a Pentagon spending bill that will keep Guantanamo Bay open and make indefinite detention for
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