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U.S. Government Plans to Use Evidence Obtained Using Torture
Evidence From Torture Is Usable, U.S. Asserts Tribunals reviewing detention of foreigners as enemy combatants are free to rely on results from such tactics, an official tells court. From Associated PressDecember 3, 2004 WASHINGTON — U.S. military panels reviewing the … Continue reading
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Judge Says Detainees’ Trials Are Unlawful
Judge Says Detainees’ Trials Are Unlawful Ruling Is Setback For Bush Policy By Carol D. Leonnig and John MintzWashington Post Staff WritersTuesday, November 9, 2004; Page A01 The special trials established to determine the guilt or innocence of prisoners at … Continue reading
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Guantanamo Stonewall
EDITORIAL Guantanamo StonewallLast June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the 600 foreign terror suspects held at the Guantanamo Bay naval base were entitled to lawyers and the chance to challenge their imprisonment. But in the months since, Pentagon and … Continue reading
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Broad Use of Harsh Tactics Is Described at Cuba Base
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 – Many detainees at Guantánamo Bay were regularly subjected to harsh and coercive treatment, several people who worked in the prison said in recent interviews, despite longstanding assertions by military officials that such treatment had not occurred … Continue reading
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US Plans Executions at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
“US Plans Death Camp” The US has floated plans to turn Guantanamo Bay into a death camp, with its own death row and execution chamber. Prisoners would be tried, convicted and executed without leaving its boundaries, without a jury and … Continue reading
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Bush and Blair and the Big Lie
A California superior court judge sent me the following quotation, which is well worth pondering: “We must make clear to the Germans that the wrong for which their leaders are on trial is not that they lost the war, but … Continue reading
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UK Soldiers Refuse Experimental Shots
Thousands of members of the Royal Navy, army and Royal Air Force have rejected the MoD’s strong recommendation that they accept jabs to protect against chemical and biological attacks. If war breaks out, the majority of forces personnel who would … Continue reading
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Human Rights Watch: Investigate Claims of U.S. Torture
In a letter to President George W. Bush, Human Rights Watch said it was “deeply concerned” by allegations made in the Washington Post that detainees had been subjected to torture or other forms of mistreatment while in U.S. custody in … Continue reading
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