torture
Takeaways from the UN Special Rapporteur Report on Guantanamo
by Scott Roehm
June 29, 2023
On June 26 – the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture – the United Nations Special Rapporteur on...
Germany: Towards a defining moment
By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos
I was writing an article on what I think are the two major dynamics in Europe today. The social and democratic revolt...
U.S. Government Quietly Declassifies Post-9/11 Interview With Bush and Cheney
In a newly declassified interview conducted in 2004, Bush shows not a glimmer of awareness of the destruction and carnage he had unleashed on...
The U.S. releases the oldest prisoner in Guantánamo Bay
By Juliana Kim
Oct 29, 2022
Saifullah Paracha, a 75-year-old man from Pakistan who was held in the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, without...
Israeli anti-torture body refers Israel to International Criminal Court
Public Committee Against Torture in Israel says after 30 years it has concluded Israeli authorities not interested and unable to stop abuse of Palestinians
By Lubna...
Trump’s CIA director Gina Haspel watched as a detainee was tortured...
By Kevin Reed
8 June 2022
Recent testimony at a hearing at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, revealed that Gina Haspel, the director of the CIA during the...
Zelensky’s Secret CIA-Nazi Ukrainian Government
By Eric Zuesse
Not publicized, but instead carefully hidden, is the systematic terrorizing, tracking down, and killing, of political opponents, which includes not only opposed...
“One less traitor”: Zelensky oversees campaign of assassination, kidnapping and torture...
By Max Blumenthal and Esha Krishnaswamy
April 17, 2022
While claiming to defend democracy, Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky has outlawed his opposition, ordered his rivals’ arrest, and...
Guantanamo: US Supreme Court rules CIA black sites are state secrets
Decision blocks efforts by Guantanamo detainee to seek information about his torture at a black site widely known to have been in Poland
Mar 3,...
Guantanamo Territory Should Be Returned to Cuba
By Ramona Wadi
January 18, 2022
While the immediate implications of Guantanamo with regard to the U.S. violations at the base are of paramount importance, the...