Prisoners, physicians and psychologists describe ‘humiliating punishments’ and ‘deteriorating’ conditions during the Obama Administration at the U.S.-run detention center, Andrew Wander reports at al Jazeera.
Posts Tagged ‘indefinite detention’
Guantánamo Conditions ‘Deteriorate’
Posted: 9 November 2009 by Editors in International Affairs, National NewsTags: Abdul Rahman Shalabi, Ahmed Ghappour, Al Jazeera, Andrew Wander, detention, Emily Keram, fascism, Gitmo, Guantanamo Bay, human rights, ICRC, indefinite detention, international law, Jana Ramsey, law, Mohammed El Gharani, Newspeak, Obama, Obama Administration, prolonged detention, Red Cross, Sondra Crosby, torture, US, War on Terror
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Homeland Security Sees Deplorable N.Y.C. Immigrant Jail as ‘A Good Model’
Posted: 2 November 2009 by Little Alex in National News, Political ScienceTags: 287(g), ACLU, Ahtna, anarchism, anti-Statism, Arizona, Bush Administration, civil liberties, Constitution Free Zone, Constitutionalists, Daniel Miller, DHS, ethics, fascism, human rights, ICE, immigration, indefinite detention, Janet Napolitano, Joe Arpaio, Josh Meyer, law, liberals progressives, libertarian, libertarianism, liberty, morality, New York Bar Association, New York City, Newspeak, Nina Bernstein, NY Times, Obama, Obama Administration, Ron Paul, US, Valeria Fernandez, Varick Street Detention Center
The Varick Street Detention Center has an ‘immigrant jail’ holding 250 people kidnapped by the government—100 of whom, held without charges, have petitioned they endure grossly inhuman conditions and slave labor—shines a brighter light on the illegitimacy of immigration law.
Daily Briefing — 20th-21st July 2009
Posted: 21 July 2009 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: 26/11, Afghan surge, Afghanistan, Arias, bailouts, banking, China, Chinese Muslims, CIA, corporatism, DEA, East Jerusalem, Eric Holder, Federal Reserve, Gaza, Gaza Massacre, Georgia, Gitmo, Guantanamo Bay, Han CHinese, Honduras, human rights, human shields, IDF, indefinite detention, India, Indonesia, international law, Iran, Iran election, Israel, Jakarta, Khatami, law, Leon Panetta, libertarian, Manuel Zelaya, Middle East, Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, Mossad, Mumbai attacks, NATO, Netanyahu, Newspeak, Obama, Pakistan, Russia, Saakashvili, settlements, terrorism, Uighurs, War, Wayne Madsen, West Bank, Zionism
U.S. Bailouts could near $24 trillion!; Israel to establish an “internet warfare team” to globally propagandize and combat Truth; A new “Obama interrogation unit” being considered; Obama’s Hitler Youth; Gitmo shutdown delayed by Obama; Is Afghanistan just a geopolitical strategy to continue intimidating Iran?; Israel rejects U.S. call to stop construction in the Palestinian territory of East Jerusalem; Georgia’s NATO ambitions ‘dead’; and more… (more…)
Daily Briefing — 8th-9th July 2009
Posted: 8 July 2009 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Afghanistan, American Empire, Bagram, China, cyber attacks, Cynthia McKinney, David David, Dennis Ross, executive order, G-8 Summit, Gareth Porter, Glenn Gr, Gulf of Tonkin, Hillary Clinton, human rights, indefinite detention, international law, Iran, Iraq War, Israel, Italy, Joe Biden, Jonathon Turley, Justin Raimondo, law, LBJ, Middle East, Newspeak, NY Times, Obama, Pakistan, Palestine, Palestine-Israel, police brutality, Robert McNamara, Roger Hatcher, Russell Leigh Moses, Russia, settlements, South Korea, South Waziristan, tasers, terrorism, Tom Englehardt, torture, Uighurs, UK, UN, US, Vietnam War, War, Wast Bank, Xinjiang, Zionism
Acquitted detainees could fall under Obama’s ‘indefinite, prolonged detention’ executive order; U.K. outsourced torture to Pakistan; Report: Obama OK’s more Israel settlements; Obama Administration says Iran should be attacked and not attacked… at the same time; Uighurs could face death penalty for demonstrations in China; Cop tasers a epileptic girl 14-year-old girl, sending 50k volts to her head; Documents show Robert McNamara deceived LBJ on the Gulf of Tonkin attack; and more… (more…)
Daily Briefing — 4th-5th July 2009
Posted: 5 July 2009 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Ahmadinejad, al-Quds, BRIC, cap and trade, China, climate change, Cynthia McKi, East Jerusalem, fascism, G-8 Summit, Gaza, Glenn Greenwald, global warming, Honduras, human rights, IAEA, indefinite detention, India, international law, Iran, Iraq, Iraq War, Israel, Italy, Joe Biden, law, libertarian, liberty, Mairead Maguire, Manuel Zelaya, Maziar Bahari, Middle East, Mossad, Mousavi, Netanyahu, Newspeak, NPT, nuclear weapons, NYT, OAS, Obama, Pakistan, Palestine, pre-emptive war, Qum, Richard Falk, Roberto Micheletti, Saudi Arabia, South Waziristan, tariffs, terrorism, UN, US, War, West Bank, Yukiya Amano, Zionism
Obama interviewed about his executive order to police thought-crime; Saudi Arabia grants consent for a pre-emptive strike on Iran to Israel; U.N. envoy calls Free Gaza aid-delivering activists’ kidnapping by Israel ‘criminal’; Iran clerics declare gov’t illegitimate; Glenn Greenwald notes NYT hypocrisy in classifying Iran’s treatment of prisoners as “torture”; China and India protest the U.S. ‘cap-and-trade scheme’; and more… (more…)
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