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Asadullah Haroon: 13 Years Without Trial at Guantanamo, My Hunger Strike Is All I Have Left

“Give me freedom or give me death.”

July 15, 2020 · 1 Comment

Rebecca Gordon: Torture’s Legacy

If one administration can get away with confining detainees in coffinlike boxes and torturing them in myriad other ways, why shouldn’t a later one go unpunished for, to take but one example, putting migrant children in cages?

February 27, 2020 · 2 Comments

Video: The Trial

Meet the lawyers tasked with defending a 9/11 suspect at Guantanamo Bay. Follow Alka Pradhan, James Connell, and Lt. Col. Sterling Thomas as they prepare for what is being called … Continue reading

March 29, 2019 · 3 Comments

Karen J. Greenberg: Liberty Is Security

The Lesson Not Drawn From Post-9/11 Government Overreach One vivid image of the historical relationship between government power and individual liberties in America has long been the swing of the … Continue reading

October 3, 2016 · 1 Comment

Raymond Bonner: The Terror Suspect Who Had Nothing To Give

“I would be strapped to a board by my arms and legs and by my waist (which was very painful because of my wound.) Guards with black costumes, masks and … Continue reading

July 11, 2016 · Leave a comment

Sharon Doubiago: Abu Ghraib. Guantanamo Bay

You can’t unring the bell, he admonished, meaning 1948, Israel. So all these bells are ringing, Nazi, Kamakazi waves out into the universe forever and I have seen you, as … Continue reading

January 16, 2015 · Leave a comment

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