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The Three Lives of Moussavi	26.6.2009	Truthout.com
Pillar of the revolution, then a technocrat for the Islamic Republic, he has become the hero of the reform camp. Opposite a regime at bay, the former Iranian prime minister claims he's ready for martyrdom. read more
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Never Forget: The International Day in Support of Victims of Torture	26.6.2009	Commondreams.org Views
by Andy Worthington Eleven years ago, the United Nations designated June 26 as the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. Then-Secretary General Kofi Annan explained, "This is a day on which we pay our respects to those who have endured the unimaginable. This is an occasion for the world to speak up against the unspeakable. read more
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Andy Worthington: Never Forget: The International Day in Support of Victims of Torture	26.6.2009	Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
Eleven years ago, the United Nations designated June 26 as the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. Then-Secretary General Kofi Annan explained, "This...
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US Policies Criticized by UN Rights Watchdog	26.6.2009	Truthout.com
The United Nations' top human rights advocate, Navanethem Pillay, on Wednesday appealed to the Obama administration to release Guantanamo Bay inmates or try them in a court of law, and said officials who authorized the use of "torture" must be held accountable. read more
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Rep. Jan Schakowsky: A Beautiful Ocean View: My Trip to Guantanamo	26.6.2009	Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
29 prisoners are hunger strikers; 26 of those are being force fed. Admiral Thomas asked to be fed through a tube down his nose, for a week, to assure himself that the procedure met the "humane" standard.
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EXCLUSIVE: Animal Rights Activist Jailed at Secretive Prison Gives First Account of Life Inside a "CMU"	25.6.2009	Democracy Now!
In a Democracy Now! exclusive interview, we speak with Andrew Stepanian, an animal rights activist who was jailed at a secretive prison known as a Communication Management Unit, or CMU. Stepanian is believed to be the first prisoner released from a CMU and will talk about his experience there for the first time. He was sentenced to three years along with six other activists for violating a controversial law known as the Animal Enterprise Protection Act. The ACLU has filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of CMUs. We also speak with Stepanian's lawyer and a reporter covering the story. [includes rush transcript]
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EXCLUSIVE: Animal Rights Activist Jailed at Secretive Prison Gives First Account of Life Inside a "CMU"	25.6.2009	Democracy Now!
In a Democracy Now! exclusive interview, we speak with Andrew Stepanian, an animal rights activist who was jailed at a secretive prison known as a Communication Management Unit, or CMU. Stepanian is believed to be the first prisoner released from a CMU and will talk about his experience there for the first time. He was sentenced to three years along with six other activists for violating a controversial law known as the Animal Enterprise Protection Act. The ACLU has filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of CMUs. We also speak with Stepanian's lawyer and a reporter covering the story. [includes rush transcript]
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EXCLUSIVE: Animal Rights Activist Jailed at Secretive Prison Gives First Account of Life Inside a "CMU"	25.6.2009	Democracy Now!
In a Democracy Now! exclusive interview, we speak with Andrew Stepanian, an animal rights activist who was jailed at a secretive prison known as a Communication Management Unit, or CMU. Stepanian is believed to be the first prisoner released from a CMU and will talk about his experience there for the first time. He was sentenced to three years along with six other activists for violating a controversial law known as the Animal Enterprise Protection Act. The ACLU has filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of CMUs. We also speak with Stepanian's lawyer and a reporter covering the story. [includes rush transcript]
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Italian "Extraordinary Rendition" Victim Still Held In Morocco Based On Tortured Confession	25.6.2009	Commondreams.org Newswire
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 25, 2009 ACLU Human rights groups today asked two U.N. Special Rapporteurs to investigate the case of Abou Elkassim Britel, an Italian citizen and victim of the CIA's unlawful "extraordinary rendition" program who is currently held in a Moroccan prison based on a confession coerced from him through torture. The American Civil Liberties Union and Alkarama for Human Rights requested that the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture and the U.N. read more
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Spanish Justice for American Crimes?	25.6.2009	Commondreams.org Views
by Bruce Falconer Will former US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and other senior Bush administration officials end up in jail for crafting the policies that led to the torture of prisoners at Guantánamo? As of yet, no government prosecutor is targeting them in the United States. But thousands of miles away, Spanish attorney Gonzalo Boyé is chasing after Gonzales and five other lawyers, and he has a chance-perhaps not a large one-of convincing his country's legal system to charge these former Bush aides with human rights violations. read more
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Detainees Were Also Murdered at Bagram in Afghanistan	25.6.2009	Truthout.com
Bagram Air Base. (Photo: Getty Images) read more
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US Policies Criticized by UN Rights Watchdog	25.6.2009	CommonDreams.org Headlines
by Colum Lynch UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations' top human rights advocate, Navanethem Pillay, on Wednesday appealed to the Obama administration to release Guantanamo Bay inmates or try them in a court of law, and said officials who authorized the use of "torture" must be held accountable. In her most detailed statement on U.S. detention policy, the South African lawyer criticized President Obama's plan to hold some terrorism suspects in detention indefinitely without a trial. She also called for a probe of officials involved in the Bush administration's harsh interrogation program. ...
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Frank Naif: CIA ex-chief Hayden blames bloggers, congressional aides for damage caused by his policies	25.6.2009	Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
Senior intelligence community hacks like Michael Hayden and his peers are responsible for scuttling senior CIA analyst Phil Mudd's nomination to the senior DHS intelligence...
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Judge Orders Release From Guantanamo Of Al-Qaeda Torture Victim	24.6.2009	Commondreams.org Views
by Andy Worthington In over three years of researching and reporting about the prisoners held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, I learned early on to expect, as one of Guantánamo's first commanders, Maj. Gen. read more
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Andy Worthington: Judge Orders Release From Guantanamo Of Al-Qaeda Torture Victim	24.6.2009	Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
In over three years of researching and reporting about the prisoners held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, I learned early on to expect, as one of...
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Judge Orders Release of Guantanamo Prisoner After Seven Years, Saying Government Position "Defies Common Sense"	23.6.2009	Democracy Now!
A federal judge has ordered the release of another prisoner held at Guantanamo Bay, thirty-year-old Syrian national Abdul Rahim Abdul Razak al-Janko. In the year 2000, al-Janko was tortured by al-Qaeda, who accused him of being a Western spy, and he was imprisoned by the Taliban for eighteen months. He was then captured by the United States in 2002 and spent the next seven years in Guantanamo. On Monday, District Court Judge Richard Leon rejected the government's position that al-Janko had once been a part of al-Qaeda, saying it "defies common sense." We speak with British journalist Andy Worthington, author of The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America's Illegal Prison. [includes rush transcript]
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Judge Orders Release of Guantanamo Prisoner After Seven Years, Saying Government Position "Defies Common Sense"	23.6.2009	Democracy Now!
A federal judge has ordered the release of another prisoner held at Guantanamo Bay, thirty-year-old Syrian national Abdul Rahim Abdul Razak al-Janko. In the year 2000, al-Janko was tortured by al-Qaeda, who accused him of being a Western spy, and he was imprisoned by the Taliban for eighteen months. He was then captured by the United States in 2002 and spent the next seven years in Guantanamo. On Monday, District Court Judge Richard Leon rejected the government's position that al-Janko had once been a part of al-Qaeda, saying it "defies common sense." We speak with British journalist Andy Worthington, author of The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America's Illegal Prison. [includes rush transcript]
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US: Prevent Prison Rape	23.6.2009	Commondreams.org Newswire
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 23, 2009 Human Rights Watch (HRW) The new report and standards on prison rape - released today by the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission - challenge prison officials to end this devastating and all too prevalent human rights violation, Human Rights Watch said. read more
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Commission Finds Federal Law Denies Prison Rape Victims Access to Courts	23.6.2009	Commondreams.org Newswire
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 23, 2009 ACLU The bipartisan National Prison Rape Elimination Commission (NPREC) released a report today finding that a law intended to reduce frivolous lawsuits by prisoners denies victims of prison rape and other abuse access to the federal courts. The report proposes national standards to eliminate prison rape and calls on Congress to reform key provisions of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), passed in 1996. read more
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Guantanamo Bay Is Not the Way - Rights Expert	23.6.2009	Daily Headlines (RSS)
WASHINGTON, Jun 23 (OneWorld.net) - The long-term detention of suspected terrorists at prisons like Guantanamo Bay is counterproductive to preventing terrorist attacks, testified the head of a human rights monitor, urging the United States to instead adhere to existing criminal laws and international standards. OneWorld US read more
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