Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Gitmo Detainee Death Mystery Deepens with News of Drug Overdose

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Charlie Savage at the New York Times reports that "several people briefed on a Naval Criminal Investigative Service inquiry" into...
Monday, November 26, 2012

New York Times Decides Guantanamo Detainee Committed Suicide

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Crossposted from MyFDL/Firedoglake Jason Leopold continues to do superb reporting on the mysterious death last September of Guantanamo de...
Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Survivors File UN Complaint Against Canada for Failing to Prosecute George W. Bush for Torture

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The following was posted today at Center for Constitutional Rights, and reposted here for its inherent interest, and with gratitude to Cent...
Monday, November 12, 2012

Where's the "Pathway" for Closure of Guantanamo?

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Last Friday, November 9, Elisa Massimino, President and CEO of Human Rights First (HRF), hosted a press call with retired Rear Admiral Don G...
Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Anti-Torture Psychologists Respond to Attack from APA Division Chief

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The battle within the American Psychological Association (APA) to bring that organization into line with other human rights groups and attor...
Saturday, November 3, 2012

A Dirge

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A DIRGE by John Webster ALL for the robin-redbreast and the wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover, And with leaves and flowers ...
Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Government's Psychological Evaluation of Manssor Arbabsiar Fails to Impress

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Gregory B. Saathoff M.D. is the latest mental health professional to weigh in on the Manssor Arbabsiar case. Marcy Wheeler at Emptywheel has...
Saturday, September 29, 2012

"Sola, perduta, abbandonata"

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Eva Marton sings "Sola, perduta, abbandonata" from the last act of Puccini's Manon Lescaut , Budapest Congress Center, 1988...

Omar Khadr Leaves Guantanamo, While Press Refuses to Report His Water Torture

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reposted from Firedoglake On a pre-dawn Saturday morning, September 29, the youngest prisoner in Guantanamo, Omar Khadr left the harsh US-...