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Arrogance And Torture: A History of Guantánamo
If you’re looking for an introduction to the extra-legal horrors of Guantánamo, and the casual, almost mundane manner in which randomly-seized prisoners, who were not even screened according to the...
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In the Guardian: Remember 9/11 and remember Guantánamo
For the Guardian’s Comment is free, “Remember 9/11, remember Guantánamo” is an article I wrote to provide a reminder that, as we remember the nearly 3,000 people from over 40 nations who died in the...
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On Eighth Anniversary, Guantánamo Allows Little Hope
One year ago, as George W. Bush prepared to leave office, there were high hopes that Barack Obama would move swiftly to undo his ruinous legacy of torture, “extraordinary rendition” and indefinite...
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In the Guardian: Bringing Guantánamo Detainees to New York
Below is an article I wrote for the Guardian’s Comment is free America, after editor Matt Seaton got in touch to ask if I’d be interested in writing a short article promoting the screening of my film,...
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The New Yorker’s Hendrik Hertzberg Criticizes Obama for Failure to Close...
In case readers missed it, I’m cross-posting below (wth my own links) an article about Guantánamo — and accountability for torture — written by Hendrik Hertzberg, a senior editor at the New Yorker, and...
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The Hidden Horrors of WikiLeaks’ Guantánamo Files
WikiLeaks’ latest revelations — secret military files on almost all of the 779 prisoners held in the US “war on terror” prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba — are already causing a stir, and for good reason,...
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My New Article for the 10th Anniversary of 9/11, “When America Changed...
POSTSCRIPT: My article, “When America changed forever: Human rights ten years after 9/11,” is online on Overland‘s website here. Back in April, just after WikiLeaks released the classified military...
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Ten Years After 9/11, America Deserves Better than Dick Cheney’s Self-Serving...
On August 30, when In My Time, former Vice President Dick Cheney’s self-serving autobiography was published, the timing was pernicious. Cheney knows by now that every time he opens his mouth to endorse...
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In FAIR’s Extra! Magazine, Andy Worthington on 9/11, Guantánamo and the...
Just published, in the September 2011 issue of Extra!, the monthly magazine of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), is an article I wrote about the US mainstream media’s response to the 9/11...
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The Permanent Injustice of Guantánamo
Last summer, I wrote an article reviewing ten years of Guantánamo for the Future of Freedom Foundation, for whom I write a weekly column for their online Email Update. This article, however, was for...
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The Forgotten Prisoners of Guantánamo
I wrote the following article for the “Close Guantánamo” website, which I established in January 2012 with US attorney Tom Wilner. Please join us — just an email address is required to be counted...
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Why Sulaiman Abu Ghaith Should Be Tried in Federal Court
If you have the time, please look at “Abu Ghaith and All Terror Suspects Should Be Tried in Federal Courts,” an article I wrote that was published yesterday as part of US News & World Report’s...
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As Hunger Strike Continues, Tom Wilner Calls for the Closure of Guantánamo in...
I wrote the following article for the “Close Guantánamo” website, which I established in January 2012 with US attorney Tom Wilner. Please join us — just an email address is required to be counted...
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A Voice from Guantánamo: Samir Moqbel, a Hunger Striker Brutally Force-Fed...
With the prison-wide hunger strike at Guantánamo now in its third month, it is encouraging that so much of the mainstream media is paying close attention to the story, maintaining pressure on the Obama...
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Former US Navy Judge Advocates General Call for the Closure of Guantánamo
I wrote the following article for the “Close Guantánamo” website, which I established in January 2012 with US attorney Tom Wilner. Please join us — just an email address is required to be counted...
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On Guantánamo, the Three Steps Obama Needs to Take Now
Late on Friday evening, RT published an article I had been commissioned to write for them, entitled, “In Guantánamo, fine words are no substitute for freedom.” In it, I examined in detail the parts of...
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Read My First Article for Al-Jazeera Calling for an End to the Injustice of...
Dear friends, I do hope you have time to read my first article for Al-Jazeera English, “It’s time to end the injustice of Guantánamo and Bagram,” in which, the day after the 12th anniversary of the...
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Tom Wilner: President Obama Could Close Guantánamo Tomorrow If He Wanted To
The following article was published yesterday on the “Close Guantánamo” website, which I established in January 2012 with US attorney Tom Wilner. Please join us – just an email address is required to...
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Read My Latest Article for Al-Jazeera on Guantánamo’s Military Commissions...
Dear friends and supporters, I hope you have time to read my latest article for Al-Jazeera, entitled, “At Guantánamo, a microcosm of the surveillance state,” in which I look at the latest scandal to...
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Although Two Men Weigh 75 Pounds or Less, Guantánamo Prisoner Moath Al-Alwi...
For six months, Guantánamo managed to be in the news on a regular basis, as a prison-wide hunger strike succeeded in pricking the consciences of the mainstream media. Unfortunately, since the numbers...
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