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On AlterNet: detainees

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "detainees"

Judge Finds Abusive Gitmo Interrogations Yield False Confessions, Bad Info

Judge Finds Abusive Gitmo Interrogations Yield False Confessions, Bad Info

Christopher Flavelle, ProPublica. October 14, 2009.
A judge's recently-released opinion opens a window on Gitmo's harsh interrogation techniques, and the bad intel they yield.

ICE Changes Its Talk, Not Its Walk

ICE Changes Its Talk, Not Its Walk

Staff, New America Media. August 24, 2009.
How many detainee deaths under Immigration and Custom Enforcement’s custody remain unreported?

Memo to Obama: You Can Do a Lot Better on Detainee Policy

Memo to Obama: You Can Do a Lot Better on Detainee Policy

Booman, Booman Tribune AlterNet: PEEK. July 9, 2009.
Obama may pay a high political price for doing the right thing, but he just has to pay it.

Ending Indefinite Detention Is AlterNet's Top Take Action Campaign of the Week

Ending Indefinite Detention Is AlterNet's Top Take Action Campaign of the Week

Byard Duncan, AlterNet. July 8, 2009.
It's up to us to make sure that Obama does away with this horrid Bush administration legacy.

Obama is Courting Disaster With His New Detention Plan

Obama is Courting Disaster With His New Detention Plan

Ari Melber, The Nation AlterNet: PEEK. June 27, 2009.
According to a new Washington Post/ProPublica piece, Obama is drafting a new executive order to reassert authority over indefinite detention.

Holder: Indefinite Detention Will Include Measures Of Due Process

Holder: Indefinite Detention Will Include Measures Of Due Process

Sam Stein, Huffington Post AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. June 17, 2009.
Holder declined to detail how and where such appeals could take place, telling members of Congress that such specifics had yet to be agreed upon.

Ex-Interrogators Are Mad as Hell About Torture, and They're Not Gonna Take Cheney Anymore

Ex-Interrogators Are Mad as Hell About Torture, and They're Not Gonna Take Cheney Anymore

ZP Heller, MoveOn.org AlterNet: Politics. May 30, 2009.
MoveOn, VoteVets, and Brave New Foundation amplify testimonies of former interrogators.

Why the Pentagon Is Probably Lying About its Supressed Sodomy and Rape Photos

Why the Pentagon Is Probably Lying About its Supressed Sodomy and Rape Photos

Naomi Wolf, AlterNet. May 30, 2009.
This is probably exactly what the photos show, because it happened. The same-sex crimes against detainees have been documented.

Former Gitmo Prosecutor Breaks Silence About Torture

Former Gitmo Prosecutor Breaks Silence About Torture

ZP Heller, Brave New Films AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. December 5, 2008.
The campaign to close Gitmo and end military commissions heats up.

Suicide Note from a Guantanamo Bay Detainee

Suicide Note from a Guantanamo Bay Detainee

ZP Heller, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. August 13, 2008.
From "My Guantanamo Diary: The Detainees and the Stories They Told Me"

After Gitmo: The American Government is Legally and Morally Responsible for Giving Innocent Prisoners a New Life in the U.S.

After Gitmo: The American Government is Legally and Morally Responsible for Giving Innocent Prisoners a New Life in the U.S.

Aziz Huq, The Nation. May 15, 2008.
When it comes to Guantánamo, the most pressing problem is not how to "store" dangerous prisoners; it is the fate of those who are innocent.

Forced Drugging of Guantánamo Prisoners: A Crisis for Health Professionals

Forced Drugging of Guantánamo Prisoners: A Crisis for Health Professionals

Stephen Soldz, AlterNet. April 23, 2008.
With growing evidence of involuntary drugging of prisoners at Guantánamo, health professionals must take an unequivocal stance on torture.

Gitmo Commander Confirms Secret Camp for

Gitmo Commander Confirms Secret Camp for "High-Value" Detainees

Patrick Porter, Jurist Legal News and Research AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. February 8, 2008.
The location of "Camp 7" has been kept secret to "prevent a terrorist attack."

At Gitmo, Toilet Paper Is a Reward

At Gitmo, Toilet Paper Is a Reward

GottaLaff, Brave New Films AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. December 4, 2007.
GottaLaff: A leaked copy of a March 2004 manual of Gitmo's "Standard Operating Procedures" for Camp Delta was published yesterday.

Saddam's American Jailer Goes on Trial

Saddam's American Jailer Goes on Trial

The Associated PressOctober 16, 2007.
Lt-Col William Steele could face life behind bars.

Cover up of soldier who committed suicide rather than torture detainees [AUDIO]

Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet: PEEK. November 2, 2006.
Official report on death of Army Spc. Alyssa Peterson