On AlterNet: extraordinary rendition
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "extraordinary rendition"
Nahal Zamani, Blog of Rights. August 5, 2009.
In 2005, a Spanish citizen of Syrian origin was detained by Pakistani agents and handed to U.S. officials. His family hasn't heard from him since.
Suzanne Ito, Blog of Rights AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. July 20, 2009.
The Working Group on the use of mercenaries will focus on questions of transparency, accountability, and human rights.
Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports. July 16, 2009.
While the current focus is on Dick Cheney's role concealing these nefarious missions, the U.S. has long had a bipartisan assassination policy.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. June 15, 2009.
News this weekend that Jose Padilla has the right to sue torture lawyer John Yoo is no thanks to the Obama administration.
Andy Worthington, Andy Worthington's Blog. May 13, 2009.
The suspicious death of Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, who was tortured into lying about an Iraq-al Qaeda connection, raises a series of troubling questions.
Avi Lewis, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. May 1, 2009.
'I sent people to places where the president wanted them sent...we told (him)...you're going to have human rights problems and he said I don't care.'
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. April 28, 2009.
In a crucial defeat for the Obama administration, an ACLU lawsuit on behalf of five victims of extraordinary rendition will move forward.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. April 11, 2009.
The New Yorker's Jane Mayer discusses the fallout from the Red Cross' shocking report on CIA torture and its serious legal implications.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. April 6, 2009.
It's not the first time Obama's DOJ has employed the tactic so often used by the Bush administration to block accountability for government crimes.
Willam Fisher, IPS News. March 25, 2009.
As a condition for his release, the U.S. government told Binyam Mohamed to plead guilty, deny torture, and not to talk to media.
Marjorie Cohn, AlterNet. March 4, 2009.
The memos' authors, John Yoo and Jay Bybee, should be investigated, prosecuted, and disbarred.
Andy Worthington, AlterNet. February 23, 2009.
"I was abducted, hauled from one country to the next, tortured in medieval ways -- all orchestrated by the U.S. government."
Marjorie Cohn, Jurist Legal News and Research. February 16, 2009.
The U.S. government should disclose the names, fate, and whereabouts of all persons rendered by the CIA since 2001.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. February 10, 2009.
Attorneys representing the Obama administration are defending one of the most controversial practices of the Bush administration.
Rep. John Conyers, Jr., Huffington Post. February 2, 2009.
Naysayers warn against reckoning with the sins of the past, calling it partisan payback. I could not disagree more.
Andrew Gilmore, Jurist Legal News and Research AlterNet: PEEK. September 8, 2008.
The prison was reportedly part of the U.S. government's "extraordinary rendition" (a.k.a. kidnap and torture) program.
Willam Fisher, IPS News. August 18, 2008.
Among the defendants in the lawsuit by extraordinary rendition Maher Arar are John Ashcroft, Tom Ridge, and Robert Mueller.
Center for Constitutional RightsAugust 14, 2008.
The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals will revisit the case of the Canadian citizen who was kidnapped at JFK Airport and sent to Syria to be tortured.
Center for Constitutional RightsJuly 1, 2008.
Citing national security, a federal court rules that Maher Arar, who was kidnapped at JFK and sent to Syria by the U.S., had no due process rights.
Jim Lobe, IPS News. June 27, 2008.
A muscular group of religious, military and former government officials has created an anti-torture declaration. The names may surprise you.
Deirdre Jurand, Jurist Legal News and Research AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. June 2, 2008.
Binyam Mohamed was detained in Pakistan and allegedly tortured at the behest of the Bush Administration. He could be executed if convicted.
Clive Stafford Smith, Independent UK. May 30, 2008.
As the Pentagon prepares to prosecute Binyam Mohamed in a lawless military tribunal, his own government is MIA.
Middle East OnlineMay 16, 2008.
Seven Italians, including the former head of military intelligence General Nicolo Pollari, are also on trial in the case.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. March 11, 2008.
For years, America has been using a British island as a landing pad for its torture taxis -- only now has the U.K. admitted to it.
Brett Murphy, Jurist Legal News and Research AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. February 14, 2008.
In a victory for the Bush administration, a federal judge labels extraordinary rendition a "state secret" -- despite all evidence to the contrary.
