On AlterNet: secret prisons
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "secret prisons"
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.
Marjorie Cohn, AlterNet. February 24, 2009.
We need a special prosecutor to investigate and prosecute criminal lawyers like John Yoo who gave Bush et al legal cover.
Julie Greene, Huffington Post. February 24, 2009.
Across the United States, tens of thousands of immigrants are being held in detention facilities that violate basic standards of humanity.
Middle East Online AlterNet: PEEKOctober 31, 2008.
Sunni MP Mohammad Al-Dainy says there are over 400 prisons, controlled by the Iraqi government and the U.S. military.
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.
Scarecrow, Firedoglake AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. December 19, 2007.
Sound familiar? A lawless government engages in unlawful arrests; people just disappear and are held in secret prisons for years, without charges...
