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Locked Up Alone - Detention Conditions and Mental Health at Guantanamo, Human Rights Watch, 2008

Publication • August 10, 2016

Filed under: War on Terror, Terrorism, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Mental Health, Military, Military Prisons

Locked Up Alone - Detention Conditions and Mental Health at Guantanamo, Human Rights Watch, 2008 United States/Counterterrorism H U M A N Locked Up Alone R I G H T S Detention Conditions and Mental Health at Guantanamo W A T C H Locked Up Alone Detention Conditions and Mental …

Cuban-American Prisoner Exchange Signals a Renewal of Diplomatic Contacts

Article • August 5, 2016

Filed under: International, Prisoners-International, Political Prisoners (International), Transfers-International

Cuban-American Prisoner Exchange Signals a Renewal of Diplomatic Contacts by Derek Gilna In a development few could have foreseen, President Obama has carried out an exchange of five convicted Cuban spies languishing in federal prison in return for the release of American aid contractor Alan Gross, held captive in Cuba …

Revealed: The boom and bust of the CIA's secret torture sites

Article • November 2, 2015

Filed under: Prisoners-International, Political Prisoners (International), Terrorism, CIA

Revealed: The boom and bust of the CIA's secret torture sites by Crofton Black Revealed: The boom and bust of the CIA's secret torture sites by Crofton Black and Sam Raphael In spring 2003 an unnamed official at CIA headquarters in Langley sat down to compose a memo. It was …

DC Circuit Denies Appeal of Order to Release Force-Feeding Videos

Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015

Filed under: Hunger Strikes, Military Prisons

DC Circuit Denies Appeal of Order to Release Force-Feeding Videos by Derek Gilna DC Circuit Denies Appeal of Order to Release Force-Feeding Videos by Derek Gilna Abu Wa’el (Jihad) Dhiab was imprisoned at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba when he went on a hunger strike. Authorities then …

Two Reports Find at Least 54 Countries Complicit in Secret CIA Prisons

Article • August 29, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015

Filed under: Excessive Force, Political Prisoners (International), Terrorism, CIA

Two Reports Find at Least 54 Countries Complicit in Secret CIA Prisons by Matthew Clarke Two Reports Find at Least 54 Countries Complicit in Secret CIA Prisons by Matt Clarke The Central Intelligence Agency operated a network of prisons around the globe where suspected terrorists were routinely tortured, and in …

Irregularities Undermine Legitimacy of Second Version of 9/11 Trials

Article • July 13, 2013

Filed under: Attorney Client, Terrorism, Attorney Visits

Irregularities Undermine Legitimacy of Second Version of 9/11 Trials by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke When the American government first determined that it would proceed with trials by military tribunal against the prisoners it held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the decision was met with skepticism by human rights advocates. The …

Guantanamo Detainees Cost $800,000 Annually

Article • November 15, 2012 • from PLN November, 2012

Filed under: Discrimination, Political Prisoners, Political Prisoners (International), Military Prisons

Guantanamo Detainees Cost $800,000 Annually by The U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba has become the world’s most expensive prison, at around 30 times the average cost to house prisoners in detention facilities in the United States. Each year the Department of Defense “spends approximately ... $800,000 per detainee,” …

“Noble Motive” No Excuse For Revealing Classified Gitmo Prisoner Information

Article • May 15, 2011

Filed under: Retaliation, Whistleblowing, Military Law, Military Prisons

“Noble Motive” No Excuse For Revealing Classified Gitmo Prisoner Information by On July 15, 2010, the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (USCOAAF) held that excluding evidence about a Navy Deputy Staff Judge Advocate's reasons for revealing classified information about prisoners being held at the military prison …

Controversial Drug Given to All Guantanamo Detainees Akin to “Pharmacologic Waterboarding”

Article • April 15, 2011 • from PLN April, 2011

Filed under: Medical, Medical Experiments/Exploitation, Prisoners-International, Political Prisoners (International), Terrorism, Involuntary Treatment/Drugging, Suicides, Military Prisons

Controversial Drug Given to All Guantanamo Detainees Akin to “Pharmacologic Waterboarding” by by Jason Leopold and Jeffrey Kaye The Defense Department forced all “war on terror” detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison to take a high dosage of a controversial antimalarial drug, mefloquine, an act that an Army public health …

Mattan v. Obama,. DC, Plf Mot for Recusal, Guantanamo Bay prisoner habeus, 2010

Brief • January 21, 2010

Filed under: Political Prisoners, War on Terror, Conditions of Confinement, Eighth Amendment, Recusal, Habeas Corpus, Torture Victims Act, Political Prisoners (International), Terrorism

Mattan v. Obama,. DC, Plf Mot for Recusal, Guantanamo Bay prisoner habeus, 2010 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MOHAMMED ABDULLAH TAHA MATTAN (ABDAL RAZAK ALI) Petitioners, No: 09- 745 (RCL) vs. BARACK OBAMA, et al, Respondents. PETITIONER ABDAL RAZAK ALI’S MOTION FOR RECUSAL PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. 455(a) …

Guantanamo’s Youngest Prisoner Can’t Be Tried, Won’t be Released

Article • January 15, 2010 • from PLN January, 2010

Filed under: Transfers, International Law, Political Prisoners (International), Terrorism, Transfers-International, Military, Military Law, Military Prisons

Guantanamo’s Youngest Prisoner Can’t Be Tried, Won’t be Released by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke By July 2002, Omar Khadr, a skinny l5-year-old boy born in Toronto, Canada, had become a radical Muslim militant. He received his first training in an Al-Qaeda camp at the tender age of twelve. To …

D.C. Circuit Reaffirms That Guantanamo Detainees Have No Constitutional Rights

Article • January 15, 2010

Filed under: Federal Statutory Law, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Prisoners-International, Political Prisoners (International), Terrorism

D.C. Circuit Reaffirms That Guantanamo Detainees Have No Constitutional Rights by On remand from the United States Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has again denied relief to four British nationals who alleged that their detention at Guantanamo Bay violated the Geneva Convention, the U.S. …

Secret Red Cross Report Reveals Medical Personnel Collusion in CIA Torture

Article • December 15, 2009 • from PLN December, 2009

Filed under: Medical Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Food, Exercise, Toilets, Hygiene Supplies, Noise, Excessive Force, Restraints, Prisoners-International, Terrorism, Transfers-International, Access to Media, Military Prisons

Secret Red Cross Report Reveals Medical Personnel Collusion in CIA Torture by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A leaked confidential report issued by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in February 2007, concerning the treatment of fourteen “high value detainees” in CIA custody, revealed torture and collusion by …

Obama Promises Guantanamo Will Close and Torture Will End ... but When?

Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009

Filed under: Freedom of Information Act, Political Prisoners (International), Military, Military Prisons

Obama Promises Guantanamo Will Close and Torture Will End ... but When? by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke During last year’s election campaign, President Obama came out forcefully against torture by U.S. officials and in favor of closing the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, which holds approximately 230 alleged …

Military Psychologist Implicated in Abusive Interrogations

Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009

Filed under: Medical Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Military, Military Prisons

Military Psychologist Implicated in Abusive Interrogations by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A lawsuit against the Louisiana State Board of Examiners of Psychologists (LSBEP) accuses retired Army Col. Larry C. James of professional and ethical violations stemming from his former role as chief psychologist at the U.S. military prisons …

Former U.S. Army guard at Guantanamo speaks out about abuse of detainees

Article • April 15, 2009

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Prisoners-International, Terrorism, Military, Military Prisons

Former U.S. Army guard at Guantanamo speaks out about abuse of detainees by by Marian Houk February 15, 2009 A former guard at the detention facilities in the U.S. Naval base at Guantanamo, Cuba has given a rare interview to the Associated Press describing abusive treatment of prisoners who were …

US appellate court rejects British victims' suit for Guantánamo torture damages

Article • January 15, 2008

Filed under: Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Damages, Alien Tort Claims Act, Alien Tort Statute (Federal), Military Prisons

US appellate court rejects British victims' suit for Guantánamo torture damages by By John Burton On January 11, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit dismissed a case brought by four British citizens seeking money damages to compensate them for having been tortured by the …

“War on Terror” Whistleblowers, Dissenters are Fired, Prosecuted; Plaintiff’s Lawyers Help Turn Them In

Article • October 15, 2007 • from PLN October, 2007

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Government Misconduct, Whistleblowing, Informants (Disciplinary Hearings), Criminal Prosecution, Attorney Misconduct, Discovery, Military Prisons

“War on Terror” Whistleblowers, Dissenters are Fired, Prosecuted; Plaintiff’s Lawyers Help Turn Them In by Alex Friedmann War on Terror Whistleblowers, Dissenters are Fired, Prosecuted; Plaintiff's Lawyers Help Turn Them In by Alex Friedmann In January 2005, Lt. Commander Matthew M. Diaz was a Navy staff judge advocate serving a …

A Voice From Guantanamo’s Darkness

Article • August 15, 2007 • from PLN August, 2007

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, International, Political Prisoners (International), Military Prisons

A Voice From Guantanamo’s Darkness by Jumah al-Dossari A Voice From Guantanamo's Darkness A current detainee speaks of the torture and humiliation he has experienced at Guantanamo since 2002 by Jumah al-Dossari JUMAH AL-DOSSARI is a 33-year-old citizen of Bahrain. This article was excerpted from letters he wrote to his …

Report on Status of Guantanamo Prisoners Released; Controversy Continues

Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006

Filed under: Political Prisoners (International), Suicides, Military, Military Prisons

Report on Status of Guantanamo Prisoners Released; Controversy Continues by Matthew T. Clarke In February 2006, a report on the status of 517 prisoners being held in the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba compiled by Seaton Hall law professor Mark Denbeaux, seven of his law students and attorney Joshua …