Yes Ron, indeed, how would anyone of us recognise those involved in our abuse and imprisonment without trial? Perish the thought. Better to focus on Jerusalem and the wonderful US-backed human rights violations bestowed upon the Palestinians, right? Oh wait…

ctpost.com/columnist/arti… Despite false confessions from Peter Reilly, David Saraceno, Bobby Johnson, and Richard Lapointe, Conn. resisted recording interrogations for years. Perhaps Mark Fallon et al, by relying on the best research, can persuade legislators to ban deception.

I spent months speaking with Sabri al-Qurashi, who has suffered from the US “war on terror” for two decades. He’s an innocent Yemeni man who was thrown in #Guantánamo and then dumped in Kazakhstan.

His life there is excruciating.

Story is here ⬇️

theintercept.com/2023/01/07/gua…

Sabri al-Qurashi has lived without legal status in Kazakhstan since 2014 Guantánamo release interc.pt/3X95zhb by Elise Swain

The US Military rained white phophorus and depleted uranium on Fallujah less than 20 years ago. Now the Navy is naming a ship after the operation, and a video game that recreates the massacre is being released.

Civilisation?

This Xmas, I admit I do drugs because we “live in a society” in the pages of the intercept dot com

Buon natale! 🎄

⬇️⬇️⬇️

interc.pt/3FRHFz9

Today marks 20 years since Donald Rumsfeld signed off on torture methods including stripping, exploiting fears to terrify prisoners, stress positions for hours & 20hrs interrogations.

In his handwriting below: 'I stand for 8-10 hours A day. Why is standing limited to 4 hours.'

from Ammar
Alhamdulilah! Praise to Allah. Thank God for how far we have come. Against all odds and every stone they threw at us.
And if they think they can win we will let them know that we won’t stop & won’t give up as long as we breathe.
The Mauritanian

Yesterday in a ⁦KLM⁩ flight I watched this amazing movie. To those who still don’t see the point of the closure of Gitmo, give yourself a 2 Horus of reflection

Huge thanks to my Amnesty International/ Amnesty Internationalusa colleagues who worked very hard in this case youtu.be/7tmxxzZXLEM

I was honoured to host a Q&A Session with Mohamedou Ould Slahi at the European Parliament, in Brussels.

Mohamedou O Slahi (Houbeini) ولد صلاحي is an example of resilience. He was arrested for 14 years, based only in unproven suspicions and associations, without any charges and without a fair trial. 👇

Detenções arbitrárias e a falta de um processo equitativo: O exemplo de Guantánamo

Amanhã, às 17:00 no Parlamento Europeu

Com Mohamedou Ould Slahi, autor do livro “O Diário de Guantánamo” e Kevin Macdonald, realizador do filme “O Mauritano” Mohamedou O Slahi (Houbeini) ولد صلاحي

#CloseGuantanamo_Ride2022

Together will close Guantánamo!

I am excited to announce that I'll be a Visiting Professor at Emory Law during the 2022-2023 academic year!

Guantánamo Bay prison’s first Covid outbreak shrouded in secrecy interc.pt/3mYZJhW by Elise Swain

The vague language of “enemy combatants” and “terrorists” dehumanized men across the Middle East to the point at which the U.S. was able to commit profound abuses of human rights with impunity and public support.

new from me:
theintercept.com/2022/06/11/the…

My students have the honor of speaking with Mohamedou O Slahi (Houbeini) ولد صلاحي in about an hour, and they are so excited!!! They’ve been emailing me all weekend about it.

@ayeshamustafa79 ♟️Uzair♦️عزیر♟️ Moazzam Begg Steve Wood tinyurl.com/292vd5vs

'Why don't we just kill them?': Our new book - The Forever Prisoner - details CIA rendition and torture programme middleeasteye.net/news/cia-rendi…

Everyone needs to read this highly important book. If the government won’t release the unredacted Torture Report then Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian M Levy will take care of it. Great investigative work.
kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/c…