Andy Worthington
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How A Comment on My Website Led Jason Leopold to Discover the Story of Abu Zubaydah’s Brother, Li...
andyworthington.co.uk — On Christmas Day 2008, a comment by someone identifying themselves as Hesham Abu Zubaydah was submitted on an article I had written many months ear... View in Crawl 4
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How Guantánamo Is the Basis for the Mandatory Military Detention Provisions in the NDAA | An...
andyworthington.co.uk — Yesterday, I was rung by a journalist from Press TV, asking me to discuss my recent article, US Judge Rules Against Military Detention of US Terror... View in Crawl 4
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Two Years Since His Arrest, Bradley Manning’s Lawyers Accuse US Government of Extreme Secrecy, Wo...
andyworthington.co.uk — Two years and two days since his arrest in Iraq on May 26, 2010, Pfc. Bradley Manning still awaits the start of his court-martial, as his lawyers a... View in Crawl 4
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Nabil Habjarab, the “Sweet Kid” in Guantánamo, Was Cleared in 2007 But Is Still Held
andyworthington.co.uk — Here at “Close Guantánamo,” in the latest article in our ongoing series telling the stories of prisoners cleared for release but still held at Guan... View in Crawl 4
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UK Uncut Holds Anti-Austerity Party Outside Nick Clegg’s House in Putney, London | Andy Wort...
andyworthington.co.uk — So I’m sure you’re all aware that Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her Diamond Jubilee this year. To mark the occasion, the Whitsun Bank Hol... View in Crawl 4
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US Judge Rules Against Military Detention of US Terror Suspects – But What About the Foreigners i...
andyworthington.co.uk — Last week, in New York, a US judge, District Judge Katherine Forrest, took a stand against a contentious provision inserted into the current Nation... View in Crawl 4
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Nabil Habjarab, An Algerian Known as the "Sweet Kid," Seeks a New Home So He Can Leave ...
closeguantanamo.org — In our latest profile of prisoners still held in Guantánamo, despite being cleared for release, we look at the case of Nabil Hadjarab, an Algerian ... View in Crawl 4
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Video: “The War on Trevor,” A Four-Part Anti-War Song by Sarah Gillespie
andyworthington.co.uk — Regular readers may know that a friend of mine, the singer/songwriter Sarah Gillespie, has long taken an interest in tackling injustice, and regula... View in Crawl 4
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John Yoo: A Fugitive from Justice, With the Help of the US Courts, in the Torture of Jose Padilla
andyworthington.co.uk — Three weeks ago, Jose Padilla, a US citizen and a notorious victim of torture by representatives of his own government, had a courtroom door shut f... View in Crawl 4
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The Complete Guantánamo Files: WikiLeaks and the Prisoners Released in 2007 (Part 4 of 10)
andyworthington.co.uk — This is Part 34 of the 70-part series. 422 stories have now been told. See the entire archive here. In late April last year, I worked with WikiLea... View in Crawl 4
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US Government Turns Down Request for Trial by Guantánamo Prisoner and CIA Torture Victim Abu Zuba...
andyworthington.co.uk — Last week, lawyers for Abu Zubaydah, an alleged “high-value detainee” in the “war on terror,” who was held in secret CIA prisons for four and a hal... View in Crawl 4
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Ahmed Belbacha, An Algerian Refugee in Guantánamo, Has Been Waiting for a New Home Since 2007
andyworthington.co.uk — The message came in February 2007: Prisoner 290 was cleared to leave Guantánamo. Prisoner 290, Ahmed Belbacha, greeted the news not with jubilation... View in Crawl 4
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Why No Trials for Abu Zubaydah and Seven Other “High-Value Detainees” in Guantánamo?
andyworthington.co.uk — Two weeks ago, when Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other “high-value detainees” were arraigned at Guantánamo, in preparation for their forthcoming... View in Crawl 4
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Ahmed Belbacha: A Refugee in Guantánamo, Has Been Waiting for a New Home for Five Years
closeguantanamo.org — In our latest prisoner profile, we look at Ahmed Belbacha, an Algerian cleared five years ago, who is terrified to return home, but has not been of... View in Crawl 4
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Come to UK Uncut’s Anti-Austerity Street Party in London and Across the UK, Saturday May 26
andyworthington.co.uk — Fed up with an artificial age of austerity, designed to destroy the welfare state and transfer every remaining function of the state — the NHS, edu... View in Crawl 4
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