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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

US Judge Rules Against Military Detention of US Terror Suspects – But What About the Foreigners in Guantánamo? | Andy Worthington
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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

Nabil Habjarab, An Algerian Known as the "Sweet Kid," Seeks a New Home So He Can Leave Guantánamo
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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

Video: “The War on Trevor,” A Four-Part Anti-War Song by Sarah Gillespie
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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

John Yoo: A Fugitive from Justice, With the Help of the US Courts, in the Torture of Jose Padilla
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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

The Complete Guantánamo Files: WikiLeaks and the Prisoners Released in 2007 (Part 4 of 10)
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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

US Government Turns Down Request for Trial by Guantánamo Prisoner and CIA Torture Victim Abu Zubaydah | Andy Worthington
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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

Ahmed Belbacha, An Algerian Refugee in Guantánamo, Has Been Waiting for a New Home Since 2007
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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

Why No Trials for Abu Zubaydah and Seven Other “High-Value Detainees” in Guantánamo?
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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

Ahmed Belbacha: A Refugee in Guantánamo, Has Been Waiting for a New Home for Five Years
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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

Come to UK Uncut’s Anti-Austerity Street Party in London and Across the UK, Saturday May 26
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Rents Out of Control: How Londoners Are Being Fleeced by Greedy Landlords | Andy Worthington

andyworthington.co.uk — Yesterday, in my article bemoaning the baleful effect on London of hosting the Olympic Games, I touched upon a story that had emerged last week, wh... View in Crawl 4

Rents Out of Control: How Londoners Are Being Fleeced by Greedy Landlords | Andy Worthington
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Welcome to Denver: Model City for the Police State – FreakOutNation

freakoutnation.com — After 9 months of debate, calls from citizens, emails and letters, petitions and organizations like change.org, ACLU, and Colorado Coalition of the... View in Crawl 4

Welcome to Denver: Model City for the Police State – FreakOutNation
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Our Olympic Hell: A Militarised, Corporate, Jingoistic Disgrace

andyworthington.co.uk — Last month, when it was revealed that the MoD was siting surface-to-air missiles on the roofs of residential buildings as part of the bloated secur... View in Crawl 4

Our Olympic Hell: A Militarised, Corporate, Jingoistic Disgrace
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War Crimes Tribunal in Malaysia Finds Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld Guilty of Torture in Guantánamo and ...

andyworthington.co.uk — Last November, a war crimes tribunal established in Malaysia “found George Bush and Tony Blair guilty of ‘crimes against peace’ and other war crime... View in Crawl 4

War Crimes Tribunal in Malaysia Finds Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld Guilty of Torture in Guantánamo and Iraq
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The Tories’ Vile Workfare Project, and How It Has Now Infiltrated the NHS

andyworthington.co.uk — Forcing people into jobs they don’t want, just to claim their benefit, might be defensible if there was pretty swiftly a real job available to thos... View in Crawl 4

The Tories’ Vile Workfare Project, and How It Has Now Infiltrated the NHS
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Journalist and author of "The Guantanamo Files," based in London, UK — London
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