List of Torture & War Crimes articles
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An F-18 jet fighter flies out of the USS Eisenhower aircraft carrier in the Arabian sea on May 24, 2010. The USS Eisenhower is on a mission to support US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan. AFP PHOTO/MARWAN NAAMANI (Photo credit should read MARWAN NAAMANI/AFP/Getty Images) SitRep: Released Gitmo Detainees Kill Americans; Two U.S. Carriers In The Med.
Deadly Chinese Drones; Baghdad Hit Again; and Lots More
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GettyImages-504563000 Ex-Gitmo Prosecutor-Turned-Critic Settles Free Speech Case for $100,000
The former Gitmo prosecutor wrote op-eds critical of the prison, and was then fired from the Library of Congress.
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Obama Gitmo Obama Joke on Trump Running Guantánamo Into the Ground Getting Less Funny
Congressional Republicans may get the last laugh on Guantánamo.
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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 13: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks about the release of the 2015 Human Rights Report at the State Department Harry S Truman building April 13, 2016 in Washington, DC. The State Department's report covers internationally recognized individual, civil, political and workers rights as practiced around the world according to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and submits the annual report to Congress. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) In Speech on Global Human Rights Abuses, Kerry Attacks Trump
The release of the State Department’s annual report on human rights typically focuses on grotesque abuses and atrocities in far-flung corners of the world. But this year, Secretary of State John Kerry found himself addressing something closer to home: the vigorous endorsement of torture by the leading 2016 Republican presidential candidates.
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TOPSHOT - Members of a brigade loyal to the Fajr Libya (Libya Dawn), an alliance of Islamist-backed fighters, drive pick up trucks mounted with machine guns during a military parade following battles against the Islamic State (IS) group, in the city of Sabratha, west of the capital Tripoli, on February 28, 2016. On February 19, a US air strike near Sabratha targeted a suspected IS training camp, killing 50 people. / AFP / MAHMUD TURKIA (Photo credit should read MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/Getty Images) Libyans at Guantanamo Bay Can’t Go Home, So the U.S. Sends Them to Senegal
The Pentagon’s latest transfer from its military detention center in Cuba underscores how the disaster in Libya is complicating President Obama’s push to close the prison.
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GettyImages-515910506 Obama Dares GOP to Block the Supreme Court Nominee Republicans Love
Republicans have expressed support for Merrick Garland, Obama's Supreme Court pick, in the past. Will they give him a vote?
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GettyImages-513715288 Trump Flip-Flops on Promise to Torture Suspects, Kill Families of Terrorists
Donald Trump has changed course on his widely-condemned promise to bring back torture and kill families of terrorists.
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On February 25, 2016 in Kingstree, South Carolina. Hillary Clinton’s Preemptive Strike on the GOP Over Guantanamo
A list of retired military brass who back Clinton condemn Republican ‘rhetoric’ on torture.
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This photo made during an escorted visit and reviewed by the US military shows an US Army soldier walking at unused common detainee space in "Camp 6" detention facility at the US Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, April 8, 2014. AFP PHOTO/MLADEN ANTONOV (Photo credit should read MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP/Getty Images) Obama Releases Plan to Close Guantanamo
Obama outlines a long-awaited plan to close the military prison in Cuba, and lawmakers are already vowing 'not in my backyard.'
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epa05097663 Supporters and members of the activist group 'The World Can't Wait' hold a rally and march asking for President Obama to close the U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba across from the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 11 January 2016. The Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp opened 14 years ago today. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO Obama’s Plan to Bring Guantanamo Detainees to U.S. Could Drop Bombshell Into 2016 Race
The long-awaited blueprint for closing the military prison in Cuba and opening a ‘Gitmo North’ is a boon for GOP candidates but a pain for the Democrats.
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ADRA, SYRIA: Syrian prisoners stage a protest and a hunger strike the central prison in Adra, 15 kms from Damascus, in support of President Bashar al-Assad who is facing international pressure over a UN inquiry into the assassination of Lebanese former premier Rafiq Hariri, 16 November 2005. Assad vowed in a speech that Damascus would not surrender to the demands of its enemies and pledged that outsiders would not be able to change Syria's direction. AFP PHOTO/LOUAI BESHARA (Photo credit should read LOUAI BESHARA/AFP/Getty Images) How Assad’s Prisoners Die
A new report released by U.N. investigators documents atrocities that took place in Syrian government prisons.
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 11: Activists in orange jump suit participate in a rally in front of the White House to demand the closure of Guantanamo Bay detention camp January 11, 2016 in Washington, DC. Activists staged the rally to call on President Barack Obama to keep his promise to shut down the detention site in Cuba. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) President of Ghana: Car Accidents Are More Dangerous Than Gitmo Detainees
On Tuesday, Ghana defended its choice to accept detainees from Guantánamo who were never charged with crimes.
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GettyImages-501897124 Obama Says San Bernardino Attackers Like Mass Shooters: Hard to Stop
President Obama likened the search for lone-wolf terrorists to finding mass shooters.
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ARLINGTON, VA - SEPTEMBER 26: Aerial photo of the Pentagon in Arlington, Virgina on September 26, 2003. (Photo by Andy Dunaway/USAF via Getty Images) A Plan to Close Guantánamo Is Coming, Just Not This Week
Another week has gone by, and the White House still has not rolled out its long-awaited plan to close the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
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This photo made during an escorted visit and reviewed by the US military, shows the razor wire-topped fence and a watch tower at the abandoned "Camp X-Ray" detention facility at the US Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, April 9, 2014. AFP PHOTO/MLADEN ANTONOV (Photo credit should read MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP/Getty Images) To Close Guantánamo, Obama Will Have to Test the Limits of Presidential Power
The president took office promising to abandon George W. Bush’s policy of using executive orders to sidestep Congress. Now he’s doing the same.
