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Torture

Two Dozen Senators Tell Biden It Is 'Past Time' to Finally Close Guantánamo

Demonstrators dressed in Guantánamo Bay prisoner uniforms march past Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on January 9, 2020. (Photo: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)

Ramsey Clark, Human Rights Lawyer and Critic of US Empire, Dies at Age 93

Democracy Now!

Former US Attorney General Ramsey Clarke speaks during a press conference after he joined ISNAD, the defence committee of toppled Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, 28 December 2004 in Amman. (Photo: KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP via Getty Images)

"The world is the most dangerous place it's ever been now because of what our country has done, and is doing, and we have to take it back."

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As Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale Pleads Guilty, Advocates Warn of 'Profound Threat' to Free Press

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

Drone whistleblower Daniel Hale (R) stands next to CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin in this undated photo. (Photo:Democracy Now!)

"Using the Espionage Act in this way to prosecute journalists' sources as spies...

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Sister Dianna Ortiz—US Nun Who Survived Guatemala Torture and Became Human Rights Champion—Dies at 62

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

Sister Dianna Ortiz, torture survivor turned human rights champion, died Friday February 19, 2021. (Photo: AP/YouTube screen grab)

"Dianna walked through the very worst of hell and came out with love... Her...

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Witness Against Torture demonstrates for the closure of the Guantánamo Bay offshore prison. (Photo: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/shriekingtree/6688582501">Justin Norman</a>/flickr/cc)</p>

'End... This Human Rights Atrocity,' Says Amnesty After Biden Admin Signals Goal to Close Gitmo

<p>Protesters march in front of the White House to call for the closure of Guantánamo Bay military prison. (Photo: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/gregfoster/3378018795/">Greg Foster</a>/flickr/cc)</p>

'We Will Hold Him Accountable Until He Does': 110+ Groups Demand Biden Close Gitmo Without Delay

President Joe Biden is facing demands from human rights groups to immediately close down the U.S. military prison at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Station in Cuba. (Photo: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/susanmelkisethian/31897209800/">Susan Melkisethian</a>/flickr/cc)</p>

Amnesty Calls on Biden to Close Guantánamo and End Military Commissions 'Once and For All'

For several years, critics of the Guantánamo Bay detention camp have dressed in orange jumpsuits at demonstrations calling for its immediate closure. (Photo: Amnesty International)

As 'Dark Stain' of Guantánamo Begins 20th Year, Groups Demand Biden Close Offshore Prison

Demonstrators protest outside the Westminster Magistrates' Court in London on October 21, 2019. (Photo: Isabel Infantes/AFP via Getty Images)

Australian Labor Party Urges US to Drop Charges Against Assange

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks at a press conference in Mexico City on Dec. 8, 2020. (

Mexico's Lopez Obrador Wants to Give Asylum to Julian Assange

Nils Melzer, the top United Nations anti-torture official, is urging President Donald Trump to pardon Julian Assange. (Photo: Prachatai/Flickr Creative Commons)

Top UN Anti-Torture Official Urges Trump to Send Message of 'Justice, Truth, and Humanity' by Pardoning Julian Assange

Mike Morell, under consideration for CIA director, is also under fire for defending torture. (Photo: Witness Against Torture/Flickr/cc)

Human Rights Advocates to Biden: No Torture Defenders Allowed

Prisoners seen here hooded and shackled at the U.S. Navy prison in the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. (Photo: U.S. Navy/Flickr Creative Commons)

Guantánamo Defense Attorney Implores Biden to Stop Cycle of Impunity by Holding Trump Accountable for His Crimes

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been deprived of his liberty since his arrest in London in December 2010. (Photo: Claire Doherty/Getty Images)

Assange's Partner Decries 'Atrocious' Prison Conditions in Appeal for Australian Intervention

WikiLeaks founder and whistleblowing journalist Julian Assange faces up to 175 years behind bars in the U.S. if he is extradited and found guilty of violating the Espionage Act and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. (Photo: Richard Baker/In Pictures/Getty Images)

'Not a Criminal': Top UN Anti-Torture Official Urges Julian Assange's Release

Antony Binken (R) speaks after being nominated by President-elect Joe Biden for secretary of state. (Photo: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images)

Disdain and Disbelief After Biden Claims 'Significant' Progressive Presence in Administration

Further

Secrecy Inc: Activists Sue CIA Over Spying On Classified Report On Covert Torture Program

Because no one has yet been held accountable for U.S. torture practices widely deemed "sadistic and terrifying," two open-government and FOIA activists are suing the CIA for its continued secrecy about its alleged secret surveillance of Senate lawmakers secretly investigating secret Bush-era torture. Welcome to the most transparent - and Kafkaesque - administration in history.

Newswire

Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)

Biden Repeal of Trump International Criminal Court Sanctions Welcome but Overdue, Say Lawyers for Victims at ICC

Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)

Gitmo Torture Survivor Asks Court to Reject Eleventh-Hour Trump Bid to Deny Medical Evaluation

Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)

In Court Friday: Case Alleges Family Separation Amounts to Torture, Crimes Against Humanity

CODEPINK

Torture Victims & Their Advocates Oppose Morell & Haines for National Security Positions in the Biden Administration

MPower Change

MPower Change Organizing Director Ishraq Ali Releases Statement on President-Elect Biden's Nomination of Avril Haines as National Security Advisor

Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)

Appeals Court Rules GTMO Torture Victim Should Be Seen by Independent Medical Experts

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Ramzy Baroud

'Is This Who We Are?': Gitmo is America’s Enduring Shame

Medea Benjamin, Marcy Winograd

Why Senators Must Reject Avril Haines for Intelligence

Medea Benjamin, Marcy Winograd

No, Joe, Don’t Roll out the Red Carpet for Torture Enablers

Moazzam Begg

Failure to Prosecute UK War Crimes in Iraq Exposes ICC's Own Failings

Daniel J. Jones, Scott Roehm

Message to Joe Biden: No Torturers in the Next Cabinet

Matthew Duss

Only a Reckoning With the Disastrous Legacy of the So-called 'War on Terror' Can Heal the United States

Lisa Mullenneaux

The Raft of the Medusa

Nozomi Hayase

Assange’s US Extradition Hearing Resumes Monday; Public Needs to Step up to Fight this War on Journalism

Jonathan Cook

For Years, Journalists Cheered Assange’s Abuse. Now They’ve Paved His Path To a US Gulag

Karen Greenberg

Missing in Action: Accountability in Trump's America