Evidence of Torture at Iraqi Intelligence Agency

Staff / Truthdig Mar 5, 2007 British and Iraqi forces raided a National Iraqi Intelligence Agency detention center on Sunday and discovered 30 prisoners, including two children, "many of whom showed signs of torture and abuse." Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki condemned the raid as an "illegal and irresponsible act" and has ordered an investigation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Padilla Trial to Go Forward

Staff / Truthdig Mar 1, 2007 Jose Padilla has been ruled competent to stand trial, a rebuke to his lawyers. The defense had sought to have him treated for PTSD before the trial began. Padilla has been held in isolation for three and a half years, during which time he was subjected to varying kinds of interrogation and, very likely, torture. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Kidnapped by the CIA

Staff / Truthdig Feb 28, 2007 The Washington Post has an inside look at "black sites," the secret detention centers operated by the CIA that hold abducted terror suspects, one of whom describes a world of interrogation, torture and misery. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pentagon Will ‘Welcome’ Cuban Migrants to Gitmo

Staff / Truthdig Feb 21, 2007 The Department of Defense plans to build an $18-million facility at Guantanamo Bay in anticipation of mass migration following the eventual death of Fidel Castro. Administration officials say the housing center will be needed for interdicted Cuban migrants now that space normally used in such an event is taken up by the detention and interrogation facility that holds suspected terrorists. (h/t: Boing Boing) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

EU Condemns ‘Rendition’ Enablers

Staff / Truthdig Feb 15, 2007 The European Parliament has condemned 14 member states for either ignoring or assisting the U.S. policy of "extraordinary rendition." The report, which won approval by a wide margin, says the CIA carried out 1,245 flights of abducted suspects, sometimes to nations where the detainees could expect torture. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

German Government Abandoned Citizen at Gitmo

Staff / Truthdig Jan 27, 2007 Germans are outraged over the emergence of documents that suggest a government official allowed an innocent German citizen to remain in Guantanamo for years after the United States offered to repatriate him. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Officials Caught Mistreating Immigrants

Staff / Truthdig Jan 17, 2007 A report by the Department of Homeland Security inspector general has found that immigration and customs officials mistreated illegal immigrants held in facilities around the country. But the ACLU and others have criticized the report, charging that it ignored the most serious allegations. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Marie Cocco: An Unhappy Anniversary for Guantanamo

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Jan 11, 2007 When the first captives were flown from Afghanistan to Guantanamo five years ago, no one knew the military base would eventually be transformed into a symbol of American tyranny and shame. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

14-Year-Old Was Likely Beaten to Death

Staff / Truthdig Dec 29, 2006 Martin Lee Anderson, 14, died a day after he was beaten and dragged by nine guards while in the custody of a juvenile boot camp in Florida The medical examiner initially ruled that Martin died of natural causes, but (h/t: Largest Minority). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Convenient Omissions on the Road to Guantanamo

Sheerly Avni / Truthdig Jun 24, 2006 Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross have made a necessary and important critique of grave injustices at Guantanamo Bay. But are their storytelling techniques entirely on the level? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

No Reporters Allowed in Gitmo–Except for Fox

Staff / Truthdig Jun 23, 2006 Last week, the Pentagon kicked all reporters out of the Guantanamo Bay prison after the suicides of three detainees. But on Wednesday the Defense Dept. invited a Fox News analyst down to Cuba to tour the facility. And what do you know? The Fox analyst described Gitmo as ?now gentle, almost child-like the way they treat the detainees.? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Swiss Investigator Says U.S. ‘Outsourced’ Torture

Staff / Truthdig Jan 24, 2006 The charge comes from the head of a European probe into alleged secret CIA prisons in Eastern Europe. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )