Mr. Fish – Guantanamo 2006

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Jun 13, 2006 Dig deeper

U.S. Military: Gitmo Suicides Acts of ‘Warfare’

Staff / Truthdig Jun 11, 2006 The commander of the Guantanamo detention center said the three detainees who killed themselves were "committed" and had carried out "an act of asymmetric warfare waged against us." Rights groups, however, said the men were driven by despair. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Three Gitmo Inmates Commit Suicide

Staff / Truthdig Jun 11, 2006 The detainees hanged themselves with nooses made of sheets and clothes, sparking renewed calls to close the detention facility. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.N. Panel: Close Guantanamo

Staff / Truthdig May 20, 2006 A United Nations panel on torture isn't buying President Bush's assurances that America does not send suspected terrorists to countries known for using torture to extract information. The panel also recommended the closing of America's Guantanamo military prison in Cuba. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

British Official: Close Gitmo

Staff / Truthdig May 11, 2006 The British attorney general says the continued existence of the U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo Bay is "unacceptable." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Hasn’t Curbed Torture: Report

Staff / Truthdig May 3, 2006 Amnesty International's report says the US has failed to eradicate "widespread" torture in its jails in Iraq, Afghanistan and Cuba Also, no senior U officials have been held accountable for the practices . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Did Scalia Prejudge Guantanamo Case?

Staff / Truthdig Mar 27, 2006 Newsweek surfaces unpublicized comments by the Supreme Court justice in which he scoffs at the idea of extending full legal rights to Guantanamo detainees. Problem is: He has yet to judge that case. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Doctors Attack US Over Guantanamo

Staff / Truthdig Mar 10, 2006 Over 250 medical experts sign a letter condemning the U.S. for force-feeding prisoners on hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Our Amnesiac Torture Debate

Staff / Truthdig Mar 9, 2006 Bush's choice of Panama to make his declaration that America does not torture "is a little like dropping by a slaughterhouse to pronounce the United States a nation of vegetarians." Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Gitmo Prisoner Tells of ‘Torture’

Staff / Truthdig Mar 4, 2006 In a rare interview with the BBC, the Guantanamo detainee says that the force-feeding of hunger strikers amounts to torture: "Death in this situation is better than being alive and staying here without hope," he says. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush: Torture Ban Not Valid at Gitmo

Staff / Truthdig Mar 3, 2006 Truly shocking: White House lawyers are arguing that the new law banning cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment of detainees does not apply to people held at Guantanamo. Of course, we should have seen this coming when Bush, upon signing the law, brushed off Congress and America by reserving the right to ignore the law under his powers as commander in chief. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Tony Blair: Shut Down Guantanamo Prison

Staff / Truthdig Mar 2, 2006 The British prime minister becomes the latest to urge the closure of the infamous detention center in Cuba Jimmy Carter, Kofi Annan and Sen Joe Biden, among others, have all made similar pleas, which the White House has brushed off. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )