1,319 posts tagged guantanamo
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“We can’t have acquittals. We’ve got to have convictions.”
http://sirenschronicles.com/ 2008/ 05/ 16/ we-cant-have-acquittals-weve-got-to-h…“We can’t have acquittals. We’ve got to have convictions.” Filed under Corruption in Govt, Human Rights, government, politics I have shuddered at the thought that most, if not all, of the individuals to be tried in BushCo’s kangaroo court known as the military tribunals would be found guilty.
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Weekend movie tips
http://movingpictureblog.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ weekend-movie-tips.htmlIf you're not of a mind to see movies about talking lions and CGI race cars this weekend, let me suggest some worthy alternatives: Son of Rambow, How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer, Then She Found Me, Forgetting Sarah Marshall -- and, yes, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay.
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Our Brave New World x3
http://narciblog.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ our-brave-new-world-x3.htmlThe things that are happening around us, in our names, are just becoming too numerous to even pay attention to. So here are just three things I think are important enough you should pay attention to: 1) On being ashamed of one's country at Balkanization: An innocent Italian man is disappeared into our new immigration obliettes.
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Suggestions for Unite For Human Rights Day
http://islamcrunch.com/ archives/ suggestions-for-unite-for-human-rights-day/Suggestions for Unite For Human Rights Day For Bloggers Unite for Human Rights Day, we decided to give a little spin on the event. Here is our perspective on what we can do to be aware about Human Rights. There is no doubt that we need to be concerned about others who are suffering and who are less fortunate than us.
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“We can’t have acquittals. We’ve got to have convictions.”
http://www.teambio.org/ 2008/ 05/ 16/ we-cant-have-acquittals-weve-got-to-have-c…I have shuddered at the thought that most, if not all, of the individuals to be tried in BushCo’s kangaroo court known as the military tribunals would be found guilty. That they would be found guilty on shoddy or non-existing evidence coerced out of them by torture and certainly without any decent representation.
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How To Build A Human Bomb
http://exmypar.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 15/ how-to-build-a-human-bomb/George Monbiot writes on the effects of Gitmo: In his book Torture Team, Philippe Sands describes the treatment of Mohammed al-Qahtani, held in Guantanamo Bay and described by the authorities (like half a dozen other suspects) as “the 20th hijacker”.
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Due process demanded for one Khadr, not another
http://impolitical.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ due-process-demanded-for-one-khadr-no…Well, it seems I have somewhat of a friend in the Privy Council Office (see below). Hope you enjoyed the post this morning, pal, you guys might want to get on that $20 billion oversight in the military budget. Or perhaps you should pick up where the previous government left off and get things right with Omar Khadr.
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Product Placement at Gitmo
http://www.blog.beachpackagingdesign.com/ 2008/ 05/ product-placeme.htmlBloggers Unite for Human Rights is today. On display for press consumption, the products in these images of detainee goodie bags and edible largess were intended to show the world how well America feeds its enemy combatants (held indefinitely without charges).
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A few good men: Heroic military lawyers have derailed the Guantanamo show trials
http://mparent7777-1.livejournal.com/ 164360.htmljurisprudenceA Few Good SoldiersMore members of the military turn against the terror trials.By Emily Bazelon and Dahlia Lithwick Posted Tuesday, May 13, 2008, at 6:35 PM ET Legal commentators have argued for years about whether there might ever be legitimate trials for the so-called "enemy combatants" we're holding at Guantanamo Bay.
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Guantanamo official says he’s not resigning
http://conspiracyrealitytv.com/ news/ guantanamo-official-says-he%e2%80%99s-not-…Guantanamo official says he’s not resigning May.15, 2008 in News of Truth Source AP | A Pentagon official said Wednesday he will not resign as legal adviser to war-crimes tribunals at Guantanamo, despite his removal from the trial of Osama bin Laden’s driver because of a lack of impartiality.