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Andy Worthington is the author of "The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America's Illegal Prison" (published by Pluto Press), as well as and "The Battle of the Beanfield" (2005) and "Stonehenge: Celebration and Subversion" (2004). He is also the co-director (with Polly Nash) of the documentary film, "Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo." Visit his website at: www.andyworthington.co.uk.
SHARE Tuesday, November 24, 2009 Judge Orders Release of Algerian from Guantánamo (But He's Not Going Anywhere)
The judge's ruling is still classified, but it seems probable that the ruling will refute the government's claims that its rag-bag of hearsay, innuendo, and snippets of intelligence is coherent enough to constitute real evidence. Why does Obama's Justice Dept continue to defend the fiction that the prisoners at Guantanamo represent a terrorist threat to Americans?
(2 comments) SHARE Monday, October 5, 2009 US House Votes Draconian Gitmo Restrictions
The US House has voted (unconstitutionally) to forbid release or transfer of the people who are presently being illegally detained at Guantanamo, and forbidding release of photos documenting torture and abuse.
(2 comments) SHARE Friday, October 2, 2009 A Truly Shocking Gitmo Story
Judge Confirms an Innocent Man Tortured to Make False Confessions.
In the ruling, to put it bluntly, it was revealed that the U.S. government tortured an innocent man to extract false confessions and then threatened him until he obligingly repeated those lies as though they were the truth.
SHARE Wednesday, September 23, 2009 Court Allows Return of Guantánamo Prisoners to Torture
A Bush-appointed appeals judge has overturned a lower court ruling on behalf of 13 Chinese Muslim prisoners at Guantanamo. The lower court ruling would have given the 13 the right to a court appearance, but if the Appeals Court ruling stands, these men will be rendered to the tiny Pacific island of Palau, where their torture may continue.