Torture & War Crimes

The Syrian leader’s crimes will forever be recalled alongside the world’s worst tyrannical butchers.

The world is gradually accepting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad back into the fold.

Closing Guantánamo Bay isn’t enough.

Ahmed Rabbani’s journey through the U.S. dark prison system to Guantánamo.

The terrible truth is decades after the Bosnian War, the world has become too accustomed to war crimes.

Belarus’s Lukashenko doesn’t want to be believed—he wants to be feared.

The world must step in now and call the assaults what they are: a war crime.

Misleading narratives about so-called “comfort women” were created in the 2000s.

“We Are Bellingcat” charts the rise of the digital sleuths who have used open-source investigations to foil Russia’s intelligence agencies.

Gina Haspel dodges questions but appears headed toward narrow confirmation.

Trump's CIA pick could break the agency's glass ceiling — if she can answer tough questions on interrogation methods.

And the Trump administration isn't happy.

But talk of Guantánamo, “extreme vetting,” and ending the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program is just a distraction from the real threat.

Whomever could he mean?

Caroline Krass talked about cyber threats, enhanced interrogation, and future challenges for the new administration.

Under orders for years to shut the prison down, commanders at Gitmo are now bracing for the new president’s “bad dudes.”

The draft directive backtracks on torture and black sites — but the shift in counterterrorism strategy carries new risks.

Boys as young as 11, accused of fighting for the Islamic State, are being detained and brutally tortured in prisons.

Secret White House Budget in the Works; North Korea Teetering; Trump’s Unsecure Phone; And Lots More

The new president is reportedly considering moves to declare Guantanamo open for business and consider a return to “black sites” and enhanced interrogation for new detainees.