List of Torture & War Crimes articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Ex-Gitmo Prosecutor-Turned-Critic Settles Free Speech Case for $100,000
The former Gitmo prosecutor wrote op-eds critical of the prison, and was then fired from the Library of Congress.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Obama Joke on Trump Running Guantánamo Into the Ground Getting Less Funny
Congressional Republicans may get the last laugh on Guantánamo.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 In Speech on Global Human Rights Abuses, Kerry Attacks Trump
The release of the State Department’s annual report on human rights typically focuses on grotesque abuses and atrocities in far-flung corners of the world. But this year, Secretary of State John Kerry found himself addressing something closer to home: the vigorous endorsement of torture by the leading 2016 Republican presidential candidates.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Libyans at Guantanamo Bay Can’t Go Home, So the U.S. Sends Them to Senegal
The Pentagon’s latest transfer from its military detention center in Cuba underscores how the disaster in Libya is complicating President Obama’s push to close the prison.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Obama Dares GOP to Block the Supreme Court Nominee Republicans Love
Republicans have expressed support for Merrick Garland, Obama's Supreme Court pick, in the past. Will they give him a vote?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Trump Flip-Flops on Promise to Torture Suspects, Kill Families of Terrorists
Donald Trump has changed course on his widely-condemned promise to bring back torture and kill families of terrorists.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Hillary Clinton’s Preemptive Strike on the GOP Over Guantanamo
A list of retired military brass who back Clinton condemn Republican ‘rhetoric’ on torture.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Obama Releases Plan to Close Guantanamo
Obama outlines a long-awaited plan to close the military prison in Cuba, and lawmakers are already vowing 'not in my backyard.'
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Obama’s Plan to Bring Guantanamo Detainees to U.S. Could Drop Bombshell Into 2016 Race
The long-awaited blueprint for closing the military prison in Cuba and opening a ‘Gitmo North’ is a boon for GOP candidates but a pain for the Democrats.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How Assad’s Prisoners Die
A new report released by U.N. investigators documents atrocities that took place in Syrian government prisons.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 President of Ghana: Car Accidents Are More Dangerous Than Gitmo Detainees
On Tuesday, Ghana defended its choice to accept detainees from Guantánamo who were never charged with crimes.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Obama Says San Bernardino Attackers Like Mass Shooters: Hard to Stop
President Obama likened the search for lone-wolf terrorists to finding mass shooters.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Plan to Close Guantánamo Is Coming, Just Not This Week
Another week has gone by, and the White House still has not rolled out its long-awaited plan to close the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 To Close Guantánamo, Obama Will Have to Test the Limits of Presidential Power
The president took office promising to abandon George W. Bush’s policy of using executive orders to sidestep Congress. Now he’s doing the same.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Senate Bans Transfer of Detainees Held at Guantanamo Bay
The Senate just banned the transfer of prisoner from Guantanamo Bay.
