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A flag waves behind the barbed fence and razor-wire at the detention compound on Guantanamo Bay prison
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Ex-Detainee Says Guantanamo Was Merely 'Human Lab' Experimenting on Inmates

Sputnik 04 Nov 2021
WASHINGTON (Sputnik), Ekaterina Chukaeva - The Guantanamo prison ...
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The Stain of Guantánamo: Torture

New York Times 04 Nov 2021
A terrorist’s testimony and a clemency letter by military officers. Also. Florida professors; religion and politics; health care; Mark Zuckerberg ... .
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The greatest moral stain: Why a US military jury is seeking clemency for a Guantanamo detainee

Raw Story 03 Nov 2021
The New York Times reported on an unprecedented sentencing hearing of a detainee held at Guantanamo Bay ... The maze of national security restrictions put on Guantanamo prisoners attempting to defend themselves (an almost 20-year long process) has generally made it impossible for them to speak out about what happened to them.
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Torture is not limited to CIA black sites – it’s alive in South Africa’s prisons

Mail Guardian South Africa 03 Nov 2021
Majid Khan, who had been a Pakistani resident of suburban Baltimore on the US East Coast before becoming a courier for al-Qaeda, testified in open court on the US military base of Guantánamo Bay in Cuba about ruthless incidents during his interrogation ... Judge Dyalan Chetty, now retired, summarised the facts of the plaintiffs as follows ...
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A US Military Jury Is Seeking Clemency for a Guantánamo Detainee

truthout 03 Nov 2021
Content warning. This article contains graphic descriptions of torture and sexual assault. With all of the hoopla this past week over the off-year elections, President Biden’s foreign trip, and the ongoing drama on Capitol Hill, there was very little discussion of the latest chapter in one of the most important and horrific stories of our time.
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US military officers slam Guantanamo detainee torture as stain on America

Middle East Monitor 02 Nov 2021
Last week, Majid Khan became the first detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to publicly outline the kind of torture he received at one of the ...
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Jury members urge clemency for tortured Guantanamo detainee

Dawn 02 Nov 2021
WASHINGTON. Seven senior US military officers who last week sentenced a Guantanamo Bay detainee to 26 years in prison issued an appeal for clemency, calling his torture by the CIA a “stain” on America in a letter published on Sunday ... The letter was confirmed to AFP as authentic by the military commissions at Guantanamo Bay ... .
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Guantanamo Military Jury Condemns US Treatment of Detainee

Human Rights Watch 02 Nov 2021
For the first time, a United States military commission jury urged clemency for a Guantanamo Bay detainee, Majid Khan, at a sentencing hearing. The jury’s recommendation, noting the severe abuse Khan endured while in detention, highlights the profound assault on fundamental rights committed by the US in its so-called “war on terror.” ... ....
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Ex-Maryland man who joined al-Qaida sentenced at Guantanamo

The Star Democrat 02 Nov 2021
(AP) — A military jury imposed a sentence of 26 years Friday on a former Maryland man who admitted joining al-Qaida and has been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center ... Khan’s cooperation is expected to help with other war crimes cases at Guantanamo, one involving five men held there who are charged with planning and aiding the Sept.
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US military jury members sign letter urging clemency in terrorism case

Jurist 02 Nov 2021
Seven US military jury members urging clemency for convicted terrorist Majid Khan, rebuking Khan’s alleged mistreatment by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) ... The trial has been surrounded by controversy since Khan was sent to Guantanamo Bay in 2006 ... He alleged that, despite his cooperation with officials, the abuse was unrelenting ... ....
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Fox News Is Now Warning Viewers That Biden Could Send Them to Guantanamo Bay Over ...

Rollingstone 01 Nov 2021
Now, Harris Faulkner, who was conducting the interview, had an opportunity to mix a bit of journalism into Fox News’ regular fare here, as she could have pointed out that there is not a shred of evidence that a parent has or ever will be sent to Guantanamo Bay for voicing ...
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Fox News guest under fire for claiming Biden will jail anti-mask demonstrators in Guantanamo

The Independent 01 Nov 2021
A Fox News guest is under fire for suggesting that Joe Biden will send anti-mask demonstrators at school board meetings to Guantanamo Bay as domestic terrorists ... He then went on to suggest a slippery slope might result in parents being sent to Guantanamo Bay as though they were members of ISIS ... "Think about how outrageous that is, Harris." ... .
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Guantanamo terrorist claims torture by CIA as US military jury condemns treatment

The National 01 Nov 2021
Seven senior military officials appealed for clemency for Khan after his sentencing ....
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File - In this photo, reviewed by a U.S. Department of Defense official, a Guantanamo detainee, center left, jogs around the exercise area at the medium security portion of Camp Delta detention facility, at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2006.
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Military panel calls treatment of Guantanamo detainee ‘an affront to American values’

Wtop 01 Nov 2021
A US military panel asked for clemency in the case against a Guantanamo detainee, saying in a letter obtained by CNN that the treatment the detainee has experienced while in US custody over the past almost two decades is "an affront to American values and concept of justice.".

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