2012 Litigating Universal Jurisdiction Litigating Universal Jurisdiction 5/08/12 I. Thank Florian-Thank Wolfgang-known each other for 9 years or so -a relationship born out of my and CCR’s desire to hold Bush administration officials, particularly Donald Rumsfeld, accountable for torture under…
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2012 Guantanamo at 10: The Defeat of Liberty by Fear The unprecedented executive powers assumed by both presidents since 9/11 have crippled America’s body politic On 11 January 2002, the United States began showing major signs of what I call…
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Jose Couso Murdered By US Military In Iraq Sami al-Hajj – Former Guantanamo Prisoner, Now Al-Jazeera Correspondent 44th Anniversary of Che Guevara’s Murder Who Killed Che? How the CIA Got Away With Murder Groups Follow Former US President George W….
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Ten years ago this Sunday, Sept. 18, the United States set itself on a destructive course. That was the day President Bush signed the bill that Congress had just passed called the Authorization for Use of Military Force. Ten years…
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Michael Ratner: Prosecution of Bush Cheney and Rumsfeld will have to be done in other countries as Obama has refused to pursue it.
New York (CNN) — There was widespread support among scores of human rights groups and many others for recent efforts to have Switzerland open a preliminary investigation for torture against former President George W. Bush during his planned (and now canceled)…
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There was widespread support among scores of human rights groups and many others for recent efforts to have Switzerland open a preliminary investigation for torture against former President George W. Bush during his planned (and now canceled) visit to Geneva….
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Federal prosecutors opt against charging CIA officials in destruction of interrogation tapes Bush on waterboarding: ‘Damn right’ Heidi Boghosian attends last week’s oral arguments for Mumia Abu-Jamal’s case Drone-Based Targeted Killings of U.S. Citizens: Anwar…
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Civil Liberties, Guantanamo / Illegal Detention, International War Crimes
Torture Lawyers On Trial In Spain Office of Professional Responsibility Report Confirms Need For Torture Investigations People v. Bush, Charlotte Dennett Today we talk with former Vermont Attorney General Candidate Charlotte Dennett. Listeners…
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Civil Liberties, Guantanamo / Illegal Detention, International War Crimes
Updates: Veronica Jones – Mumia Witness Passes Cuban Five Resentencing Update Heidi Boghosian’s Father – Varujan Boghosian Gallery Opening CCR Torture Team Trading Cards Sent To Library of Congress (NEW) Michael Ratner – Muting Our Criticism of Obama: If We Don’t Speak…
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