The government drinks from that poisoned chalice…again. #EndTorture

Carol Rosenberg@carolrosenbergfeed.bsky.social · 7mo ago

A Pentagon panel hears arguments today in the 9/11 prosecutor’s effort to resurrect the 2007 interrogations of a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay. A military judge threw out the statements of a defendant in the case last year as the spoils of CIA torture, isolation and conditioning in the black sites.

Prof @kmccallsmith.bsky.social presents at AHRI in Lima Peru with Kathryn Nash on the rights of persons detained by the state and on conditions of detention

Special rapp on terrorism ben saul presents now at AHRI in lima peru on links with human rights and organised crime, with moderator @kmccallsmith.bsky.social

The 25th Association of Human Rights Institutes annual conference kicks off in Lima Peru! Focus is on human rights and organiser crime

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Today is publication day for John Ryan - my good friend in exploring the legal quagmire that is #Guantanamo. Everyone should check out his book 'America's Trial: Torture and the 9/11 Case on Guantanamo Bay'. A must read! www.amazon.com/Americas-Tri...

America's Trial: Torture and the 9/11 Case on Guantanamo Bay

America's Trial: Torture and the 9/11 Case on Guantanamo Bay [Ryan, John] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. America's Trial: Torture and the 9/11 Case on Guantanamo Bay

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Our #EnvironmentalConditionsofDetention project (@ecd-rights.bsky.social) is working to pull together as much learning as possible on these conditions. The aim is to guard against all forms of #torture. @uknpm.bsky.social Read our recent practice notes: detentionconditions.org/project-comm...

If you are at the @edfringe.bsky.social and interested in #HumanRights, check out Dreams of Peace & Freedom - at the Central Quaker Meeting House. Beautiful music and poignant readings from David Maxwell Fyfe's papers. A moving hour. @songsotpeople.bsky.social www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...

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The Howard League@thehowardleague.bsky.social · 2y ago

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24 hours late to #ISA2025 (London fog) but off to a fantastic start with the @peacerep.bsky.social reception. Wonderful to see colleagues and friends old and new at this kick-off event. Lots of chat about PA-X & impressive graphics. Great showing team! @uoelawschool.bsky.social @isanet.bsky.social

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UNESCO Week of Sound – Concert – ‘Stolen voices and parameters for uncertainty’ @weekofsound.bsky.social A concert of electroacoustic music and sound art from projects by the late Rebecca Collins. 7pm, Tue 18 Feb, West Court. Free and open to all. Book now: digital.eca.ed.ac.uk/weekofsound/...

If you couldn’t make it to the From Rights to Contracts event, our latest blog post has you covered. Catch up on the key takeaways & explore the model clauses here: blogs.ed.ac.uk/globaljustic... #HumanRights #RightToHealth #GlobalJustice #ContractLaw

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NEWS: An appeals panel has reached down here into Guantanamo Bay and stopped tomorrow's plea hearing in the long-running 9/11 case. Family members prosecutors brought here to watch the proceedings are upset. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/u...

U.S. Court Halts Guilty Plea Hearing for Accused 9/11 Mastermind

A three-judge appeals panel will decide whether the plea deal Khalid Shaikh Mohammed reached to avoid a death-penalty trial remains valid.

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BREAKING NEWS from Guantanamo Bay: The U.S. military has just delivered 11 Yemeni prisoners to Oman, leaving the population at the detention center at its lowest number in its history. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/u...

U.S. Sends 11 Guantánamo Prisoners to Oman to Start New Lives

The secret mission left the smallest number of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay since the day the detention center opened in 2002.

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University of Glasgow@glasgow.ac.uk · 2y ago

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EXCLUSIVE: During his years at Guantanamo a Malaysian prisoner did forensic-style sketches showing his torture by the CIA. They are now part of his sealed court record. But we have obtained them exclusively for you to see. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/u...

Prisoner’s Self-Portraits of C.I.A. Torture Surface From Sealed Court Record

“This is what his nightmares are all about,” said a lawyer for a now-confessed war criminal who spent years at Guantánamo Bay.

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MORE BREAKING NEWS: The United States has repatriated two Malaysian prisoners from Guantanamo Bay, concluding a secret military operation. The rare transfer, a day after the Pentagon delivered another prisoner to Kenya, reduced the detainee population to 27 men. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/u...

Pentagon Repatriates Malaysian Prisoners Who Pleaded Guilty to War Crimes

The prisoners were airlifted from Guantánamo Bay in a secret operation nearly a year after they admitted to serving as foot soldiers for the accused Indonesian terrorist leader Hambali.

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Our copies of the Guidance on the Environmental Conditions of Detention arrived today! All NPM monitors can look out for their copies in the new year - raising awareness of how environmental conditions of places of detention may contribute to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or torture

Environmental Conditions of Detention@ecd-rights.bsky.social · 2y ago

"No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment." (Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 5). This #HumanRightsDay, we are launching our project website and first briefing: www.detentionconditions.org #HRD2024

The UK NPM was glad to contribute to this guidance by @kmccallsmith.bsky.social @campaignbear.bsky.social - understanding the huge impact environmental conditions can have on a person who cannot leave that environment is a core part of preventive scrutiny

Good morning from Camp Justice at Guantanamo Bay. We expect a 0900 start of another brief pretrial hearing in the USS Cole case, possibly to include prosecutors arguing not for the first time to pre-admit evidence before there's an actual jury in the box. www.nytimes.com/article/sept...

Trial Guide: The Sept. 11 Case at Guantánamo Bay

The case against the men accused of conspiring in the Sept. 11, 2001, hijackings that killed nearly 3,000 people in New York, at the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania.

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🌍 This #HumanRightsDay marks 40 years of the UN Convention Against Torture & 15 years of the UK NPM working to prevent ill treatment in places of detention. We celebrate progress but reaffirm our commitment to addressing issues in today’s blog nationalpreventivemechanism.org.uk/news/blog-ce...

In advance of #HumanRightsDay I’m proud to join @campaignbear.bsky.social & @UKNPM.bsky.social in launching the 1st phase output from our #EnviroConditionsOfDetention project. Ending #torture & #CIDT requires taking care to pay attention to the smaller details in all detention settings.

Edinburgh Law School@uoelawschool.bsky.social · 2y ago

Dr Kasey McCall-Smith and Dr Morag J. Grant are raising awareness of how the environmental conditions of places of detention affect prisoners and other people deprived of their liberty, and may even contribute to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or torture. Read more: edin.ac/3BjuLvz

The Scottish Human Rights Commission's new report on the Highlands and Islands is hard to read - and impossible to ignore. Too many are facing hunger, homelessness, and barriers to healthcare. Remote communities, but rights that should never be out of reach. 🧵