News items from Closing Guantanamo

MB attempted abduction suspect released from jail - WPDE

1 hour 28 min ago

The State

MB attempted abduction suspect released from jail
WPDE
According to the J. Reuben Long Detention Center, the man accused of trying to kidnap a woman on Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach last week has bonded out of ...
Myrtle Beach man shot in hand, reports home invasion; arrested for drug ...South Carolina Now
Home invasion victim arrested on drug chargesWMBF

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Castro Accuses U.S. Of Torturing Spies - WFMY News 2

3 hours 1 min ago

Kansas City Star

Castro Accuses U.S. Of Torturing Spies
WFMY News 2
That's torture. There's no other word for it: it's torture. And that's known by, it has to be known by, all of that country's courts that unjustly condemned ...
Fidel Castro accuses US of torture while meeting with young people, including ...FOXNews
Castro accuses US of tortureMonsters and Critics.com

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After 'St. Elmo's Fire' - Los Angeles Times

3 hours 34 min ago

Los Angeles Times

After 'St. Elmo's Fire'
Los Angeles Times
In the fleeting-but-influential panoply of Brat Pack movies, John Hughes' high school detention drama opened a ...

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US stalls on Sept. 11 trial for 5 at Gitmo - Washington Post

5 hours 4 min ago

US stalls on Sept. 11 trial for 5 at Gitmo
Washington Post
But Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the professed mastermind of the attacks, and four alleged accomplices are still sequestered at Guantanamo without charges. ...

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US stalls on Sept. 11 trial for 5 at Gitmo - Washington Post

7 hours 7 min ago

US stalls on Sept. 11 trial for 5 at Gitmo
Washington Post
He said he wants to keep the tribunals as an option for some prisoners, including Khadr, as part of a plan to close the Guantanamo detention center, ...

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Eight years after the torture memo, Obama should take a hard look back - Washington Post

13 hours 2 min ago

Eight years after the torture memo, Obama should take a hard look back
Washington Post
With this document, better known as the "torture memo," and a second memo issued the same day approving specific interrogation techniques, the United States ...
Eight Year Anniversary of U.S. Torture Memos - Time is Ticking on AccountabilityHuffington Post (blog)

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White House: Don't post more secret war papers - Salon

15 hours 24 min ago

Telegraph.co.uk

White House: Don't post more secret war papers
Salon
Since the Obama administration has been secretive, pro-torture, etc., it lacks the credibility to assert "national security" as a blanket pretext for ...
How Pakistan Helps the TalibanNewsweek
US worried more secret documents may be releasedReuters
WikiLeaks: 5 Things Men Should KnowAskMen
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W-B Twp. woman gets jail for torture - Wilkes Barre Times-Leader

19 hours 26 min ago

W-B Twp. woman gets jail for torture
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
According to court papers, Ashford was one of six people involved in the torture of a man and woman on Aug. 3 and 4 in a house on Center Street. ...

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Fidel Castro accuses US of torture while meeting with young people, including ... - FOXNews

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 22:02

Fidel Castro accuses US of torture while meeting with young people, including ...
FOXNews
That's torture. There's nothing else to call it, it's torture, and its occurring in view of the whole world." Castro also said Hernandez was in need of ...

Castro accuses US of torture in 'Cuban Five' case - San Jose Mercury News

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 21:50

Castro accuses US of torture in 'Cuban Five' case
San Jose Mercury News
That's torture. There's nothing else to call it, it's torture, and its occurring in view of the whole world." Castro also said Hernandez was in need of ...

Detention and the Disabled - New York Times

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 21:44

Detention and the Disabled
New York Times
There is no official count of how many mentally disabled people go through immigration courts or detention, though the report extrapolates from statistics ...

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Police locate, arrest man mistakenly released from Detention Center - Carroll County Times

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 20:40

Police locate, arrest man mistakenly released from Detention Center
Carroll County Times
By Staff Reports | 0 comments The Carroll County Sheriff's Office has located a man after he was mistakenly released from the Carroll County Detention ...
Carroll County Sheriff's Office: Inmate accidentally released from jail and ...Explore Carroll

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From Guantánamo to Algeria: An Unwilling Repatriate - New York Times

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 19:44

The Public Record

From Guantánamo to Algeria: An Unwilling Repatriate
New York Times
In your July 25 editorial “Fear of Freedom,” you accused the Obama administration of an “act of cruelty” by repatriating a Guantánamo detainee to Algeria, ...
Guantanamo Algerian Returns Home; Will Obama Suspend Further Transfers?The Public Record
Repatriated to Torture? Forced Returns From GuantanamoCounterPunch

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Video: Lindsay Lohan's Biggest Fan? - Entertainment Tonight News

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 18:02

Sydney Morning Herald

Video: Lindsay Lohan's Biggest Fan?
Entertainment Tonight News
The Hollywood.tv cameras were there as Lindsay's mother Dina and sister Ali arrived at the Century Regional Detention Facility, this time bringing large ...
Lawyer: Lindsay Lohan looking forward to 'light at end of tunnel'CNN International
Lindsay Lohan Getting Ready for Jail ReleaseABC News
Lindsay Lohan Eating Twizzlers, 'Creating Art' In JailMTV.com
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Top Russian Human Rights Advisor Steps Down - Voice of America

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 16:19

Top Russian Human Rights Advisor Steps Down
Voice of America
On Thursday, Russia's president signed into law a bill that allows the Federal Security Service (FSB) to take into preventive detention people suspected of ...

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ACLU: Obama's “New Normal” Is Bush's Old One - The New American

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 16:08

MWC News

ACLU: Obama's “New Normal” Is Bush's Old One
The New American
The report faults the administration for its failure to uphold civil rights and the Constitution in the areas of transparency, torture and accountability, ...
Obama, Bush, and the “New Normal”GC Advocate
ACLU slams Obama's security policiesWashington Times
ACLU: Bush Anti-Terrorism Practices PersistNPR
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California man gets death sentence for torture-murder of 16-year-old runaway - FOXNews

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 15:58

California man gets death sentence for torture-murder of 16-year-old runaway
FOXNews
AP A Southern California man has been sentenced to death for the torture and murder of a 16-year-old runaway girl who was stabbed more than 130 times and ...
Runaway girl's torture brings death sentenceInland Empire News
Aldana sentenced to death in Kayla Wood killingPress-Enterprise

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