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H. Candace Gorman

H. Candace Gorman is a civil rights attorney in Chicago. She blogs regularly about legal issues surrounding Guantanamo detainees at <a href= “http://gtmoblog.blogspot.com”> The Guantanamo Blog.</a>

• A Kinder, Gentler Torture

  While staying at his in-law's village in Afghanistan in December 2001, Abdul Hamid Al-Ghizzawi, my client at Guantánamo, MORE

  Views  ·  May 27, 2008

• The Hippocratic Oath Dies in Gitmo

  I have been representing Abdul Al-Ghizzawi, one of my Guantánamo clients, for two and a half years. MORE

  Views  ·  February 26, 2008

• Catch-22 in the 21st Century

  Government censors are making like Joseph Heller's character Yossarian and blacking out random information in letters from Guantánamo that has nothing to do with "national security" MORE

  Views  ·  January 8, 2008

• Third Time’s the Charm?

  The military didn't even bother to retain most of the documents from the Combatant Status Review Tribunals conducted in 2004, so the government has no documents showing any reason for holding these men MORE

  Views  ·  December 6, 2007

• Suicide and Spin Doctors

  There are many ways for the oppressor to force himself into the mind of the oppressed, but one surefire way is through indefinite detention. Never knowing when--or if--you will be released is a cruel form of psychological torture and allows you to keep hope while simultaneously filling you with fear MORE

  Views  ·  October 18, 2007

• Inside the Secret Facility

  In an Orwellian twist, the U.S. government monitors all correspondence between a Guantánamo attorney and her client MORE

  Views  ·  October 2, 2007

• Gitmo’s Last Honest Man

  Abraham found that "evidence" was generally gathered by inexperienced staff with little legal or intelligence training, and he got no assurance that he was given access to all available evidence on a detainee MORE

  Views  ·  August 16, 2007

• Get Me Out of Gitmo

  Most detainees at Guantánamo are willing and able to go home, but Bush's spin continues to dizzy our corporate media MORE

  Views  ·  July 19, 2007

• Torture By Another Name

  The origins of "enhanced interrogation techniques" can be traced to the German Gestapo MORE

  Views  ·  June 14, 2007

• Locking Attorneys out of Guantánamo

  Government launches war against habeas counsel under claim that lawyers are "acting as a conduit for the media" MORE

  Views  ·  May 24, 2007

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