In These Times

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  • 27 May 08

  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, knew… more

  vol. 32, iss. 06   

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  • 26 Feb 08

  The Hippocratic Oath Dies in Gitmo

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

  vol. 32, iss. 03   

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  • 08 Jan 08

  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"

  vol. 32, iss. 01    censorship, prison

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  • 06 Dec 07

  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

  vol. 31, iss. 12    censorship, civil rights, prison

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  • 18 Oct 07

  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

  vol. 31, iss. 11    criminal justice, prison

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  • 02 Oct 07

  Inside the Secret Facility

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

  vol. 31, iss. 10    censorship, civil rights, prison