Bagram Detainees Seek Habeas Rights in DC Federal Court
Thursday, International Justice Network Attorney Tina Monshipour Foster will argue in federal District Court for the rights of 3 men detained by the U.S. in Bagram Afghanistan....
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Arguing for Habeas Rights for 3 Men Detained in Bagram
Sign outside hearing for Bagram Detainees There are 600+ men detained at the US detention center in Bagram Airbase near Kabul, Afghanistan. Mostly, we know very little about them; even their names...
View ArticleWhy the U.S. is Losing Afghanistan
As people who follow World Can’t Wait know, we’ve been opposed to Barack Obama’s plans to expand the US occupation of Afghanistan since the 2008 campaign began. Now that Obama has expanded the US...
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Going on 9 Guantanamo Years
Lost in the flurry of bills passed as Congress ended was the inclusion in the 2011 National Defense Authorization Act of language that forbids any Pentagon funds being used to transport any detainee...
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Closing Guantanamo Requires Us
Over an intense week protesting the beginning of the 10th year of the U.S. prison at Guantanamo, I continued to learn more. The situation for the 173 men there is changing, though not towards a just...
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State of the Union: War on Terror Goes On and On, and On…
On Tuesday January 25, at the same moment Congress gathered for the State of the Union address from Barack Obama, almost a hundred people gathered to discuss “Torture, Guantanamo and Accountability” at...
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Way to Drive out an Illegitimate Regime!
Watching the delirious celebrations in Egypt, and spreading to cities across the region, and the world, you’ve got to feel the joy. A hated dictator, who until a month or so ago held unchallengeable...
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Join Me to Stop “Stop & Frisk”
On Friday, October 21st, I plan to join in a non-violent civil disobedience action as part of a new and very important, courageous, campaign to stop “Stop and Frisk.” I am answering a call issued by...
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