We're looking forward to reading this new book, 'Witness: An Insider's Narrative of the Carceral State,' by Lyle C. May, who is an incarcerated abolitionist journalist on death row. Join us in reading this important book 👇

A book that might be of some interest…

None of Us Were Like This Before: American Soldiers and Torture a.co/d/4wGxMrs

I highly recommend Joshua E.S. Phillips's detailed account of the experiences of US soldiers traumatized by their own involvement in torture. One of them explained to him, 'None of us were like this before.'

Craig Murray demolishes claim that it was OK for Israel to bomb Iran's consulate in Syria b/c it wasn't really a consulate. Essentially the same claim that it's OK to kill 40,000+ civilians in Gaza because they're not really civilians; they're all Hamas, remember, even the babies

At the height of the US’ drone programme, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Somalia, Yemen, etc lived under constant threat of missile attacks. There are studies on how it traumatised a whole generation of children. Folks just keep not counting them

Here are my former clients, two Pakistani children, speaking in Congress about the trauma of the drone strike that killed their grandmother. It took an incredible amount of bravery. How many members showed up to listen? Two.
Luckily the media was there.
theguardian.com/world/2013/oct…

Today three Abu Ghraib prisoners finally get to challenge their torture and abuse in a US court, in a case against defense contractor CACI. It's nearly 20 years since the Abu Ghraib torture photos that shocked the world were first leaked and published theguardian.com/world/ng-inter…

Thank you so much for hosting Nausheen Husain is @nausheen.bsky.social! It was such a great, nourishing few days and I'm excited to continue our collaborations❤️!

Today we learned that an Israeli military court has placed Palestinian Christian young woman Layan Nasir, who was arrested last week, in administrative detention for four months (renewable). No charges have been presented. Layan is just one of thousands of Palestinians who are in…

On Gorilla Radio, Chris Cook Plays ‘Warriors’, and We Discuss Julian Assange, #Guantanamo , Genocide in Gaza and George Galloway Gorilla Radio andyworthington.co.uk/2024/03/08/on-… thefourfathers.bandcamp.com/track/warriors

This interview with Ghassan Abu Sitta is the most powerful & insightful analysis I've read about the unfettered depravity of Israel's genocide in Gaza & the power of 'medical liberation ideology', 'love as a form of resistance to [Israel's] world of death' mondoweiss.net/2024/03/the-do…

Held for 800 Days Since Being Approved for Release from Guantanamo: Moath Al-Alwi, Zakaria Al-Baidany and Mohammed Abdul Malik Bajabu - The fifth in my series of ten articles about the 16 men approved for release but not freed andyworthington.co.uk/2024/03/06/hel…

“It is about carrying out an act so extreme that the only logical response from anyone with a moral compass is to carry forward the torch of justice that the protester lit”

✍️ Opinion by Dr. Maha Hilal
middleeasteye.net/opinion/gaza-a…

For the next monthly coordinated global vigils for the closure of #Guantanamo on Weds (Mar 6), my updated poster showing how scandalously long the 16 men approved for release have been waiting since the US authorities decided they no longer wanted to hold them. Please share!

Held for 1,000 Days Since Being Approved for Release from #Guantanamo : Abdulsalam Al-Hela and Sharqawi Al-Hajj - The 4th article in my ongoing 10-part series about the 16 men approved for release but still held closeguantanamo.org/Articles/434-H…

The next monthly coordinated global vigils for the closure of #Guantanamo - this Weds, Mar 6, across the US & in London & Mexico City. Join us! Photos & report from last month's vigils here: andyworthington.co.uk/2024/02/10/pho…

Join Amnesty International World Can't Wait! #HumanRights Defenders in #SanFrancisco for 1st Wednesday monthly #CloseGuantánamo Global Vigils!
@Potus must release the 16 men cleared for release & CLOSE GITMO NOW!!! #HumanRights #StopTorture

March 6th at 3pm
UN Plaza San Francisco Civic Center

Held for 5,150 Days Since Being Approved for Release from #Guantanamo : Toffiq Al-Bihani and Two “Ghosts,” Ridah Al-Yazidi and Muieen Abd Al-Sattar - the latest shocking story in my series on the 16 men approved for release but still held andyworthington.co.uk/2024/02/28/hel…

At #Guantanamo , Accomplices in the 2002 Bali Bombings Reach A Plea Deal, May Be Released By 2029 - my latest for Close Guantanamo, assessing the significance of last month's plea deal by two 'high-value detainees' closeguantanamo.org/Articles/433-A…

As I sit here in Guantanamo Bay, in the middle of hearings in the '9/11 case' which has never gone to trial because of detainee torture by the U.S. govt, this is the absolute truth. 👇🏾