This treatment is consistent with the post 9/11 #torture programs

See the section on the torture of Mohammed al-Qahtani aka 063 here: tidsskrift.dk/torture-journa…

Full interrogation logs here: time.com/3624326/inside…

The leaked logs are shocking and mandatory reading

The horrific photos of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib shocked the world 20 years ago this month. How did American Psychological Association respond? A few paragraphs from my book 'Doing Harm: How the World’s Largest Psychological Association Lost Its Way in the War on Terror'... amazon.com/Doing-Harm-Lar…

There are two steps necessary to close Guantánamo: Swiftly transferring the men who have not been or will not be charged with a crime & ending the failed military commissions. These steps can & should be completed. More: cvt.org/what-we-do/adv…

#Guantánamo #CloseGITMO

Honored to be an SPD finalist for 'original documentary photo feature' while I was photo editor for The Intercept. Alongside amazing company here... NYT, New Yorker, and ProPublica.

Link to my nominated story here: theintercept.com/2023/08/27/gua…

'The plaintiffs seek to hold CACI responsible for setting the conditions that resulted in the torture they endured, citing evidence...that CACI contractors instructed military police to 'soften up' detainees for their interrogations.' apnews.com/article/abu-gh…

Please join me for a FREE WEBINAR sponsored by American Psychological Association's Peace Psychology Division:

'Doing Harm: How the World’s Largest Psychological Association Lost Its Way in the War on Terror'

Wednesday, April 24th at 7PM EDT
ucph-ku.zoom.us/j/69636531340?…
Meeting ID: 696 3653 1340
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I have spent a decade opposite govt lawyers who believe themselves con law/intl law specialists, and yet fight vehemently to keep Guantanamo going. The legal and literal barbarism could never be justified, and gets harder every year.

H/t Karen Greenberg for this profound essay.

.Trudy Rubin: 'What happened to 7 brave volunteers was more a norm rather than the accident the Israeli military claimed in its apology. But when it happens to Palestinians—who have lost 200 aid workers to Israeli strikes—their deaths get shrugged off.' inquirer.com/opinion/weapon…

15 yrs ago this month, President Obama released 4 classified Bush OLC memos approving CIA torture techniques, while promising NOT to prosecute interrogators who followed the advice: justice.gov/opa/pr/departm…
It took Obama another 5 years to publicly state, 'We tortured some folks.'

The CIA's Long and Dangerous History of Refusing to Answer Absurdly Obvious Questions - especially about their involvement in #SERE -ing #torture or #Guantanamo aclu.org/news/national-…

.Karen Greenberg: 'I’m struck that, in the American mainstream, there hasn’t been more headline-making outrage over the never-ending reality of what came to be known as Gitmo.' tomdispatch.com/quaint-and-obs…

This #longread , based on documents obtained from UK archives, tells the real story how the aftermath of US use of bioweapons in the Korean War led to a major crisis within the US military. The cover-up over US use of WMD against China & No. Korea is ongoing, not ancient history!

If you are listening to Serial's Season 4 about Guantánamo and want a deeper dive into this 'crazy place,' check out my book, The War in Court: Inside the Long Fight against Torture.
ucpress.edu/book/978052040…

Today, as campaigners across the US & around the world called for the closure of #Guantanamo at our latest coordinated monthly vigils, we highlighted how long the 16 men approved for release have been waiting since the US authorities decided they no longer wanted to hold them.

Today's news from Guantanamo Bay...
An Army judge who was in law school at the time of the U.S.S. Cole bombing restarted hearings in the case on Monday and declared it was his intention to put the accused mastermind of the attack on trial at Guantánamo Bay in 2025.

To #Brussels #artfromguantanamo exhibition.

15 yrs ago this month, President Obama released 4 classified Bush OLC memos approving CIA torture techniques, while promising NOT to prosecute interrogators who followed the advice: justice.gov/opa/pr/departm…
It took Obama another 5 years to publicly state, 'We tortured some folks.'

'The true fault lies not with the individuals who engage in this sexual humiliation, but in the chain of command that has allowed a culture of dehumanization and degradation to fester, despite ample international humanitarian law, and internal military protocols, that forbid it.'

'No matter where Palestinians live, the violence we are witnessing unites us all. Palestinian advocacy is more important than ever right now, to counter the pervasiveness of an old but rising form of discrimination: anti-Palestinian racism.'