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Man Accused Of Aiding 9/11 Attack "Too Mentally Damaged" For Trial: US Judge
A judge at the US military tribunal in Guantanamo Bay on Thursday ruled that a Yemeni detainee who was tortured by the CIA is unfit to stand trial in a death-penalty case.
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US Government Blocks Release of New CIA 40 Torture Details
U.S. government officials have blocked the release of 116 pages of defence lawyers' notes detailing the torture that Guantanamo Bay detainee Abu Zubaydah says he experienced in CIA custody, defence lawyers said on Thursday.
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Guantanamo Inmate Details Torture in First Book from Cuba Prison
The first book published by a longtime Guantanamo Bay inmate that describes torture, humiliation and despair during 13 years in captivity was selling briskly in the United States on Wednesday and drawing hard-won attention to his case.
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CIA Interrogators Heroes Not Torturers: Dick Cheney
Former US vice president Dick Cheney on Sunday defended America's now-banned program that tortured Al-Qaeda suspects, praising the CIA operatives who ran it as heroes.
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CIA Revelations Put UK Spies Under Scrutiny
British spy agencies are under growing pressure to reveal how closely they worked with their US counterparts following 9/11 after a damning US Senate report exposed how the CIA tortured terror suspects.
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European Union Guantanamo Delegation Calls For Flexible Prison Conditions
A delegation of five European officials recommended on Wednesday that inmates cleared for release from the US military detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, be jailed under more flexible conditions, an aide said.
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'We Crossed the Line,' US Tells UN on Use of Torture After 9/11
A UN panel has begun grilling American officials about the country's compliance with an anti-torture treaty.
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Hard rockers demand $666,000 after Guantanamo claims
A Canadian hard-rock band says it sent the Pentagon a $666,000 bill after a former Guantanamo Bay guard alleged that the US military used their music to torture detainees.
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Doctors complicit in torture at CIA, military prisons: study
Doctors and nurses tasked with monitoring the health of terror suspects were complicit in abuses committed at prisons run by the Pentagon and the CIA, an independent report said Monday.
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'Indisputable' that US practiced torture after 9/11: panel
It is "indisputable" that the United States engaged in torture after the September 11, 2001 attacks and top officials are ultimately to blame, according to an independent review released on Tuesday.
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Torture, secrecy on Guantanamo hearings menu
The specter of torture and the veil of secrecy will loom large over a new series of hearings starting on Monday at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the accused plotters of the September 11 attacks.
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UK spies won't face criminal charges for torture of Guantanamo detainees
British spies escaped immediate criminal charges over torture complicity Thursday, but the country's top prosecutor ordered a new investigation into claims that intelligence shared with Moammar Gaddafi's regime led to the torture or rendition of Libyans.
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Dark side of America's war on terror
Civil rights groups say torture is still continuing in Guantanamo where detainees on hunger strike are being force-fed.
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Man Accused Of Aiding 9/11 Attack "Too Mentally Damaged" For Trial: US Judge
A judge at the US military tribunal in Guantanamo Bay on Thursday ruled that a Yemeni detainee who was tortured by the CIA is unfit to stand trial in a death-penalty case.
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US Government Blocks Release of New CIA 40 Torture Details
U.S. government officials have blocked the release of 116 pages of defence lawyers' notes detailing the torture that Guantanamo Bay detainee Abu Zubaydah says he experienced in CIA custody, defence lawyers said on Thursday.
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Guantanamo Inmate Details Torture in First Book from Cuba Prison
The first book published by a longtime Guantanamo Bay inmate that describes torture, humiliation and despair during 13 years in captivity was selling briskly in the United States on Wednesday and drawing hard-won attention to his case.
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CIA Interrogators Heroes Not Torturers: Dick Cheney
Former US vice president Dick Cheney on Sunday defended America's now-banned program that tortured Al-Qaeda suspects, praising the CIA operatives who ran it as heroes.
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CIA Revelations Put UK Spies Under Scrutiny
British spy agencies are under growing pressure to reveal how closely they worked with their US counterparts following 9/11 after a damning US Senate report exposed how the CIA tortured terror suspects.
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European Union Guantanamo Delegation Calls For Flexible Prison Conditions
A delegation of five European officials recommended on Wednesday that inmates cleared for release from the US military detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, be jailed under more flexible conditions, an aide said.
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'We Crossed the Line,' US Tells UN on Use of Torture After 9/11
A UN panel has begun grilling American officials about the country's compliance with an anti-torture treaty.
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Hard rockers demand $666,000 after Guantanamo claims
A Canadian hard-rock band says it sent the Pentagon a $666,000 bill after a former Guantanamo Bay guard alleged that the US military used their music to torture detainees.
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Doctors complicit in torture at CIA, military prisons: study
Doctors and nurses tasked with monitoring the health of terror suspects were complicit in abuses committed at prisons run by the Pentagon and the CIA, an independent report said Monday.
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'Indisputable' that US practiced torture after 9/11: panel
It is "indisputable" that the United States engaged in torture after the September 11, 2001 attacks and top officials are ultimately to blame, according to an independent review released on Tuesday.
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Torture, secrecy on Guantanamo hearings menu
The specter of torture and the veil of secrecy will loom large over a new series of hearings starting on Monday at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the accused plotters of the September 11 attacks.
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UK spies won't face criminal charges for torture of Guantanamo detainees
British spies escaped immediate criminal charges over torture complicity Thursday, but the country's top prosecutor ordered a new investigation into claims that intelligence shared with Moammar Gaddafi's regime led to the torture or rendition of Libyans.
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Dark side of America's war on terror
Civil rights groups say torture is still continuing in Guantanamo where detainees on hunger strike are being force-fed.
