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Guantanamo Diary; Alleged Wikileaks Courier Tortured, Extradited; No Redress for Guantanamo Torture Victim
Guantánamo Diary: A Tale of Captivity, Rendition and Torture. In Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s recently published Guantánamo Diary, we learn what it’s like to be imprisoned and tortured without charge. The tortures and humiliation he experienced are good reasons for closing Guantánamo and holding accountable those who authorized or carried out the abuse.
Accused WikiLeaks Courier Tortured, Extradited. Matt DeHart has been deported/extradited from Canada to the United States to face charges that judges in two countries (the US and Canada) have found to lack credibility. In 2010, Matt was detained at the US–Canadian border by FBI agents, who administered an IV (intravenous line) to Matt against his will. They questioned him over several days regarding his military unit, his involvement with Anonymous and WikiLeaks. They denied him access to his lawyer, deprived him of sleep, food and water, and tortured him during this time.
No Legal Redress for Victim of ‘Kafkaesque Nightmare’ at Guantanamo . The setback for Abdul Rahim Abdul Razak al-Janko is a result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Monday to decline to review an appeals court ruling in January 2014 that he could not sue for the torture he experienced at the offshore prison.
