Tag Archives: state torture

Now don’t do it again…

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Obama's release of the infamous 'torture memos' begs more questions than it answers, writes James Turley Upon entering office in January, US president Barack Obama judged it a priority to cement the goodwill offered him by his broad liberal support base. To rapturous applause from allcomers, he announced the closure of the torture camp in Guantanamo ...

Seven years of torture

Mohamed: wants justice

Abolish MI5 and the whole secret state, writes James Turley Binyam Mohamed is one of the many victims of the state’s ‘war on terrorism’ since the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington in 2001. Mohamed, an Ethiopian-born British resident, was released from the American interrogation camp at Guantanamo Bay after seven years imprisonment. He had ...