It’s Time to Close Guantanamo lawfareblog.com/its-time-clo…

And independent psychologists and mental health professionals are needed to address the severe mental health issues among some of those remaining at Guantanamo.

This week, a former Navy psychiatrist testified that @CIA torture caused traumatic brain injury and PTSD to Ammar al Baluchi @BaluchiGitmo lawdragon.com/news-features/…

«الغارديان».. أول صورة لعمار البلوشي أحد المتهمين بأحداث 11 سبتمبر (alwasat.ly)

Speaking of traumatic events, the CIA's documentation of @BaluchiGitmo's forced nudity was recently declassified for the first time. Reporting by @BayoumiMoustafa here: theguardian.com/us-news/arti…

A 2014 SSCI #Torture report on the CIA's use of waterboarding and other "enhanced interrogation techniques" said that Mohammed had been waterboarded at least 183 times. "It was what made the trial impossible," Rockefeller said. #RuleOfLaw matters cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/911…

This image of Ammar al Baluchi, who was intentionally starved down to 119 pounds, is the first photograph ever declassified of a prisoner in a CIA black site theguardian.com/us-news/arti…

Guardian publishes first photo from US CIA torture black site (Abu Ghraib photos were military) 20 years ago. Nobody ever held to account for widespread practice of abduction and torture at international web of torture sites Mustafa Bayoumi reports - theguardian.com/us-news/arti…

"US tactics of terror, I would later find out, mirrored those used by Israeli forces against Palestinians – tactics designed to dehumanise, degrade, and demoralise." As an ex-Guantanamo prisoner @MansoorAdayfi on why he stands with Gaza: newarab.com/opinion/ex-guant…

Horrifying photo, not least of all because it’s from a 2004 US torture program and looks a lot like ongoing Israeli torture programs. Also, the US program continues in the form of Gitmo

In 2014, the US government admitted these practices constituted #torture, when Barack Obama stated: “We tortured some folks.” No one at the CIA has ever been held accountable for the torture. “We tortured some folks” was the working title of the #UnjustifiableMeans manuscript

Revealed: first picture of war on terror detainee in CIA black site theguardian.com/us-news/arti…

Haunting Image: First Photo Released of C.I.A. Prisoner at Black Site nytimes.com/2024/08/02/us/po…

What about Ammar al Baluchi, the remaining defendant in the 9/11 case? Here is a deep dive on his torture and need for medical treatment @BaluchiGitmo theguardian.com/us-news/2023…

A photo of a prisoner being held in the brutal world of the CIA black sites has been declassified -- through a court filing in the 9/11 case. It's one of hundreds of disturbing photos the world has not been allowed to see. My report from Guantanamo Bay. nytimes.com/2024/08/02/us/po…

Revealed: First Image of War on Terror Detainee in CIA Black Site Today, we confront a stark and haunting image that lays bare the grim realities of what is called the war on terror. This photograph, the first of its kind to be published, shows Ammar al-Baluchi, confined at a CIA black site. Stripped of his dignity, al-Baluchi stands naked except for the shackles around his wrists, a haunting testament to the brutal conditions he endured. The fact is that this photo is the least of the worst of Ammar and others compared to the classified photos. Between 2002 and 2008, hundreds of Muslim men and children were kidnapped, imprisoned, and interrogated at these secret CIA prisons around the world. They were subjected to torture, a practice the US government admitted to in 2014. However, no one at the CIA has ever been held accountable for these actions. These photographs are not just a glimpse into the past but a powerful reminder of the urgent need for justice and transparency. It calls on us to reflect on the human cost of the war on terror and to advocate for the humane treatment of all individuals, regardless of the accusations against them. theguardian.com/us-news/arti…

"Baluchi was deprived of sleep for up to 82 hours at a time, forced into a standing position by having his wrists shackled to a bar in the ceiling, repeatedly doused with ice-cold water...When the US seized him in mid-2003, he weighed 141lb. By late 2003, he weighed 119 lbs."

A plea deal was not reached with Ammar Al-Baluchi in this case: who is he? theguardian.com/us-news/2023… #Guantanamo

RT @BayoumiMoustafa: EXCLUSIVE: this is the first photo the public has seen of a War on Terror detainee, Ammar al-Baluchi, in a CIA black s…

As usual, @lawdragon_news gives a detailed and nuanced explanation of the issues in the Guantanamo Bay military commissions @BaluchiGitmo