WtG gives voice to fmr detainees & other witnesses to promote public dialogue, foster a shared humanity & inspire us to never again repeat the mistakes of GTMO.
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3 Nov 2017
They were denying habeas then setting up #militarycommissions w/incredbly Draconian secrecy provisions. It just was unheard of #GitmoJustice
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22 Feb 2022
As part of the Witness to Guantanamo exhibit at Duke University, Activist & WtG interviewee, Rushan Abbas, spoke to the Duke community about the genocide of Uyghur Muslims in China and the subsequent international silence. bit.ly/3hoGRWR
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17 Apr 2020
"The most interesting stories in 'A Place Outside the Law' are of those whose beliefs about the detainees changed over time." - Michael Rapkin, @LAReviewofBooks
(review excerpt continued in photos)
lareviewofbooks.org/article/…
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WitnessToGuantanamo retweeted
16 Apr 2020
VALUABLE. Attorney Michael Rapkin's essay about @WitnessToGTMO founder Peter Jan Honigsberg's recent book "A Place Outside the Law: Forgotten Voices from Guantánamo" — a book written to “remind future generations not to repeat what has happened there.” lareviewofbooks.org/article/…
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WitnessToGuantanamo retweeted
16 Apr 2020
"After 9/11, America strayed from its values and the rule of law, including by engaging in torture and indefinite detention. Around the world, the greatest symbol of these failures is the prison at Guantanamo Bay." On "A Place Outside the Law": ow.ly/491H50zgf5B
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31 Mar 2020
“A Place Outside the Law” by @usflaw Prof Peter Jan Honigsberg
“This is the definitive account of what happened at #Guantánamo in all of its chilling & horrifying detail." -Erwin Chemerinsky, dean & Jesse H Choper Distinguished Prof of Law @BerkeleyLaw
indiebound.org/book/97808070…
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11 Mar 2020
Congratulations to @BeaconPressBks @WitnessToGTMO for "A Place Outside the Law" being named a #SilverGavel finalist by @ABAesq! ow.ly/3glt30qp2s4
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22 Jan 2020
On the 18th anniversary of the detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, Peter Jan Honigsberg reminds us, “When the Constitution and the rule of law are abandoned, Americans are no longer in the right.” mercurynews.com/opinion-guan…
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WitnessToGuantanamo retweeted
16 Jan 2020
Founder & Director of @WitnessToGTMO, Peter Jan Honigsberg conducted over 158 interviews of people who lived and worked at #GTMO-which exposed multiple human rights violations that occurred at the center. Listen to our full conversation with him, here: bit.ly/2Nx2Vjq
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16 Jan 2020
The Guantánamo detention camp was set up to protect our country. But many Americans are concerned that the treatment of these prisoners goes against the values of our country. At 12pm, Peter Jan Honigsberg joins us to talk about life at #GITMO. bit.ly/2uQaM4Y
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16 Jan 2020
Hear the conversation at think.kera.org/2020/01/16/th…
16 Jan 2020
Live Now: @WitnessToGTMO's Peter Jan Honigsberg describes the multiple interviews he conducted with inmates, prison guards and lawyers in #GITMO. Listen on 90.1 FM in DTX or online here: bit.ly/35SE93y
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14 Jan 2020
Hear author Peter Jan Honigsberg talk torture tactics, whistle-blowers, why #Gitmo, who's left, & how they got there on @majorityfm
youtu.be/pEJcsaUf5dQ?t=1761
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WitnessToGuantanamo retweeted
13 Jan 2020
Forgotten Voices from Guantanamo w/ Peter Jan Honigsberg - MR Live - 1/13/20
youtu.be/pEJcsaUf5dQ
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29 Dec 2019
TUNE IN TONIGHT!! 12/29 at 6:16 pm ET on C-SPAN2
Peter Honigsberg talks about the backgrounds & fate of the 40 men still held at the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. c-span.org/video/?466229-1/a…
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26 Nov 2019
On the latest installment of @scheercast, @usflaw Prof Peter Jan Honigsberg tells @Truthdig Editor in Chief @Robert_Scheer stories of the men who were purchased by the U.S. government & detained without charges or trial.
kcrw.com/culture/shows/schee…
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WitnessToGuantanamo retweeted
22 Nov 2019
. @WitnessToGTMO has captured videos from myself, Mike Gelles, Bob McFadden, Mike Lenhert, Bill Lietzau, Britt Mallow, @SteveXen, Juan Mendez (@antitorture_WCL), @Ali_H_Soufan and others. It’s an excellent resource about #torture advocacy and challenges
witnesstoguantanamo.com/
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22 Nov 2019
#Guantanamo prison guard Terry Holdbrooks wondered why the detainees were always happy: “They got faith. And seeing them have that cohesion, that brotherhood, that unity, that I didn’t even have with the military.” @WitnessToGTMO #ReadUP buff.ly/2PZIf5K
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WitnessToGuantanamo retweeted
12 Nov 2019
“Leaking the Guatánamo prisoner names: How and why a former Navy lawyer took such a huge risk”, excerpted by @salon , one captivating chapter from #USFLaw Prof. Peter Jan Honigsberg’s new book, "A Place Outside the Law: Forgotten Voices from Guantanamo", published today.
Leaking the Guatánamo prisoner names: How and why a former Navy lawyer took such a huge risk ift.tt/2Q6qC48
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WitnessToGuantanamo retweeted
14 Nov 2019
Navy #whistleblower Matt Diaz is a hero. He covertly released the names of 500 #Guantanamo detainees by sending them in a greeting card to a lawyer in NY. This is his story. @WitnessToGTMO #APlaceOutsideTheLaw buff.ly/2OcRpcw
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17 Nov 2019
"Linguistic isolation can be as tormenting and destructive as physical and environmental isolation." lithub.com/life-inside-guant…
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