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By
Ben Greenberg on
July 13, 2009
Embedded video from CNN Video
In an interview today with Anderson Cooper, President Obama announced that he has ordered his national security team to collect all the facts in the Dasht-e-Leili massacre and apparent US cover-up — a move that Deputy Director Susannah Sirkin has praised in a statement earlier today.
President Obama’s comments differ from statements made by [...]
Posted in Conflict, Custody, Forensic, General Human Rights, News Coverage, Torture, Video
| Tagged abdul rashid dostum, accountability, afghanistan, AfghanMassGrave.org, anderson cooper, attorney general, barack obama, central intelligence agency, cia, cnn, commission of inquiry, dasht-e-leili, eric holder, ghana, nathaniel raymond, prosecution, sheberghan, Susannah Sirkin, taliban, war crimes, white house
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By
Ben Greenberg on
July 11, 2009
Physicians for Human Rights has issued a call for a criminal probe in the wake of a major New York Times story by James Risen with new evidence that the Bush Administration impeded at least three federal investigations into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan in 2002.
PHR is calling for the Department of Justice to investigate [...]
Posted in Custody, Darfur, Forensic, General Human Rights, Take Action
| Tagged abdul rashid dastum, afghanistan, cia, daht-e-leili, fbi, frank donaghue, James Risen, jared voss, nathaniel raymond, new york times, shebherghan, Susannah Sirkin, taliban, transcript
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By
Ben Greenberg on
July 11, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact:
Mark Russell
mrussell [at] phrusa [dot] com
Cell: +1-617-909-9160
Cambridge, MA – Obama Administration officials stated Friday, as reported by Lara Jakes of the Associated Press, that they had no grounds to investigate the 2001 deaths of Taliban prisoners of war who allegedly were killed by U.S.-backed forces. In their statement, these officials claim that [...]
Posted in Conflict, Custody, Forensic, General Human Rights, News Coverage
| Tagged Add new tag, afghanistan, associated press, barack obama, dasht-e-leili, geneva conventions, lara jakes, massacre, nathaniel raymond, new york times, rashid dostum, Susannah Sirkin, taliban, us forces
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By
Jonathan Hutson on
July 10, 2009
The New York Times is reporting new evidence that the Bush Administration impeded at least three federal investigations into an alleged massacre of as many as 2,000 prisoners in Afghanistan. This major investigative piece, now available online and slated for the front page of the July 11 print edition, represents the culmination of nearly eight [...]
Posted in Conflict, Custody, Forensic, General Human Rights, News Coverage, Take Action
| Tagged AAAS, afghanistan, bush administration, cia, dasht-e-leili, Dept. of Justice, Dostum, fbi, geneva conventions, Guantanamo, ISAF, James Risen, mass graves, nathaniel raymond, nato, new york times, president obama, sheberghan, state department, Susannah Sirkin, taliban, UN, war crimes
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By
Ben Greenberg on
April 26, 2009
On Wednesday, just after the Senate Armed Services Committee released its report on the Bush Administration’s torture program, Firedoglake hosted a live online chat with Nathaniel Raymond, Director of PHR’s Campaign Against Torture. Firedoglake’s Christy Hardin Smith introduced the online discussion, saying:
As the details spill out, again and again two names keep appearing — James Mitchell and [...]
Posted in Custody, News Coverage, Torture
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By
Ben Greenberg on
January 23, 2009
Yesterday, President Obama lifted the spirits of all who oppose torture and hope for a return to the rule of law in the United States. In a series of three executive orders, President Obama made major reversals on Bush Administration interrogation and detention policies.
President Barack Obama began overhauling U.S. treatment of terror suspects Thursday, signing [...]
Posted in Custody, Torture
| Tagged al-qaida, army field manual, barack obama, behavioral science consultants, bush administration, cia, dennis blair, detention, director of national intelligence, executive orders, frank donaghue, guantanamo bay, interrogation, rule of law, taliban, Torture, united states
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