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Omar Khadr, who was once one of the youngest prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, was released on bail in Canada on Thursday. He said of his newfound freedom that what he was experiencing was “much better” than he had thought it would be. On this week’s “Unauthorized Disclosure” episode, Janice Williamson, editor of the book, Omar Khadr: […]

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Omar Khadr, who was once one of the youngest prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, was released on bail in Canada on Thursday. He said of his newfound freedom that what he was experiencing was “much better” than he had thought it would be. On this week’s “Unauthorized Disclosure” episode, Janice Williamson, editor of the book, Omar Khadr: […]

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Here’s Kevin with the details for this week’s episode of Unauthorized Disclosure: A military memo shows that that personnel at Guantanamo recognized that force-feeding Guantanamo prisoners on hunger strike violated medical ethics and international law. Jason Leopold, a VICE News journalist, reported on the document, which he obtained, and explained it could be important in the case of a […]

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/ January 18, 2015 / Comments Off on Podcast: Journalist Dan Cohen on What He Saw as Gaza Endured Deadly Winter Storm

Podcast: Journalist Dan Cohen on What He Saw as Gaza Endured Deadly Winter Storm

Selfie with the greatest threat to Israel. pic.twitter.com/kJXtNrmdB1 — Dan Cohen (@dancohen3000) January 5, 2015 On this year’s first episode of Unauthorized Disclosure Kevin Gosztola and I speak with journalist Dan Cohen about his experience reporting from the besieged and devastated Gaza Strip following Israel’s summertime assault, which killed over 2,200 people, including more than 500 children, and […]

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/ October 21, 2014 / Comments Off on Podcast: Guantanamo Prisoner’s Attorney on Importance of Public Seeing Videos of His Forced-Feedings

Podcast: Guantanamo Prisoner’s Attorney on Importance of Public Seeing Videos of His Forced-Feedings

On this week’s episode of Unauthorized Disclosure Kevin Gosztola and I speak with Cori Crider of Reprieve about the ongoing torture of her client, Guantanamo prisoner Abu Wa’el Dhiab. During the discussion portion, we chat about the outrageous police violence and brave activism we witnessed in St. Louis during Ferguson October. (Download the episode here or subscribe for free on iTunes here). More details from […]

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On this week’s episode of Unauthorized Disclosure, Kevin Gosztola and I spoke with Mary Wareham of Human Rights Watch about autonomous killer robots. (You can download the episode here or subscribe for free on iTunes here) Wareham is the advocacy director of HRW’s arms division, where she leads the global coalition to stop killer robots. She […]

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Over 100 Guantanamo prisoners have been on hunger strike since February to protest indefinite detention without charge trial at the hands of the U.S. government. At least 40 hunger strikers are being force-fed to prevent death, a procedure human rights organizations say amounts to torture. In case you had any doubts about the validity of […]

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In 2008, President Obama ran on a promise to close Guantanamo within the first year of his presidency. Five years and a second term later, our modern-day gulag is still open and operating under a policy of indefinite detention solidified by none other than Obama himself. But the detainees have had enough. The military admitted […]

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