World-News

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/01/11-2

Obama to Sanction Indefinite Gitmo Detention
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2011/01/11-1

Close Guantánamo
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/01/11-9

Justice Department Blockaded, No Arrests Made, in Shut Down Guantanamo Action Today
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/01/11-16

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What U.S. "Justice" Signifies Around The World

By Glenn Greenwald

We have the spectacle of Julian Assange's lawyers citing the Obama administration's policies of rendition and indefinite detention at Guantanamo as a reason why human rights treaties bar his extradition to any country (such as Sweden) which might transfer him to American custody.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27245.htm



WikiLeaks Founder Said to Fear 'Illegal Rendition' to U.S.

Lawyers acting for Julian Assange, the founder of the WikiLeaks antisecrecy group, said on Tuesday they would argue against a demand for his extradition to Sweden on the grounds that he might subsequently face "illegal rendition" to the United States, risking imprisonment at Guantánamo Bay, or even the death penalty.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/12/world/europe/12assange.html?_r=1



Soldier's inhumane imprisonment

Pfc. Bradley Manning, can't reasonably complain that the military has him in custody. But the conditions under which he is being held at the Marine detention center at Quantico, Va., are so harsh as to suggest he is being punished for conduct of which he hasn't been convicted.

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-manning-20110110,0,3558552.story


From Information Clearing House

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Nine Years Later: The Political Prisoners of Guantanamo

Andy Worthington, Truthout: "Political prisoners? Surely, that can't be right, can it? Surely, it's only dictatorships in far-flung corners of the world who hold political prisoners, and not the United States of America? Sadly, no. As the 'War on Terror' prison established by President Bush begins its tenth year of operations, and as it begins to be forgotten that President Obama swept into office issuing an executive order promising to close the prison within a year, but failed spectacularly to do so, the bleak truth is that, for a majority of the 173 men held at Guantanamo, their chances of being released, or of receiving anything resembling justice, have receded to such an extent in the last two years that most face indefinite detention without charge or trial and may still be in Guantanamo a year from now, two years from now, or even five, ten or twenty years from now."

http://www.truth-out.org/the-political-prisoners-guantanamo66746



The Philosophies That Put People Behind Bars

Mike Konczal, new deal 2.0: "Following Lynn Parramore's piece on solitary confinement, it's important to note that criminal sentencing reform will be on the table in 2011. Collapsing state budgets and ever-increasing prison populations (and the costs associated with them) will force the issue. Republican Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels has recently endorsed a plan to help reduce the prison population. As this issue unfolds, it is important to understand how we got here in the first place. First, having so much of our population behind bars is a new phenomenon, going back to 1980."

http://www.truth-out.org/the-philosophies-that-put-people-behind-bars66732



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