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13 hrs ago | Democracy Now

Headlines for May 20, 2013

The United States appears to have carried out its second drone strike inside Yemen in the past three days.

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Related Topix: Prison, National Defense University, Terrorism, US Military Prisons

18 hrs ago | OpEdNews

Divide and Conquer the Congress?

Every time the word " bipartisan " makes it to print the world suffers. When the two rival political syndicates line up in a row in favor of something, it's because their masters feel so strongly about the issue that all other concerns are bulldozed away.

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Related Topix: US News, US Military Prisons, Patriot Act, Prison, Liberal Political News

22 hrs ago | War Is A Crime

Guantanamo Force-Feeding Constitutes Torture

Around 130 of 166 Guantanamo detainees refuse food. They're hunger striking for justice.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Prison, US News, Liberal Political News

23 hrs ago | Salon

How Guantanamo affects China: Our human rights hypocrisies

In May 2012, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner were poised to make a rare double visit to China for a high-level strategic and economic dialogue.

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Related Topix: Activism, World News, China, Asia, US Military Prisons, Prison

Sun May 19, 2013

Salon

Report: Obama to make big speech about drones, Guantanamo

On Thursday, President Obama will reportedly make a big speech to address White House counterterrorism policy, including the closing of Guantanamo Bay and the Administration's use of drone strikes.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Prison, Guantanamo Bay, US Politics, US News, Joe Biden, US Senate, Republican, Senator Rand Paul

The Day

Erosion of rights should not surprise

It's hard not to laugh at the indignation over the Justice Department's seizure of telephone records of the Associated Press and its journalists.

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Related Topix: Prison, US News, US Military Prisons, Cuba, World News,

Free Republic

This is not the President Obama we voted for - Candidate Obama promised a different kind of...

You can argue that Republicans have blocked President Obama from doing just about anything.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Prison

Jerusalem Post

Obama to discuss al-Qaida, drones, Guantanamo Bay

President Barack Obama, under fire for security lapses at a US mission in Libya, will in a speech on Thursday lay out his wide-ranging counter-terrorism policy, from the controversial use of drones to efforts to close the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Military Prisons, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Terrorism, Israel, World News, Middle East

Official Wire News

Obama to speak on legality of drone program

A White House official says Obama will also address other counterterrorism policies, including stalled efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Prison, Libraries

The Brattleboro Reformer

Letter box

In his May 10 letter Mr. Richard Evers outlines the increasingly dire atmosphere and deteriorating conditions at the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Prison, Guantanamo Bay, Big Box Retailers, US News

Lake County Record-Bee

Through my lens: Starving for attention

It's been five years since President Obama promised to shut down Guantanamo Bay, and it's now been 100 days since roughly 80 percent of inmates began a hunger strike.

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Related Topix: Guantanamo Bay, US Military Prisons, Prison

Sat May 18, 2013

War Is A Crime

Why Obama Can & Should Close Guantanamo NOW

It is quite true that the U.S. Congress, both when the Republicans led it under Bush, and since the Democrats took over leadership in 2006, has a shameful record in advancing all sorts of repression.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Prison, US News, 9, Liberal Political News

Examiner.com

Hunger strike at Guantanamo enters 100th day

The prisoners at the United States concentration camp at Guantanamo have decided to fight hard to maintain public awareness internationally of this deep dark chapter in American history.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Prison

Salon

Gitmo hunger strike reaches 100th day

Detainees at Guantanamo Bay prison camp on Friday reached the 100th day of a hunger strike that began in February and has grown to include more than 100 inmates.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Prison, US News, Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay, Activism, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Senator Rand Paul

Star999.com

Rally marks 100 days of Guantanamo hunger strike

Demonstrators rally in New York marking 100 days that prisoners at Guantanamo Bay have been on hunger strike.

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The New Zealand Herald

Riz Ahmed's conflict of love and politics

Actor Riz Ahmed turned stalker for the chance to play opposite Kiefer Sutherland in a new political thriller, writes Helen Barlow.

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Fri May 17, 2013

The Skanner

VIDEO: Guantanamo: Costing $150 Million a Year and Untold Damage to U.S. Reputation

And every day, up to 100 of the 166 inmates send them back. They're protesting their ongoing imprisonment by going on hunger strikes for what is now 100 days.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Military Prisons, Cuba, World News, Guantanamo Bay, US News, Camp Delta

Indy Media

Wrexham: Solidarity with Guantanamo Hunger Strikers

Today, 17 May, is the 100th day of the current GuantA namo hunger strike, with most of the 166 remaining prisoners now refusing food, including British resident Shaker Aamer.

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Related Topix: Flintshire County, Wales, Prison, Wrexham County, Wales, US Military Prisons, World News, United Kingdom

Irish Republican News

Force feeding in Guantanamo Bay

Last Sunday was the 32nd anniversary of the death on hunger strike of Bobby Sands.

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War Is A Crime

Ensure That The NY Times Close Guantanamo Ad Gets Published

We must, must put our strong message of support before the world in the "newspaper of record" next week.

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