Responding to the Defense Department's Whitewash

On December 7, 2009, under the direction of Professor Mark Denbeaux, Seton Hall University School of Law's Center for Policy & Research (CP&R) published its 15th GITMO report titled, "Death in Camp Delta," covering three simultaneous deaths on June 9, 2006 in the maximum security Alpha Block.
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By David Swanson

'Prophecy' is the title of a new play by Karen Malpede, and I'm here to attempt the unamerican task of telling you to see it without telling you it's a comedy.  In fact, I'm going to confess that I had to take a break from it and recover before I could write about it. 
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by Gail Davidson LLB

The decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in the Omar Khadr[1] case, which implies that remedies to prevent torture and punish perpetrators are a privilege to be granted or withheld at the pleasure of the Prime Minister, is wrong.

Jacob Zuma, the president of South Africa, is scheduled to deliver a state of the union address to parliament.

Venezuela has signed a series of multibillion-dollar agreements with foreign and domestic companies to develop oil fields in the country's Orinoco region.

Charlie Wilson, the former US congressman famous for funding Afghanistan's mujahidin fighters in their war against the Soviet Union, has died at the age of 76.

The second major snowstorm in less than a week has hit the US east coast, forcing federal and local government agencies, the UN and schools to close.

The US government has imposed fresh sanctions on Iran as Tehran informed nuclear inspectors that it would begin higher-grade uranium enrichment "within a few days".

Haiti has declared Friday a day of mourning to mark one month since a massive earthquake devastated much of the capital Port-au-Prince, amid conflicting death tolls by the government.

A Chinese court has rejected a prominent dissident's appeal against his 11-year jail term for subversion.

Tens of thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets of Tehran to mark the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution amid heavy security to prevent opposition protests.

Shirin Ebadi, Iran's Nobel peace laureate, has said her country faces a catastrophe that could undermine security in the whole region if government repression of the people is not stopped.

Iran's telecommunications agency has announced the suspension of access to Gmail, the Google email service, in the country, according to the Wall Street Journalwebsite.

Iran has produced its first batch of 20 per cent enriched uranium, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the country's president, says.

China is to push ahead with moves to prosecute four employees of Anglo-Australian mining group Rio Tinto Ltd, in a case that has strained relations between China and Australia.

Athletes from North and South Korea will not march together in Friday's opening ceremony for the Vancouver winter Olympics, games officials have said.