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By: “Model Prisoner” at Guantánamo, Tortured in the “Dark Prison,” Loses Habeas Corpus Petition « freedetainees.org

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:21:46 +0000

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Uighur Protest In Guantánamo: Photos by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:22:01 +0000

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By: Andy Worthington

Andy Worthington — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:35:57 +0000

And my reply:

Thanks, Amy. Sadly, the fearful rhetoric seems only to be increasing as the months wear on and no one is released. I didn’t think it would be easy when Obama came in, but I didn’t realize it would be this hard.
Best,
Andy

By: Andy Worthington

Andy Worthington — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:35:31 +0000

This from Amy (over on Facebook actually):

Hi Andy,
I always read your articles — as does almost everyone here at the Uyghur Human Rights Project, I think. You are one of the very few people who reports accurately on the Gitmo Uyghurs. The amount of misinformation out there is astounding.
Keep up the good work!
Best,
Amy

By: Andy Worthington

Andy Worthington — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:36:01 +0000

Thanks, Paul. Encouragement like that really helps in the morning as I switch on the computer and wonder what new nonsense regarding Guantanamo is about to assail me.

At least Dick Cheney has shut up for a few days — or maybe I’ve just filtered him out …

By: Paul Siemering

Paul Siemering — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:22:13 +0000

Thanks Andy for staying on top of this case- and all the others. You are doing great and absolutely vital work.

By: Nury Turkel

Nury Turkel — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:29:57 +0000

Looks like the Uyghurs will be the ones turning the lights out at Guantanamo.

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Free The Guantánamo Uighurs! by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:59:17 +0000

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By: Andy Worthington

Andy Worthington — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:03:14 +0000

Great idea, Frances, and TD, thanks for the embellishment. I’d like to point out that I missed this story on Friday, and only picked up on it after TD tore into the Justice Department on his blog:
http://thetalkingdog.com/archives2/001312.html

TD also admitted that he’d only picked up on it after seeing a piece written by Andrew McCarthy in National Review Online, and I loved the following, in which TD explained the frame of reference for a debate between himself and McCarthy:

McCarthy says: “Fie!” “Great Writ, my ass, these are ~~swarthy Arab~~ nasty Chinese terrrrrorists!” TD says “we are either governed by the rule of law, or we are not.”

Brilliant!

By: Frances Madeson

Frances Madeson — Sun, 31 May 2009 23:27:57 +0000

I think I have a solution. After reading the delightful conditions under which the Uighurs are housed in Guantanamo (page 5), the administration should simply ask for American volunteers who might wish to change places with them. The nutjobs could keep up their prison census, jobless Americans could have the benefit of picnics and free air conditioning, and the Uighurs could taste the freedom they long for. No one need be the wiser.