Comments on: Why Did It Take So Long To Order The Release From Guantánamo Of An Al-Qaeda Torture Victim?

By: What Does It Take to Get Out of Obama’s Guantanamo? « Norcaltruth

What Does It Take to Get Out of Obama’s Guantanamo? « Norcaltruth — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:07:29 +0000

[...] by al-Qaeda (and whose case the Justice Department had pursued in the habeas courts until it was thoroughly humiliated by Judge Richard Leon in June), the government’s lawyers attempted to claim that, because [...]

By: Innocent Guantánamo Torture Victim Fouad al-Rabiah Is Released In Kuwait « freedetainees.org

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 06:32:37 +0000

[...] by unreliable witnesses have been exposed by the judges, as well as other examples of cases that “defie[d] common sense” or exposed the use of torture, but until al-Rabiah’s case was examined, the existence of a [...]

By: 75 Guantánamo Prisoners Cleared For Release; 31 Could Leave Today by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:33:54 +0000

[...] but that have been accompanied by withering criticism from the judges involved (see the cases of Abdul Rahim al-Ginco and Fouad al-Rabiah for the most severe [...]

By: Guantánamo And The Courts (Part Three): Obama’s Continuing Shame by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:40:50 +0000

[...] story did not surface until July, but in the meantime, the other case mentioned above, that of Abdul Rahim al-Ginco, a troubled young Syrian who had traveled to Afghanistan after falling out with his father, [...]

By: Guantánamo As Hotel California: You Can Check Out Any Time You Like, But You Can Never Leave by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:03:19 +0000

[...] Although 15 other prisoners cleared by the courts — 13 Uighurs, Sabir Lahmar, an Algerian, and Abdul Rahim al-Ginco, a Syrian — are awaiting new homes, because of fears that they will face torture — or worse — [...]

By: As Judge Orders Release Of Tortured Guantánamo Prisoner, Government Refuses To Concede Defeat by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 04:14:47 +0000

[...] in humiliation after humiliation, first in the case of Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed, then in the case of Abdul Rahim al-Ginco, a young Syrian who was tortured by al-Qaeda, and now in the case of Mohamed [...]

By: Obama And The Deadline For Closing Guantánamo: It’s Worse Than You Think « Dr Nasir Khan

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:12:17 +0000

[...] percent of the cases on which they have delivered a verdict, ruled that the government either had no case at all, or that its cases were based upon statements by unreliable witnesses, who were tortured, coerced [...]

By: Obama And The Deadline For Closing Guantánamo: It’s Worse Than You Think by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:16:04 +0000

By: Truthsayer

Truthsayer — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:42:18 +0000

I hear black helicopters and see men in black. Get your tin foil hats on guys hurry. You guys are truly scary.

By: Will Eric Holder Be The Anti-Torture Hero? by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:46:10 +0000

[...] — as highlighted in the case of Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed, a Yemeni prisoner, and, in particular, Abdul Rahim al-Ginco, a Syrian whose case was pursued even though he had been tortured by al-Qaeda as a [...]