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Ben Wizner on the Hamdan Decision and SentenceThis morning, ACLU attorney Ben Wizner, who's been in Guantánamo for more than two weeks as a human rights of observer of the trial of Salim Hamdan, podcasted his first-hand observations of Hamdan's sentencing yesterday. You can listen to the podcast at www.aclu.org/multimedia/hamdan_sentencing_final.mp3, or you can subscribe to our podcast feed at www.aclu.org/multimedia/pod_rss.xml. You can also read all of Ben's blog dispatches from Guantánamo at blog.aclu.org/tag/Guantanamo-dispatch/.
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Aug 8th, 2008 at 11:59am
On Monday, August 11, at the U.S. District Court House at 500 Pearl St. in Manhattan, at 2:30 pm Dr. Aafia Siddiqui has a bail hearing. If people are in New York, and can find the time, it might be worth attending.
This is not about what she may or may not have done. It is about her detention in Bagram, whether or not she is prisoner 650, the Grey Lady of Bagram, and about extraordinary rendition, known as "disappearing" in Pakistan. It's also about medical care in detention for foreigners in the U.S. And it's about the ability of the U.S. government, in this case, specifically the FBI this time, to tell the truth. She says she was detained in Bagram, she is unsure how long because she couldn't keep track of time there, but believes it was years. The FBI says she was arrested July 17th. Outside of the U.S. the press does not believe the FBI, neither do an array of human rights organizations.
Nov 26th, 2008 at 3:05am
I Seen on Tbs One of the men of the aclu speck of 911,and what was done about freedom act etc.I Believe holy in Pro Life.But i dont Believe your presedent schoulf of made the comment or addressed. nations the root of evil .To think it is one think to say it started iran working on nucleur program.Let God Speak of the wicked as he will on the day of judgement.We are not going to win hearts and souls. of other countrys advisaryor ot by name calling.like to day on the news I Heard it said when the russian nuclear cruiser.buid into dock with one of the oil countrys offering them arms against us. A High member of our goverement asked did they bring A tug boat.God,s son will return in due time it is not up to us to challange god to bring forth the apocolpse.Jesus him self was a humble man as it was writin, even un do his death.We don,t have the right to in flame or try to gain oil or whelth of the poor people of the us and else were to say we are all holy. Jesus said he who has not sined let him be the first to throw the stone.We must Get Filth of are tv;s,Start Being The Country Are for fathers reallt designed to be in there making. And God Will bless America again.If We stay are present path we will lose his favor.See we are Against the radicals misuse of women justly so.But then We Have filth on our tv,s book stores etc etc. Dont Let Us Be sue sayers.Let Us Be Leaders Of Goodness.And Show the world again that we are a god fearing people,s. amen