by Naomi Wolf July 25, 2009 There’s a McDonald’s on the high street, suburban houses, rats the size of dogs and 229 of the world’s most high-profile prisoners. Six months after President Obama declared that he would close it down, Naomi Wolf heads to Guantánamo Bay to see whether anything has changed.

by Glenn Greenwald July 21, 2009 A task force appointed by President Obama to issue recommendations on how to close Guantanamo announced yesterday it will miss its deadline and instead needs a six-month extension, potentially jeopardizing Obama’s promise to close Guantanamo within a year.  The announcement was made in a briefing given by four leading Obama officials, [...]

by Mumia Abu-Jamal July 7, 2009 While a young reporter for a local NPR affiliate, housing was my beat. In a city which was the oldest in the United States, there were no shortages of housing issues, for Philadelphia’s housing stock seemed in a permanent state of disrepair, especially in those sections of the city where Blacks, Puerto [...]

Jonathan Cook, Foreign Correspondent May 16, 2009 Nazareth, Israel // The United Nation’s watchdog on torture has criticised Israel for refusing to allow inspections at a secret prison, dubbed by critics as “Israel’s Guantanamo Bay”, and demanded to know if more such clandestine detention camps are operating. In a report published on Friday, the Committee Against Torture requested [...]

Justice on trial aims to highlight cases where there are major concerns of a miscarriage of justice. Duncan Campbell and Eric Allison explain why ‘It’s like being buried alive’ Miscarriage of justice cases have undermined public confidence in the criminal justice system. John Kamara, Paddy Hill and Sean Hodgson describe their experiences Fuente: The Guardian