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U.K. Court Orders Disclosure of Binyam Mohamed’s Torture Allegations

By | 10.19.09 | 8:39 am

A British High Court on Friday ordered that previously redacted text concerning the alleged torture of former Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed must be made public.

This is a breakthrough for Mohamed, because while he claims that he was tortured while detained in Pakistan and interrogated by U.S. More…

Obama Signs U.N. Statement Decriminalizing Homosexuality

By | 03.19.09 | 11:41 am

You wouldn’t think it would be news that the president of the United States went along with 66 other nations to sign a statement declaring that homosexuality should not be a crime. But after eight years of President George W. Bush, you can’t take anything for granted. So President Obama’s More…