{"id":395,"date":"2004-03-15T09:59:40","date_gmt":"2004-03-15T13:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/wordpress\/?p=395"},"modified":"2004-03-15T09:59:40","modified_gmt":"2004-03-15T13:59:40","slug":"so-now-we-know-torture-is-routinely-used-by-the-us-in-guantanamo-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=395","title":{"rendered":"So now we know: torture is routinely used by the US in Guant?namo Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ken Coates<br \/>\nSaturday March 13, 2004<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/comment\/story\/0,3604,1168452,00.html\">The Guardian <\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Truly we live in dark times. A sure sign that the nights are getting longer, even as springtime approaches, comes from the intensity of anxieties about torture. All the time there are reports of new atrocities &#8211; in Sudan, among British victims in Saudi Arabia, and of course in the war on terror. Later this month in Geneva, the World Organisation Against Torture will tell the UN Commission on Human Rights that &#8220;since the attacks of September 11, numerous states have adopted or announced measures that are incompatible with their obligations under international law&#8221;. At the same time that we face new atrocities in Madrid, we hear the voices of the first Britons released from Guant?namo Bay where, according to former detainee Jamal al-Harith, they endured a regime of unremitting cruelty. <\/p>\n<p>He describes systematic humiliation, clearly aimed at corroding the humanity of the victims, and which included exposing devout Muslims to insult by prostitutes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/comment\/story\/0,3604,1168452,00.html\">read more><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.russfound.org\">The Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/observer.guardian.co.uk\/print\/0,3858,4879508-102285,00.html\"><b>How we survived jail hell<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>For two years the Tipton Three have been silent prisoners in Guantanamo Bay. Now, in this remarkable interview with David Rose, they describe for the first time the extraordinary story of their journey from the West Midlands to Camp Delta<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/observer.guardian.co.uk\/print\/0,3858,4879508-102285,00.html\">Part one<\/a>, read <a href=\"http:\/\/observer.guardian.co.uk\/uk_news\/story\/0,6903,1169122,00.html\">part two here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Updated @ 0815, March 16, to include links to &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/observer.guardian.co.uk\/uk_news\/story\/0,6903,1168937,00.html\">How we survived jail hell<\/a>.&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ken Coates Saturday March 13, 2004 The Guardian Truly we live in dark times. A sure sign that the nights are getting longer, even as springtime approaches, comes from the intensity of anxieties about torture. 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