http://detainees.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for detainees en Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:00:28 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2040928 unknown@Netscape.com The Bush administration cannot legally detain an immigrant it believes is an al-Qaida sleeper agent without charging him, a divided federal appeals court ruled Monday. Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:00:28 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2040928bushdetaineesguantanamoHabeasCorpusNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1940334 unknown@Netscape.com The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a measure that would require the secretary of defense to draw up a plan to transfer all detainees out of Guantanamo. Fri, 18 May 2007 03:26:05 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1940334guantanamodetaineesSecretaryofdefensePoliticsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1912825 unknown@Netscape.com Debating the treatment of foreign detainees at Tuesday night's debate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said he thought the US should "double" the number of prisoners held in Guantanamo Bay Cuba. Wed, 16 May 2007 07:17:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1912825MittRomney2008electionsguantanamodetaineesdebateNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1767747 unknown@Netscape.com Three boys stumble out of the back of a border patrol van. Their sweatshirts, jeans, and boots are filthy, and their lips are flaky. One boy has red cheeks, chapped by the cold desert wind The boys each clutch a small bag. Sun, 06 May 2007 19:46:41 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1767747borderpatrolTheboysamericasyoungdetaineesfilthystumbleamericaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1264461 unknown@Netscape.com The Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday from Guantanamo detainees who want challenge their five-year-long confinement in court, a victory for the Bush administration's legal strategy in its fight against terrorism. Mon, 02 Apr 2007 17:34:41 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1264461guantanamosupremecourtdeniesappealdetaineesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1169147 unknown@Netscape.com George W. Bush does not want to be rescued. The president has been told countless times, by a secretary of state, by members of Congress, by heads of friendly governments - and by the American public - that the GuantÃ;¡namo Bay detention camp has profoundly damaged this nation's credibility as a champion of justice and h Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:25:17 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1169147bushguantanamodetaineesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1117765 unknown@Netscape.com Two former Guantanamo Bay detainees are suing former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and other military officials, accusing them of mistreating and imprisoning them for years despite knowing they weren't enemy combatants. Fri, 23 Mar 2007 06:38:30 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1117765detaineesNotenemyCombatantsRumsfeldNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1018915 unknown@Netscape.com Eleven detainees have escaped from a British military prison in southern Iraq, the British Army has said. Ten of them had "swapped" places with visitors over the past week, an Army spokesman said. Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:41:25 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1018915iraqdetaineesescapeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1005224 unknown@Netscape.com The struggle against torture and cruel treatment of prisoners by the U.S. received a major boost this week. In its recently concluded meeting, the National Association of Evangelicals board of directors last weekend endorsed an important new statement - An Evangelical Declaration of Torture: Human Rights in an Age of Terror. Thu, 15 Mar 2007 19:07:16 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1005224tortureinjusticeevangelicalsterrorismdetaineesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/981913 unknown@Netscape.com The uncoupling of American evangelism from the administration of George Bush gathered pace yesterday when one of the largest national umbrella groups of socially conservative Christians issued a statement critical of US policy towards detainees and repudiating torture as a tactic in the war on terror. Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:03:41 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/9819138thAmendmenttortureevangelicalsdetaineesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/811208 unknown@Netscape.com The 2006 Military Commissions Act has eliminated habeas corpus jurisdiction over lawsuits by GuantÃ;¡namo detainees and that the Constitution requires no judicial review, even if the detainees are held there for the rest of their lives. Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:49:32 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/811208militarycommissionsACTHabeasCorpusJudicialreviewdetaineesConstitutionalityNews http://web2announcer.com/go/617660 unknown@Netscape.com Human Rights Watch welcomed this week's jail sentence against a CIA contractor who was convicted of beating an Afghan detainee, but the New York-based group said it was "singular exception to an otherwise poor record of accountability." Fri, 16 Feb 2007 22:50:58 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/617660ciaContractorsaccountabilitydetaineesSentencinghumanrightsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/483876 unknown@Netscape.com Boeing helps CIA fly kidnapped suspects abroad for torture. "All the people were in black clothes and black masks. They put earplugs in my ears and a sack over my head." After putting chains on his legs, they led him onto the plane. "They threw me on the floor and injected me with something. I blacked out." Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:40:47 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/483876ciakidnappingdetaineesterroristsboeingNews http://web2announcer.com/go/196609 unknown@Netscape.com A Pentagon official who criticized American law firms for defending detainees at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay apologized in a letter to the editor published in The Washington Post on Wednesday. Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:45:20 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/196609pentagonofficialsapologizesdetaineeslawersNews http://web2announcer.com/go/194340 unknown@Netscape.com Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense of Detainee Affairs Curtis Stimson's comments urging corporate America to punish law firms that defend Gitmo detainees are causing the legal community to come together in a rare display of near-universal condemnation. Tue, 16 Jan 2007 21:43:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/194340CurtisStimsonguantanamoBaydetaineeslegalNews http://web2announcer.com/go/133404 unknown@Netscape.com Evidence of prisoner abuse at GuantÃ;Æ;Ã;'Ã;â;;Ã;¡namo is overwhelming - and it hasn't made anyone safer. Sat, 13 Jan 2007 01:31:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/133404powGuantanomotortureCampsdetaineesNotProsecutedNews http://web2announcer.com/go/58740 unknown@YahooMyWeb.com No description for this story Tue, 02 Jan 2007 07:20:26 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/58740iraqstatesUnited Statesstategovernmentpolice stateofficersofficertyrannyBush Administrationdetaineesabc newsdetaineeAmericansillegal aliensgovernmentsrepublicansprotestsIsraelprotest http://web2announcer.com/go/436 unknown@Netscape.com The prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay during the war on terror have attacked their military guards hundreds of times, turning broken toilet parts, utensils, radios and even a bloody lizard tail into makeshift weapons, Pentagon reports say. Mon, 31 Jul 2006 22:08:40 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/436NewsdetaineesmilitaryGuantanamo Baygitmo