Gavin Newsom Signs Bill Banning For-Profit Prisons, Immigration Detention Facilities
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Friday that will prohibit for-profit prisons and immigration detention centers from operating inside the state.
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Family of Freed American Prisoner Thanks Donald Trump for ‘Engaging Directly with North Korea’
The family of freed American prisoner Tony Kim thanked President Trump for “engaging directly with North Korea.” The statement was released as Kim and two other former prisoners flew home with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday.
Mike Pompeo in North Korea: ‘We’re Not Going to Relieve Sanctions’
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told reporters on a flight to North Korea Wednesday that the United States is “not going to relieve sanctions” without having fully eliminated the threat from Kim Jong-un’s rogue communist regime, despite the reported release of unjustly imprisoned Americans in the country.
Donald Trump Announces Freedom for American Citizens Detained in North Korea
“I am pleased to inform you that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in the air and on his way back from North Korea with the 3 wonderful gentlemen that everyone is looking so forward to meeting,” Trump announced on Twitter. “They seem to be in good health.”
President Trump Reverses Obama Order to Shut Down Guantánamo Bay
President Trump announced during the State of the Union address that he had signed an executive order to keep the Guantánamo Bay detention facility open, reversing a key Obama administration decision to shut it down.
Human Rights Watch: Turkey Torturing Prisoners With Beatings, Threats Of Rape, Castration
TEL AVIV – Turkish authorities reportedly tortured political detainees after a failed military coup led to thousands of arrests during the government-declared state of emergency, NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) has alleged.
Pentagon Transfers Libyan Detainees from Guantánamo Bay to Senegal
The latest move in President Obama’s bid to close the Guantánamo Bay prison facility involves the transfer of two Libyan detainees to Senegal.
Obama’s Guantánamo Bay Closure Plan Will Cost $475 Million
President Obama has unveiled his proposal to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, transferring the remaining terrorist detainees to mainland U.S. facilities at a cost of some $475 million.
Two More Guantánamo Detainees Released from Facility
Tariq Mahmoud Ahmed Al Sawah and Abd Al Aziz Abduh Abdallah Ali Al Suwaydi have been released from Guantánamo Bay detention camp, bringing the detainee total at the facility down to 91 individuals.
White House: $1.7 Billion To Iran A ‘Good Deal For Taxpayers’
The Obama administration is defending the $1.7 billion payment to Iran as a “a very good deal for taxpayers,” after the United States made a deal with the rogue nation around the same time as the release of five detained Americans from Iranian custody.
U.S. Releases Two Al-Qaeda-Linked Detainees from Guantánamo Bay
Two Guantánamo detainees from Yemen have been transferred from the detention center and relocated to Ghana, marking the beginning of an expected 17 imminent departures from the naval base. Now, just 105 detainees remain at Guantánamo Bay.
Obama Stalls Gitmo Hearings While Demanding Closure, Federal Judge Says
A federal judge is fed up with the Obama administration for its insistence upon adding additional hurdles to Guantánamo Bay detainee hearing procedures, while at the same time demanding the close of the base.
Pentagon Mulls Moving Guantánamo Bay Detainees to Colorado, South Carolina
The Pentagon is scheduled to release its list of alternative facilities for holding former Guantánamo Bay prisoners after President Obama closes the facility, over the objections of Congress and a hefty majority of the American people.
Report: Assad Regime Made Tens of Thousands ‘Disappear’
A new report from Amnesty International charges the Assad regime with making over 65,000 Syrians ‘disappear’ during four years of civil war, an “organized attack against the civilian population” carried out not just for political gain, but for profit.
Senator Cotton: Terrorists ‘Can Rot In Hell’
On February 4, Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) lashed out against those pretending the closure of Guantanamo Bay will save America from terror attacks and said that as far as he’s concerned, terrorists “can rot in hell.”
