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Andy Worthington, Truthout: 'For nine and a half years - almost as long as the 'war on terror' has been providing an excuse for paranoia about Muslims in general - the case of US citizen Jose Padilla has demonstrated, to those wiling to pay attention, that something has gone horribly wrong in the United States of America. A former gang member and a convert to Islam, Padilla was arrested at Chicago s O'Hare Airport, in connection with an alleged 'dirty bomb plot' that never existed.... '

http://www.truth-out.org/it-could-be-you-sad-story-jose-padilla-tortured-and-denied-justice/1317399537

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12-year-Old To Be Jailed For Life?

By Change.org

Cristian Fernandez is only 12 years old. And if Florida prosecutor Angela Corey has her way, he will never leave jail again.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29296.htm



Nearly 12,000 Prisoners Join California Hunger Strike To End Torture Conditions

By Jeffrey Kaye

California prisons are a stinking mess, a scandal of gigantic proportions.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29295.htm



Mother of tortured U.S. citizen appeals case to Supreme Court

On Monday, the mother of a U.S. citizen Jose Padilla, who was tortured at a naval base in Charleston asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate a lawsuit against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other government officials on behalf of her son.

http://bit.ly/K3sg9D



Mother of American Torture Victim José Padilla Brings Case Before International Human Rights Tribunal

By ACLU

''The U.S. justice system denied a day in court to a U.S. citizen who was arrested and then tortured on U.S. soil by his own government...''

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33289.htm



José Padilla Torture Case Brought Before Human Rights Tribunal

By Deborah Francois, Sheng Li, and Alaina Varvaloucas

Padilla is the only American citizen to have been seized on U.S. soil, detained as an enemy combatant, kept in incommunicado military detention, and tortured.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33299.htm


From Information Clearing House

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ACLU in Appeals Court to Hold Officials Accountable For Torture of Jose Padilla
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/10/26-1



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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Padilla
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=US+citizen
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=enemy+combatant
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=justice+system
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Human+Rights+Tribunal
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=detention
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=torture
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=American+muslims
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=ACLU
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Andy+Worthington
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Jeffrey+Kaye
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Deborah+Francois
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Sheng+Li
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Alaina+Varvaloucas

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