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behind the bars: guantanamo bay

Younous Chekkouri: My Road to Guantánamo

I guess my tragedy starts from that first day when I was captured by bounty hunters.
Younous Chekkouri
11.13.14
VICE News

Life After Qaddafi - Libya: A Broken State

​Three years after the Libyan revolution and the subsequent downfall of its dictator Muammar Qaddafi, the country has descended further into chaos and insecurity.
VICE News
11.13.14
VICE News

MUNCHIES Guide to the North of England - Episode 4

In this episode, Ben has a peaceful time in the Lake District, Damson plum picking and mushroom foraging - until he's asked to rip the head of a pigeon.
Munchies
11.13.14
americas

Mexico’s President and First Lady Face Scandal Over Lavish 'White House' Mansion

The house is worth more than $6 million, but Enrique Peña Nieto and his soap-star wife never reported it as an asset. Critics say it is linked to a contract with a Chinese state-led consortium to build a bullet train in Mexico.
John Holman
11.13.14
middle east

VICE News Capsule - Thursday, November 13

UN says opium poppy cultivation reaches record high in Afghanistan, Iranian state television airs footage of alleged replica of captured U.S. drone, five major banks fined a total of $4.3 billion in foreign currency investigation, and more.
VICE News
11.13.14
Grime Week

Come to Our Grime Karaoke With Big Narstie and Win a Bunch of Free Things

The night kicks off on November 20; Big Narstie is going to be hosting, with help from Rinse FM’s Julie Adenuga, and sets from Radio 1's Sian Anderson and the infamous Noisey DJs.
VICE Staff
11.13.14
The Banned Books of Guantánamo

Banned Books of Guantánamo: 'Cruel Britannia: A Secret History of Torture' by Ian Cobain

Ian Cobain totally gets why his book is banned from Gitmo.
Ian Cobain
11.13.14
The Banned Books of Guantánamo

Banned Books of Guantánamo: 'The Merchant of Venice' by William Shakespeare

This banned book reflects the "legal nightmare" of Gitmo, argues Melvyn Bragg.
Melvyn Bragg
11.13.14
behind the bars: guantanamo bay

The Prosecutor

Morris Davis was the third Chief Prosecutor of the Guantánamo military commissions. His job was to direct the efforts to prosecute the detainees.
Simon Childs
11.13.14
behind the bars: guantanamo bay

Yemen’s Proposed Rehabilitation Center Isn’t Making Much Progress

Although President Obama has made assurances that Yemen is the model for counterterrorism success, an initiative to build a rehabilitation center to house repatriated Guantánamo detainees from that country is showing little progress.
John Knefel
11.13.14
drugs and crime

A Top UN Official Is Not Happy About US States Legalizing Weed

The organization's anti-narcotics chief said recent votes to legalize marijuana violate the international conventions that guide global drug policy.
Samuel Oakford
11.13.14
News

Talking War Crimes and Being Haunted With a Former Drone Operator

Brandon Bryant assisted in more than 1600 killings during his military career.
Tue Didrichsen & Andreas Digens
11.13.14
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