"Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison."
- Henry David Thoreau
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NDAA Threatens Free Speech
RT America (7:17)
This statute can legally detain anyone suspected of having terrorist ties indefinitely and without charge or trial, including journalists covering terrorism.
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NDAA: Death to Due Process
Activist Daniel Ellsberg (7:56)
This famous whistleblower describes the National Defense Authorization Act's military detention provision as a "systematic assault on the Constitution."
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Obama Signs NDAA Bill
Attorney Michael Ratner - CCR (14:32)
The U.S. has now legalized indefinite detention by our military of anyone in the world - including American citizens - without proper safeguards and oversight.
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Gitmo: Starving for Justice
Artist: Ludovico Einaudi (7:23)
The Guantanamo Bay detainees are tortured, particularly those who attempt to assert their right to protest the injustice of their detention by participating in a hunger strike.
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Annual Gitmo Fast for Justice
Lawyer Ramzi Kassem (4:23)
Human rights groups around the world continue to take part in actions and protests around the world, including the Center for Constitutional Rights, which represents Gitmo detainees.
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Doctors of the Dark Side
Torture of Hunger Strikers (2:23)
The scandal is how American physicians and psychologists facilitate the torture of detainees in U.S.-controlled military prisons to break the wills of hunger-striking prisoners.
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