Despite ten years of occupation and untold millions of dollars spent on rebuilding Afghanistan’s broken judicial and criminal justice system, the Afghan courts are “still too weak,” the Washington Post reported on August 12, for the United States to relinquish its control over the Parwan Detention Center on Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. On September 21, the same paper reported that the U.S. military is seeking contractors to significantly increase the capacity of the prison there. more...

WASHINGTON, DC – While the US House of Representatives chamber filled for a vote today at 4:40pm, Representatives' eyes and ears turned toward the Chamber's gallery as a group of activists interrupted proceedings to call for the closure of Guantanamo Bay prison and denounce provisions in the Defense Appropriations Bill concerning detention policy. more...

The Washington Post printed a letter from Witness Against Torture's Matt Daloisio. more...

Witness Against Torture's sixth letter to the Department of Justice. This latest letter requests a meeting with DoJ staff during the week of June 20, 2011. more...

As the Witness Against Torture Fast for Justice drew to a close on January 22, the end of two weeks of action and our collective returns home were bittersweet. more...

It is hard for us to believe that we have reached the final day of our time together here in DC. And it is even harder to bear the thought that with the recent headline news, our work ahead seems to become both more difficult and more urgent. more...

Even though many of us found it difficult to put one foot solidly in front of the other today, weary from taking shifts on the all-night vigil in front of the Department of Justice, our day was full of discussions with guests around the subject: What’s the next step? more...

So as not to keep you in suspense, once again we were not arrested before the Department of Justice. There was, however, quite a spectacle to behold. 7 or 8 Homeland Security police vehicles, including a police transport wagon, came rolling up with sirens and lights, parked right in front, the police had plastic handcuffs in hand, a police tape was rolled all the way around the group... and then, a phone call? We were told we were free to go? Rest assured, we didn’t go, and haven’t yet. At this writing, we are currently in the middle of an all-night vigil, and the stories will be aplenty tomorrow! more...

WASHINGTON — After a four hour presence at the Department of Justice this afternoon, Witness Against Torture finished its day of action by establishing an overnight vigil that will continue until 8am tomorrow morning, January 20, 2011. more...

Today was one of extremes. We experienced the extremes of ice skating down the streets of Washington DC and then swimming in the warm oceans of Bermuda. We also actively bridged extremes by interweaving visits to the Pentagon and to the Department of Justice. more...