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...
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8 years later, Guantanamo still angers activists, ex-inmates [AFP]
Human rights groups and former inmates took to the streets in Washington Monday to protest Guantanamo Bay, still open and occupied eight years after it housed its first 21 prisoners. more...