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The dark truth about closing the Guantánamo Bay prison

originally by: Alternet
published: 20 January 2022

It’s now more than 20 years later and that American offshore symbol of mistreatment and injustice, the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, is still open. In fact, as 2021 ended, New York Times reporter Carol Rosenberg, who has covered that notorious prison complex since its first day, reported on the Pentagon’s plans to build a brand-new prefab courthouse at that naval base.

It’s intended to serve as a second, even more secret facility for holding the four remaining trials of war-on-terror detainees and is scheduled to be ready “sometime in 2023.”

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Sister Helen Prejean: 30-year mission to end capital punishment

Sister Helen Prejean

all credits: KSUT News
published: 7 January 2022

Sister Helen Prejean is known worldwide for her outspoken opposition to the death penalty. Over three decades, she’s worked to increase a national dialogue on capital punishment and to shape the Catholic Church’s vigorous opposition to execution.

She is the author of three books, including Dead Man Walking: The Eyewitness Account Of The Death Penalty that had sparked a national debate. It [also] became a bestseller and an Academy Award-winning movie.

KSUT News spoke to Prejean about her continuing involvement in work to abolish the death penalty.

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Mumia Abu-Jamal remembers Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s visit on death row

source: DemocracyNOW!
published: 28 December 2021

Mumia Abu-Jamal remembers South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who died on Sunday at the age of 90. Tutu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for fighting to end apartheid in South Africa. In 2007, Tutu visited Mumia when he was still on death row.

“His spirit reflected a giant,” says Abu-Jamal. “He struggled for change with his prophetic voice, his sweet humor, his deep love and his boundless sense of compassion.”