CVT In the News
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Guantánamo Bay Prison Must Close After 20 Years of Abuse, Ilhan Omar Says
Rep. Ilhan Omar wrote this op ed on the 20th anniversary of Guantánamo, commenting on the deep impacts and harms caused by the facility and the immediate need to close the prison. She writes, “If the president is to make good on his promise to close the facility, he’ll need to dramatically pick up the pace.”
Source: Teen Vogue
Date: 01/11/2022 -
Legacy of the “Dark Side” - The Costs of Unlawful US Detentions and Interrogations Post-9/11
Human Rights Watch published a detailed report, citing CVT’s report with Physicians for Human Rights which describes medical care failures at Guantanamo.
Source: Human Rights Watch
Date: 01/09/2022 -
Biden Promised to Close Gitmo. Instead, He’s Upgrading It.
As the Biden administration moves to build courtrooms at Guantánamo prison, Shannon Vavra quoted Scott Roehm, Washington director: “There is a consensus that the commissions have failed—but they haven’t failed because of a lack of courtrooms,” Roehm said. “They’ve failed because they were never about justice.”
Source: Daily Beast
Date: 01/05/2022 -
Elon Musk Opens Tesla Showroom in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
A tweet by Dr. Simon Adams, president and CEO, was quoted, stating, “Xinjiang is notorious for its reeducation camps, forced labour & ongoing persecution of #Uyghurs. But where most people see a liability, Elon Musk sees an opportunity.”
Source: Next Shark
Date: 01/04/2022 -
Russia Human Rights Group Ruling
Dr. Simon Adams, president and CEO, was interviewed live on the BBC, discussing Russian President Putin’s shutdown of International Memorial, one of the last remaining human rights orgs in the country.
Source: BBC World News
Date: 12/28/2021 -
Joe Biden Wants More Control Over Guantanamo Bay Prisoners, Objects Congress' Restrictions
Scott Roehm, Washington director, comments that while President Biden is right to oppose restrictions on transfers out of Guantanamo, those provisions “aren't what's preventing him from closing the prison."
Source: Newsweek
Date: 12/27/2021 -
Four Questions That Deserve Answers at the Guantanamo Oversight Hearing
Ahead of next week’s Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Guantánamo Bay prison, Scott Roehm, CVT Washington director, wrote this op ed for The Hill.
Source: The Hill
Date: 12/03/2021 -
The Biden Administration’s Moment of Truth on Torture Evidence
Authors including Scott Roehm, CVT Washington director, write in support of a petition by Abd Al-Rahim Hussein Al-Nashiri, a detainee at Guantánamo prison.
Source: Just Security
Date: 12/01/2021 -
CDC’s Title 42 Ban on Immigration at Southern Border Openly Discriminates without Scientific Basis
Jessica Douglas, external relations officer, CVT Georgia, writes about the CDC’s Title 42 Ban and advocates for its immediate recension.
Source: Medium
Date: 11/29/2021 -
David Weissbrodt, Longtime University of Minnesota Professor Who Founded its Human Rights Center, Dies
The Star Tribune published this article about David Weissbrodt, who was one of CVT’s founders and long-time board member.
Source: Star Tribune
Date: 11/22/2021
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