"OUTLAWED" excerpts, pt. 1: Gitmo Detainees Tortured

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Today's episode of Boing Boing video is an excerpt from OUTLAWED, a film produced by WITNESS, in partnership with more than a dozen other human rights groups around the world.

The future of the prison at Guantánamo Bay, and of the men held there, has been at the top of the news this week -- President Obama has ordered the facility closed, one released detainee has now become the head of Al Qaeda in Yemen, and some around the world are calling for war crimes tribunals to be held over the torture some prisoners survived during rendition.

In this Boing Boing video episode, we are introduced to Binyam Ahmed Mohamed, an Ethiopian man in his thirties (ACLU bio and a detailed report about his case here). Mr. Mohamed survived extraordinary rendition, secret detention, and torture by the U.S. government working with various other governments worldwide.

The story of what he endured, which included horrific sexual violence during interrogation, was painful for us to watch in the studio, when we were editing this preview piece. But all of us on the BB Video team felt like this was an incredibly important story for the world to hear, and we were grateful for the ability to draw greater attention to the story at this time.

OUTLAWED was produced around the time when the Council of Europe issued a report on the topic of extraordinary rendition and torture involving America's "War on Terror." To document why those issues matter, WITNESS created a coalition with a number of US human rights and social justice 'project partners' such as Amnesty and the ACLU to distribute the video.

Mr. Mohamed is still being held at Guantánamo Bay.

Complete blog post here, with more links, background on Mohamed's case, and updates as they become available:
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/01/23/boing-boing-video-ou.html

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[Aboxatax]

I was never mad nor will I ever give a shit about 9-11. Bad things happen everyday to all kinds of people. 9-11 was a job interview. If you are in the military, please do not speak for me motherfucker. I was in the military. I saw how stupid most US soldiers/sailers are. I don't give a shit about them or their families. I care more about this guy who was subjected to the US's shittyness.

[dadautube]

yeah, and i add to it: execute "robbedoes1985" with them too so he won't go on saying stupid things like this in the future!

[masflojo]

They may throw acid in the face of women in Iran and Afghanistan, but the U.S. had murdered more innocent people in the past 30 years than any other country or organization. The U.S. government is a mass murdering, raping and torturing group of criminals.

[MEpianist]

We're a nation (was) of laws. Fuck you if you spit on my country's foundation. Fuck you if you support torture these war-pigs.

[PNACATTACKdotCOM]

"Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or who says it."

~ Malcolm X

[PNACATTACKdotCOM]

EXCELLENT UPLOAD!

I honor You true AMERICANS!

"Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or who says it."

~ Malcolm X

[Dollorone]

The terrorist weren't even tortured that is what the liberals want you to believe look at a video I put together. They liberals said they were tortured all lies, you see those four Chinese terrorists release and they don't look like they have been tortured which they haven't. they are swimming over there in Bermuda. Go take a look at our soldiers in Vietnam now they were tortured, example John McCain when he came out of the Hanoi Hilton he was very skinny and he had lots of broken bones.

[peeboYA]

muslims beleive in violence and all things evil they are the fuckin scum of this earth fuck all of u burn in hell

[JohnnyRock2000]

The U.S. is feared and shamed the world over.

[Golferdude50]

WORST atrocities? What the fuck is wrong with you buddy. Look at the muslim world, in their society it is okay to throw acid in a woman's face if she is unveiled. I want to know what great country your from.

[log140]

... in the beginning it was the "terrorists"...

than the "liberals"... than whoever was of a diffrent oppinion!!! dictatorship in the usa?! cannot believe this is happening... torture is a war-crime!! nobody told bush ... they were all jumping arround saying "jawohl, mein führer"...

[nuspickle]

American scum you say? Tell me sir, Are Australian troops not fighting this horrid war among American scum? And while we are speaking of atrocities, tell me what happened to the indigenous people who one inhabited New Zealand? When in a glass house do not throw stones my friend. (P.S. human nature is brutal and atrocious not American nature.)