http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/clive_stafford_smith en http://images.newstatesman.com/users/avatars/clive-stafford-smith.jpg http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/clive_stafford_smith http://www.newstatesman.com/human-rights/2009/03/binyam-prison-free-torture http://www.newstatesman.com/human-rights/2009/03/binyam-prison-free-torture Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:49:45 GMT Clive Stafford Smith Binyam Mohamed is free at last. But will he ever truly be free from the memory of what happened to him in the “Dark Prison”?

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/human-rights/2009/02/torture-miliband-british http://www.newstatesman.com/human-rights/2009/02/torture-miliband-british Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:29:07 GMT Clive Stafford Smith How has a basically decent person such as David Miliband got himself into such a muddle over torture?

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/human-rights/2009/01/obama-guantanamo-bush http://www.newstatesman.com/human-rights/2009/01/obama-guantanamo-bush Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:35:41 GMT Clive Stafford Smith It is the most potent symbol of the abuses of the Bush era: Obama's swift decision to shut down Guantanamo Bay prison has been hailed as a new dawn for justice

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/human-rights/2008/06/music-binyam-torture-british http://www.newstatesman.com/human-rights/2008/06/music-binyam-torture-british Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:43:01 GMT Clive Stafford Smith Binyam Mohammed, the British resident detained in Guantanamo, has been subjected to so much psychological torture by music that he could almost make his own gruesome compilation album

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/human-rights/2008/04/british-torture-saudi-bill http://www.newstatesman.com/human-rights/2008/04/british-torture-saudi-bill Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMT Clive Stafford Smith The draft Torture Damages Bill is a fundamental test of the British government's commitment to human rights

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/human-rights/2008/03/lush-oracle-fair-reading http://www.newstatesman.com/human-rights/2008/03/lush-oracle-fair-reading Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT Clive Stafford Smith Human rights are trampled in unlikely places: a shopping centre in Reading is the latest example

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/world-affairs/2008/02/guantanamo-bay-reprieve-smith http://www.newstatesman.com/world-affairs/2008/02/guantanamo-bay-reprieve-smith Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT Clive Stafford Smith With Guantanamo Bay under the spotlight, Clive Stafford Smith explains why Reprieve's campaign against illegal detention has joined up with a surprising partner...

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/human-rights/2008/02/yemen-give-rely-europe-america http://www.newstatesman.com/human-rights/2008/02/yemen-give-rely-europe-america Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT Clive Stafford Smith "It's sad," said the imam. "In Yemen, we can't afford human rights for ourselves. We must rely on you, from Europe and America, to give them to us"

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2007/12/prisoners-christmas-eid http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2007/12/prisoners-christmas-eid Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:12 GMT Clive Stafford Smith Despatches from Guantanamo

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/human-rights/2007/10/guantanamo-underwear-shaker http://www.newstatesman.com/human-rights/2007/10/guantanamo-underwear-shaker Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:00:00 GMT Clive Stafford Smith Who was smuggling illegal underwear to my client in Guantanamo? I would have to investigate

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