Clive Stafford Smith
Clive Stafford Smith is legal director of the charity Reprieve and has spent more than 20 years representing prisoners on Death Row in the United States. More recently he has represented many of the prisoners in Guantanamo Bay.
Articles by Clive Stafford Smith
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Human Rights
Now that's what I call torture
- 05 June 2008
- 9 comments
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
Human Rights
Torturous arguments
- 10 April 2008
- 1 comment
The draft Torture Damages Bill is a fundamental test of the British government's commitment to human rights
Human Rights
A fair trial is not a “brand issue”
- 13 March 2008
Human rights are trampled in unlikely places: a shopping centre in Reading is the latest example
World Affairs
Guantanamo is pants
- 14 February 2008
- 9 comments
With Guantanamo Bay under the spotlight, Clive Stafford Smith explains why Reprieve's campaign against illegal detention has joined up with a surprising partner...
Human Rights
Too poor to buy justice
- 07 February 2008
- 1 comment
"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"
Human Rights
The case of the contraband underpants
- 25 October 2007
Who was smuggling illegal underwear to my client in Guantanamo? I would have to investigate
Life & Society
A tribute to Anita Roddick
- 12 September 2007
- 4 comments
Clive Stafford Smith pays tribute to the Bodyshop founder and campaigner who died this week aged 64
Human Rights
An unjust trial by media
- 23 August 2007
Some Guantanamo Bay prisoners have been cleared for release. But US defence officials still insist - and the unquestioning media reports - that they are dangerous terrorists. Why would any country want to take them?
Human Rights
From Guantanamo to worse
- 12 July 2007
- 2 comments
Much as the prisoners want to leave the gulag, repatriation could take them to a far worse situation
