Guantanamo Detainee Found Dead, US Military Says

The US military admitted on Monday that a detainee at the Guantanamo Bay prison has died, though they refused to disclose the identity the detainee. The US military's statement said the detainee was found dead in his cell on Saturday afternoon. “While conducting...

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Kuwaiti Gitmo Detainee Fears Indefinite Detention

Mohammed Ahmed al Kandari has been in Guantanamo Bay detention center for almost a decade and, according to his lawyer Lt. Col. Barry Wingard, now defending him before a military tribunal, is likely to be detained indefinitely. A Kuwaiti national, Kandari went to...

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Detainee Acquittal No Guarantee of Freedom

Lawmakers and human rights advocates are questioning the assertion by the administration of President Barack Obama that Guantánamo terror suspects could be imprisoned indefinitely even if they are found not guilty by a U.S. court. That assertion was made at a...

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Afghan Prisoners at US Airbase in Legal Limbo

Following a loss in federal court, the organization representing detainees held by the U.S. without charge at Bagram prison in Afghanistan called on the Barack Obama administration to "reverse the flawed policies of the previous Bush White House" and end the...

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