There are currently 40 inmates at Gitmo
Biden Launches Review to Close Guantanamo Bay Prison
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Falsely Imprisoned Guantanamo Inmate Appeals to Biden For Release
Ahmed Rabbani was kidnapped in 2002
Obama Signs 2013 NDAA, Blocking Closure of Gitmo
Obama Signs 2013 NDAA, Blocking Closure of Gitmo | Obama initially threatened a veto, but signed it into law anyways
Last Western Gitmo Detainee Transferred Out After 10 Years
The last Westerner in the Guantanamo Bay detention facility has been transfered out to a maximum security prison in his home country of Canada. Omar Khadr was 15 years old when he was captured in Afghanistan in 2002. In 2010, he plead guilty under terms of a plea deal...
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...
Gitmo Detainee Testimony of CIA Torture Likely to Be Kept Secret By War Court
When the pre-trial hearings for Guantanamo detainee Abd al Rahim al Nashiri reconvene next month, they are expected to be closed to the public in order to keep secret the brutal torture he suffered at the hands of the CIA. Nashiri is accused of planning the 2000...
Partisan Dispute on Gitmo Hides Consensus on Detention Policy
There is a political fight in Washington over the US prison at Guantanamo Bay. The Obama administration and those who support it want to maintain the inhumane system of indefinite detention without charge or trial, but move the prison to US soil. Those in opposition...
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...
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...
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...
