With last week’s transfer of four more detainees to the UAE and Saudi Arabia, President Obama will leave office tomorrow with 31 uncharged individuals remaining detained at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, potentially for the duration of U.S. hostilities with al Qaeda. (Ten others have been charged in the military commissions system, of whom seven […]
GTMO at the End of the Obama Administration: 31 Uncharged Detainees Remain…
Oman Accepts 10 Guantanamo Bay Detainees…
Oman has accepted 10 inmates from the US prison at Guantanamo Bay in advance of President Barack Obama leaving office, the country’s foreign ministry announced. There was no immediate word from the US defence department about the transfer. Oman on Monday said it accepted the prisoners at Obama’s request. It did not name the prisoners…
Wondering and Waiting at Guantánamo Bay…
It’s Saturday at the communal prison for cooperative captives, and Donald Trump’s inauguration is more than a month away. A Yemeni detainee inside a cellblock is waving a piece of artwork depicting a question mark at his guards through one-way glass. It has a padlock for a dot…
Miami Herald Journalist Sues Defense Department Over Guantánamo Staffing Data…
One of the country’s leading reporters on the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is suing the Pentagon over its delay in providing figures for staffing levels at the controversial facility…
‘Guantánamo Diary’ Author Released After 14 Years Without Charge…
After unlawfully imprisoning our client Mohamedou Ould Slahi at Guantánamo for 14 years without charge or trial, the U.S. government has finally released him. He is now home in his native Mauritania…
‘Sodomized’ Guantánamo Captive Recovering After Surgery. Prison: No comment…
An alleged accomplice in the Sept. 11 terror attacks underwent reconstructive surgery for decade-old damage from his “sodomy” in CIA custody and was to be returned to his clandestine prison to recuperate
Former Gitmo Detainee Bumps Into Former Guard, Invites Him Into His Home…
When the two men met by chance in London more than a decade after Begg’s release, the former inmate invited his guard to his home…
Half of Gitmo’s Uncharged Detainees Cleared for Release…
In addition to the 10 detainees actually charged with something, Guantanamo Bay continues to hold some 66 detainees totally uncharged with any crime…
U.S. Delivers 2 Guantánamo Captives to Serbia. Never Charged With a Crime (More)…
Two war-on-terror captives who got to Guantánamo on the same day, left on the same plane 14 years and 5 months later…