# Guantánamo Bay

New 9/11 trial judge won't force it towards end, but wants 'action' after nine years of hearings

The second day of hearings after an 18-month break focused on a review of the judge’s own potential biases.

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Sep 8th 2021, 9:39 PM

# Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

Trial of accused 9/11 mastermind restarts, days before 20th anniversary

The accused have been locked up in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for nearly 15 years.

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Sep 7th 2021, 9:58 PM

Trial date set for alleged mastermind of 9/11 terror attacks

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others in Guantanamo Bay prison camp will go on trial in January 2021.

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Aug 31st 2019, 2:02 PM

Guantanamo 'prepared' for new inmates: US admiral

Obama had tried to shut down the detention centre.

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Feb 15th 2018, 9:00 PM

Final acts as President: Obama moves 10 prisoners from Guantanamo to Oman

The nationality of the ten inmates are unconfirmed.

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Jan 16th 2017, 9:58 PM

# legal limbo

White House to transfer prisoners out of Guantanamo despite Trump's demands

Trump has vowed to “load (Guantanamo) up with some bad dudes” .

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Jan 4th 2017, 7:08 AM

# Transfers

15 detainees transferred out of Guantanamo Bay as Obama seeks to close facility

Once transferred, former inmates are usually freed subject to supervision and undergoing rehabilitation programs.

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Aug 16th 2016, 7:26 AM

# War on Terrorism

Barack Obama is really trying to close Guantanamo Bay prison

“This is about closing a chapter in history,” the US President said today.

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Feb 23rd 2016, 6:48 PM

# Al Qaeda

The accused '9/11 Five' remain in Guantanamo and probably won't ever get a real trial

Attempts to put them on trial in New York for the terrorist attacks backfired.

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Dec 7th 2015, 6:10 PM

# Afghanistan

Man held at Guantánamo Bay for 13 years in case of mistaken identity

Mustafa al-Aziz al-Shamiri has been detained at the camp without charge.

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Dec 2nd 2015, 8:58 AM

# put that away

Guantánamo lawyers banned from bringing detainees fast food and treats

One lawyer called the move “Petty and nasty.”

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May 27th 2015, 8:56 PM

# guantánamo diary

Mohamedou says he's locked up, tortured, and fighting for justice

His book is the first written and released by a Guantánamo detainee.

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Apr 26th 2015, 6:00 PM

Opinion: What my years as a military defence lawyer in Guantánamo forced me to see

Guantánamo Bay has just marked its thirteen anniversary; its legacy is as shameful as it is horrifying.

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Jan 13th 2015, 8:00 PM

Tortured: ‘They called a doctor to check if they could continue without killing me’

Torture survivor Juan Mendez looks back at his harrowing experience, and the challenges facing the global fight against torture, in his role as the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Torture.

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Dec 10th 2014, 8:00 PM

# long walk to freedom

"I would still be in that black hole" - Guantanamo inmates taste freedom after a decade

Uruguay has agreed to take six former prisoners.

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Dec 8th 2014, 9:54 PM

# Human Rights

Poland found to be complicit in US torture programme

The ruling makes Poland the first EU member state to be held to account for involvement in the CIA’s rendition programme.

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Jul 24th 2014, 2:00 PM

# Prisoner of War

Only US soldier held prisoner in Afghanistan freed after five years

Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl was freed in exchange for the release of five Afghan prisoners from Guantanamo Bay.

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May 31st 2014, 6:34 PM

Column: The abuse a US President – and the world – chooses to ignore

In January 2009, Barack Obama signed an executive order to close the notorious detention centre at Guantánamo Bay. Five years on, detainees remain uncharged and subjected to waterboarding, prolonged isolation and force feeding.

Jan 22nd 2014, 7:00 AM

US releases three ethnic Muslims from China held in Guantanamo Bay

The three men were sent to Slovakia as a ban remains in place on transferring any inmates to the US for any reason.

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Dec 31st 2013, 3:00 PM

US court takes up appeal on Gitmo force-feeding

Three Guantanamo detainees want force-feeding banned as they say it is ‘inhumane’.

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Oct 18th 2013, 9:20 PM

Column: Why is Guantanamo Bay still open?

Detainees eligible for release from Guantanamo Bay are caught in limbo: the US won’t accept them and foreign countries are reluctant to take in refugees who have been incarcerated with terrorists, writes Scott Fitzsimmons.

Aug 16th 2013, 7:00 AM

# Not the Koran

The most popular book among Guantanamo inmates is '50 Shades of Grey'

Rather than the Koran the most requested book by Camp Seven detainees – some of the most high-value prisoners – is the hit EL James erotic novel.

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Jul 31st 2013, 8:55 PM

150 doctors write to Obama offering services to Guantánamo hunger strikers

The more than 100 detainees on hunger strike at the detention facility have said that they do not trust military doctors who engaged in painful force-feeding.

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Jun 19th 2013, 6:35 AM

# Dáil Éireann

Group to protest Irish government 'silence' on Guantanamo Bay

Current two-thirds of the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay are on a hunger strike.

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May 23rd 2013, 9:15 AM

# sitdown sunday

Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads

The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.

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May 5th 2013, 10:00 AM

# Syria

Obama: Chemical weapons used in Syria, but we don't know who used them

Obama said there was no evidence to indicate when, who and how chemical weapons were used in Syria as he spoke to the media about Guantanamo Bay and Russian relations earlier today.

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Apr 30th 2013, 5:35 PM

# sitdown sunday

Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads

The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.

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Apr 28th 2013, 10:00 AM

Hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay prison enters seventh week

26 low-risk detainees are now refusing food – more than twice the number from a week ago – in protest at conditions.

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Mar 23rd 2013, 3:20 PM

# CIA

Former CIA agent gets 30 months' jail for naming colleague

John Kiriakou told a journalist the name of a colleague who was involved in torturing suspected al-Qaeda members.

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Oct 23rd 2012, 8:33 PM

# Shannon Airport

'Legal violations' caused by US military and CIA use of Shannon Airport outlined in new booklet

Irish peace groups have outlined the “aviation, human rights, and international humanitarian law” which are being violated by the use of the airport by foreign military.

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Oct 12th 2012, 9:28 AM

# Protest

Group to hold anti-war protest outside Dáil

The Irish Anti War Movement is calling for an end to US military flights out of Shannon Airport.

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Oct 11th 2012, 12:26 PM

# 9/11

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed appears on 2,976 murder charges over 9/11

Mohammed and four alleged co-conspirators appeared in public for the first time in more than three years today.

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May 5th 2012, 3:19 PM

# 9/11 Attacks

Accused 9/11 mastermind to face trial over attacks

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed could face the death penalty along with four others if convicted.

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Apr 5th 2012, 7:14 AM

Italian court releases former Guantanamo detainee

The Tunisian had spent eight years in the Cuban facility before Italy accepted him into the country two years ago.

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Feb 6th 2012, 7:12 PM

Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads

The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.

Jan 22nd 2012, 11:00 AM

Guantanamo 10 years on: hopes for closure fade, detainees remain in limbo

The notorious detention centre has now been open for ten years and, with indefinite military detention now enshrined in US law, hope is fading that it will be closed down as pledged.

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Jan 11th 2012, 7:15 AM

Each Guantánamo prisoner costs $800k a year to keep

The price of keeping a prisoner at the notorious detention centre is more than 30 times the cost of imprisoning a person in the United States mainland.

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Nov 9th 2011, 3:00 PM