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

# Guantánamo Bay

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

Sep 8th 2021, 9:39 PM 9,712 Views 0 Comments

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

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

# Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

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

Updated Sep 7th 2021, 9:58 PM 42,203 Views 32 Comments

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

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

# Guantánamo Bay

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

Aug 31st 2019, 2:02 PM 27,130 Views 92 Comments

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

Guantanamo 'prepared' for new inmates: US admiral

# Guantánamo Bay

Guantanamo 'prepared' for new inmates: US admiral

Feb 15th 2018, 9:00 PM 10,587 Views 10 Comments

Obama had tried to shut down the detention centre.

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

# Guantánamo Bay

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

Jan 16th 2017, 9:58 PM 19,049 Views 23 Comments

The nationality of the ten inmates are unconfirmed.

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

# Legal Limbo

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

Jan 4th 2017, 7:08 AM 22,467 Views 57 Comments

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

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

# Transfers

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

Aug 16th 2016, 7:26 AM 9,617 Views 20 Comments

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

Barack Obama is really trying to close Guantanamo Bay prison

# War On Terrorism

Barack Obama is really trying to close Guantanamo Bay prison

Feb 23rd 2016, 6:48 PM 9,806 Views 26 Comments

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

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

# Al Qaeda

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

Dec 7th 2015, 6:10 PM 19,966 Views 88 Comments

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

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

# Afghanistan

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

Dec 2nd 2015, 8:58 AM 17,197 Views 31 Comments

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

Guantánamo lawyers banned from bringing detainees fast food and treats

# Put That Away

Guantánamo lawyers banned from bringing detainees fast food and treats

May 27th 2015, 8:56 PM 12,746 Views 41 Comments

One lawyer called the move “Petty and nasty.”

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

# Guantánamo Diary

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

Apr 26th 2015, 6:00 PM 14,575 Views 24 Comments

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

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

# Torture

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

Jan 13th 2015, 8:00 PM 236 Views 31 Comments

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

# Torture

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

Dec 10th 2014, 8:00 PM 164 Views 9 Comments

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.

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

# Long Walk To Freedom

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

Dec 8th 2014, 9:54 PM 14,037 Views 20 Comments

Uruguay has agreed to take six former prisoners.

Poland found to be complicit in US torture programme

# Human Rights

Poland found to be complicit in US torture programme

Jul 24th 2014, 2:00 PM 8,936 Views 56 Comments

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

Only US soldier held prisoner in Afghanistan freed after five years

# Prisoner Of War

Only US soldier held prisoner in Afghanistan freed after five years

May 31st 2014, 6:34 PM 18,466 Views 75 Comments

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

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

# Opinion

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

Jan 22nd 2014, 7:00 AM 47 Views 38 Comments

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.

US releases three ethnic Muslims from China held in Guantanamo Bay

# Guantánamo Bay

US releases three ethnic Muslims from China held in Guantanamo Bay

Dec 31st 2013, 3:00 PM 5,476 Views 37 Comments

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

US court takes up appeal on Gitmo force-feeding

# Guantánamo Bay

US court takes up appeal on Gitmo force-feeding

Oct 18th 2013, 9:20 PM 6,440 Views 18 Comments

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

Column: Why is Guantanamo Bay still open?

# Opinion

Column: Why is Guantanamo Bay still open?

Aug 16th 2013, 7:00 AM 62 Views 61 Comments

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.

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

# Not The Koran

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

Jul 31st 2013, 8:55 PM 9,430 Views 52 Comments

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.

150 doctors write to Obama offering services to Guantánamo hunger strikers

# Guantánamo Bay

150 doctors write to Obama offering services to Guantánamo hunger strikers

Jun 19th 2013, 6:35 AM 4,994 Views 5 Comments

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.

Group to protest Irish government 'silence' on Guantanamo Bay

# Dáil Éireann

Group to protest Irish government 'silence' on Guantanamo Bay

May 23rd 2013, 9:15 AM 5,813 Views 86 Comments

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

# Sitdown Sunday

Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads

May 5th 2013, 10:00 AM 13,485 Views 2 Comments

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

# Syria

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

Apr 30th 2013, 5:35 PM 4,729 Views 39 Comments

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.

# Sitdown Sunday

Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads

Apr 28th 2013, 10:00 AM 11,122 Views 0 Comments

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

Hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay prison enters seventh week

# Guantánamo

Hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay prison enters seventh week

Mar 23rd 2013, 3:20 PM 10,076 Views 90 Comments

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

Former CIA agent gets 30 months' jail for naming colleague

# CIA

Former CIA agent gets 30 months' jail for naming colleague

Oct 23rd 2012, 8:33 PM 13,387 Views 29 Comments

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

# Shannon Airport

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

Oct 12th 2012, 9:28 AM 4,416 Views 95 Comments

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.

# Protest

Group to hold anti-war protest outside Dáil

Oct 11th 2012, 12:26 PM 3,193 Views 95 Comments

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

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

# 9/11

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

May 5th 2012, 3:19 PM 2,987 Views 26 Comments

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

Accused 9/11 mastermind to face trial over attacks

# 9/11 Attacks

Accused 9/11 mastermind to face trial over attacks

Apr 5th 2012, 7:14 AM 2,493 Views 39 Comments

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

Italian court releases former Guantanamo detainee

# Guantánamo

Italian court releases former Guantanamo detainee

Feb 6th 2012, 7:12 PM 1,472 Views 4 Comments

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

# Sitdown Sunday

From The Daily Edge

# Sitdown Sunday

Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads

Jan 22nd 2012, 11:00 AM 82 Views 2 Comments

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

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

# Guantánamo

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

Jan 11th 2012, 7:15 AM 1,467 Views 6 Comments

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.

# Guantánamo

Each Guantánamo prisoner costs $800k a year to keep

Nov 9th 2011, 3:00 PM 373 Views 10 Comments

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.

US re-files charges against man accused of masterminding 9/11 attack

# Guantánamo

US re-files charges against man accused of masterminding 9/11 attack

May 31st 2011, 10:02 PM 908 Views 17 Comments

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is one of five people the US is bringing terrorism and murder charges against under revamped trial processes at Guantanamo Bay.