Key US lawmakers assail Obama on detainees
Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay, in 2010 © AFP/File Paul J. Richards AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – Top Republican US lawmakers on Tuesday assailed President Barack Obama’s…
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US WikiLeaks probe gathers pace with new hearing
© AFP/DPA/File Karl-Josef Hildenbrand AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – US prosecutors will convene a hearing on the WikiLeaks document dump case on Wednesday, in a sign…
Top US senator urges Guantanamo for Iraqi suspects
Gautanamo Bay Camp VI © AFP/File Virginie Montet AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US Senate’s top Republican, Mitch McConnell, called Tuesday for two Iraqi nationals…
Families say Guantanamo ‘suicides’ were killings
© AFP/File Paul J. Richards Editor’s Note: Sure, people usually kill themselves by ripping out their own esophagus — a detail that appears at the…
Obama Nearly Triples Bagram Detainee Population
image credit Justin Elliot Salon President Obama has presided over a threefold increase in the number of detainees being held at the controversial military detention…
Algerian sues US for Guantanamo detention
Algerian Saber Lahmar © AFP Patrick Bernard AFP BORDEAUX, France (AFP) – An Algerian said Monday he was suing US former president George W. Bush…
Amnesty, ACLU call for independent probe after eighth Guantanamo detainee death
Wiki Commons Eric W. Dolan Raw Story The American Civil Liberties Union and Amnesty International are calling for an independent investigation into the death of…
Bin Laden kill does not change Gitmo plans: US
The US detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba © AFP/POOL/File Brennan Linsley AFP PARIS (AFP) – The success of the operation to kill Osama bin…
WikiLeaks highlights ‘original sin’ of Guantanamo
© AFP/DPA Karl-Josef Hildenbrand AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – Innocent bystanders locked up for no reason, Al-Qaeda militants released to commit new atrocities: WikiLeaks has poured…
US knew Guantanamo detainees were innocent: WikiLeaks
© AFP/File Virginie Montet AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States held hundreds of inmates who were either totally innocent or low-risk for years and…
US seeks Guantanamo trial for USS Cole suspect
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba © AFP/File Michelle Shephard AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – A US military prosecutor is recommending the prime suspect in the 2000 bombing of…
Obama U-turn: US to try 9/11 accused at Guantanamo
Editor’s Note: Thank goodness for the government turning the justice system upside-down for our safety. “For the sake of the safety and security of the…
Supreme Court rejects Guantanamo appeals
© AFP AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected three appeals by Guantanamo detainees protesting their indefinite detention. The highest US…
Judge Napolitano on Obama’s EO to Hold Detainees Indefinitely (Video)
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