Military Torturers at Guantanamo Bay
By Andrew P. Napolitano After a jury in 2006 declined to impose the death penalty on Zacarias Moussaoui, who had just pleaded guilty to being…
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“20 Years of US Torture and Counting”: Report Details Post-9/11 Abuse at Gitmo and Beyond
By Jessica Corbett A report released Sunday, nearly 20 years after the first prisoners arrived at Naval Station Guantánamo Bay, details “systematic abuses carried out…
“Anti-Democratic and Cowardly”: US Building New Secret Courtroom at Guantánamo
By Brett Wilkins Human rights advocates and attorneys representing Guantánamo Bay detainees on Thursday decried a secret new courtroom reportedly being built by the Pentagon…
Gitmo Jurors Liken CIA Torture to Acts by “Most Abusive Regimes in Modern History”
By Andrea Germanos Seven out of the eight members of a military jury called for clemency to be granted in the case of a Guantanamo…
“Historic Victory”: US Judge Rules Guantánamo Detainee’s Imprisonment Illegal
By Brett Wilkins Two weeks after a review board cleared Guantánamo Bay prisoner Asadullah Haroon Gul for release, a federal judge ruled this week that…
CIA Torture Cover-Up Still Looms Over 9/11 Trials at Guantánamo
By Brett Wilkins U.S. war crimes in the so-called War on Terror were back in the spotlight Tuesday as pretrial hearings for alleged 9/11 mastermind…
Two Dozen Senators Tell Biden It Is “Past Time” to Finally Close Guantánamo
By Jessica Corbett Echoing recent demands from human rights advocates and former detainees, two dozens members of the U.S. Senate Democratic Caucus on Friday pressed…
Gitmo Torture Survivor Asks Court to Reject Eleventh-Hour Trump Bid to Deny Medical Evaluation
Lawyers representing Guantánamo prisoner Mohammed al Qahtani are urging a federal judge to deny an effort by the Trump administration in its final days to reverse a…
Amnesty Calls on Biden to Close Guantánamo and End Military Commissions “Once and For All”
By Jessica Corbett After U.S. military prosecutors filed formal charges against three longtime prisoners at the Guantánamo Bay offshore prison for nearly 15 years without…
Plans for Wheelchair-Accessible Cells at Gitmo Paint “Chilling Picture” of Detainees Held Without Trial For Rest of Their Lives
By Julia Conley Newly-revealed plans for expanding the Guantanamo Bay prison confirm that the future of the facility focuses on keeping detainees there well into…
Bolton Threatens to Send Venezuela’s Maduro to Guantánamo Bay Prison
By Jessica Corbett (CD) — National Security Adviser John Bolton—the neoconservative who’s played a key role in the Trump administration’s effort to overthrow the Venezuelan government—suggested on Friday that President Nicolás…
Trump Just Signed an Executive Order to Keep Guantanamo Bay Open
By Jason Ditz President Trump has signed an executive order that is intended to reverse President Obama’s intentions to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay….
Trump Trounces 6th Amendment, Says Americans Should be Hauled Before Military Tribunals at Guantánamo
By Kurt Nimmo During an interview Thursday with The Miami Herald, Donald Trump advocated prosecuting American citizens with military tribunals at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, rather…
Extrajudicially Held Guantanamo Detainee to be Released
By Stephen Lendman Guantanamo remains a black hole of US extrajudicial viciousness, hundreds of innocent men and boys (all Muslims, most sold for bounty) held…