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Guantanamo Detainees Chat with their Saudi Families via Video Calls

A number of families of Saudi detainees in Guantanamo managed to communicate with their relatives in August, after the Saudi Red Crescent Authority (SRCA) organized seven video calls. The SRCA said that its initiative to enable the detainees to contact their families was a humanitarian step to help restore family…

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U.S. transfers Afghan Guantanamo Bay detainee after court ruling

The Pentagon on Friday said it had transferred an Afghan detainee who was held at Guantanamo Bay for 15 years, a move that comes after a court ruled the United States had no legal justification to hold him.

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Iraqi held by US at Guantanamo pleads guilty to war crimes

An Iraqi man who has been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center for more than 15 years has pleaded guilty to war crimes charges for his role in al-Qaida attacks against U.S. and allied forces along with civilians in Afghanistan

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US accused of stalling on deal to free Guantanamo prisoner

A former Maryland man held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center has languished in custody months after his scheduled release date despite his cooperation with authorities as part of a plea deal, according to a federal suit seeking his immediate release

The Independent UK

Mauritanian Ex-Guantanamo Prisoner Sues Canada

A former Guantanamo detainee who spent 14 years without trial and whose story was told in the hit film "The Mauritanian," is suing Canada over its alleged role in his detention. Mohamedou Ould Slahi, 51, claims that Canadian authorities provided false information concerning the period when he was a permanent…

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Pentagon Repatriates Algerian Detainee from Guantanamo

After over 20 years, the US Department of Defense announced the repatriation of Algerian detainee Sufiyan Barhoumi from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to his home country. The release of Barhoumi, who was accused of training al-Qaeda terrorists, seeks to close the Guantanamo Bay facility. The Pentagon said in…

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Algerian man held 20 years at Guantanamo Bay sent home

An Algerian man, accused of training al-Qaida terrorists and held at Guantanamo Bay since 2002, has been released and sent home to Algiers.

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US sends home Algerian held nearly 20 years at Guantanamo

The Defense Department says an Algerian man imprisoned at the Guantanamo Bay detention center for nearly 20 years has been released and sent back to his homeland

The Independent UK

Judge Jackson grilled on Guantanamo detainee representation

Four men once held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center were central to some of the questions Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson fielded during her Supreme Court confirmation hearing

The Independent UK

Sen. Graham storms out of Supreme Court hearing for Jackson

After a stormy dispute over terror detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Sen. Lindsey Graham stormed out of the Senate hearing for Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.

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Ketanji Brown Jackson's Guantanamo clients an issue for GOP

President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee will face sharp questions from Republican lawmakers this coming week about the work she did as a public defender representing four Guantanamo Bay detainees

The Independent UK

White House defends Jackson against GOP attacks on sex offense sentencing, Guantanamo work

WASHINGTON — The White House sought Thursday to combat a sharp attack against President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee by the same Republican senator who led the unsuccessful effort in the Senate to overturn Biden’s election.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Plea discussions launched in stalled 9/11 case at Guantanamo

Prosecutors have initiated discussions on a potential plea agreement to resolve the long-stalled case of five men held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center, charged with planning and providing assistance for the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks

The Independent UK

‘20th Hijacker’ of 9/11 transferred from Guantanamo to psychiatric facility in Saudi Arabia

Immigration officials prevented Mohammad Mani Ahmad al-Qahtani entering US before 9/11 terror attacks

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Guantanamo detainee called '20th Hijacker' of 9/11 repatriated to Saudi Arabia

A man accused of being the would-be 20th hijacker in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks has been repatriated to Saudi Arabia after two decades detained at Guantanamo Bay, the U.S. Department of Defense said on Monday.

The Independent UK

US sends home suspected '20th hijacker' from Guantanamo

A Saudi prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention center who was suspected of trying to join the 9/11 hijackers has been sent back to his home country for treatment for mental illness

Los Angeles Times

'Jihad Rehab' started a furor at Sundance. But the problem is bigger than one film

The documentary "Jihad Rehab," despite its questionable title, has the sort of premise that's usually innocuous to indie film buffs. The film follows three men, each of whom were detained for 15 years at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, after their transfer to a "rehabilitation" facility in Saudi…

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Why half of Guantanamo's prisoners could get out

The Biden administration has been quietly laying the groundwork to release prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay detention center and at least move closer to being able to shut it down

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