Biden Administration Considers Using Guantanamo Bay For Haitian Migrants Biden administration considers using Guantanamo Bay as a processing center for Haitian migrants due to escalating violence in Haiti. Top News · Mar 14, 2024
Guantanamo Debate Reignited: Biden Seeks Responsible Closure Options Delve into the captivating saga of Guantanamo Bay's infamous prison as we explore the ongoing debate to close its doors for good. A riveting tale of politi... Top News · Dec 27, 2023
Guantanamo judge rules 9/11 defendant unfit for trial after panel finds abuse rendered him psychotic A military judge at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba has ruled a 9/11 defendant incompetent to stand trial The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2023
A panel finds torture made a 9/11 defendant psychotic. A judge will rule whether he can stand trial A military medical panel has concluded that one of the five 9/11 defendants held at Guantanamo Bay has been rendered delusional and psychotic by the torture he underwent years ago while in CIA custody The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2023
Ron DeSantis blows up at reporter over question about Guantanamo Bay prisoner claims Florida governor has faced increased media scrutiny as he readies 2024 campaign The Independent UK · Apr 27, 2023
Lawyers and rights groups calls for greater scrutiny of DeSantis’s Guantanamo record Lawyers who represent detainees at Guantanamo said the allegations could do ‘incredible damage’ to the standing of the United States. Richard Hall reports The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2023
David Pratt: Israeli democracy 'on the brink' as Ukraine war reaches grim milestone THIS weekend saw the passing of the one-year mark since the Russian invasion and its war in Ukraine. The National (Scotland) · Feb 26, 2023
Two Pakistani brothers released from Guantanamo Bay after being held by US for 20 years Abdul and Mohammed Rabbani are freed from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility after being held for decades by the US under suspicion of aiding Al Qaeda. ABC News · Feb 25, 2023
Brothers freed from Guantanamo Bay after 20 years despite never being charged Abdul and Mohammed Rabbani were seized in Karachi, Pakistan, in 2002 and handed over to US authorities. They claim they were tortured by CIA operatives before winding up in the notorious internment camp Daily Mirror · Feb 24, 2023
2 Pakistanis reach home after being freed from Guantanamo Officials say two Pakistani brothers who were held by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay military prison for two decades have been freed and returned home The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2023
2 Pakistanis leave Guantanamo after 20 years without charges U.S. officials at Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba have returned two Pakistani brothers to their home country The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2023
US transfers Guantanamo detainee to Belize after sentence served The United States has transferred a Guantanamo Bay prisoner to Belize after he completed a sentence, as President Joe Biden’s administration says it still plans to eventually close the facility in Cuba. Tribune News Service · Feb 3, 2023
US releases Guantanamo prisoner once tortured at CIA sites A onetime al-Qaida courier has been released after serving more than 16 years at the Guantanamo Bay detention center and enduring torture at clandestine overseas CIA sites The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2023
First ‘high-value detainee’ released from Guantanamo Bay detention Majid Khan was convicted of transferring money to Al Qaeda and plotting a suicide bomb attack The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2023
Reuters · Feb 2, 2023 U.S. transfers Pakistani Guantanamo Bay detainee Khan to Belize Majid Khan, a Pakistani man who has described in graphic detail his torture by the Central Intelligence Agency in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, has been transferred from the Guantanamo Bay U.S. detention facility in Cuba to Belize, the Pentagon said on Thursday.
AAP · Dec 31, 2022 Howard's early call on jailing David Hicks John Howard's government made an early call on the jailing of David Hicks after the Australian citizen was transferred to Guantanamo Bay by US authorities.
Daily Mirror · Oct 30, 2022 Guantanamo Bay's oldest prisoner freed after being held for 18 years without charge Saifullah Paracha was captured in an FBI sting two years after the 9/11 attacks and has been locked up ever since despite never being charged of a crime
The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2022 US releases Guantanamo Bay’s oldest prisoner after holding him two decades without charge The Pakistani national was never charged with any crimes but had been considered too dangerous to be released
Reuters · Oct 29, 2022 Pakistani returns home after 18 years of U.S. detention in Guantanamo prison camp A Pakistani national held by the United States for 18 years in the Guantanamo Bay prison camp without trial on suspicion of links to al Qaeda returned home to Pakistan on Saturday, Pakistan and the United States said.
The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2022 Pakistan: Oldest prisoner freed from Guantanamo, back home Pakistan's foreign ministry says that a 74-year-old from Pakistan who was the oldest prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention center has been released and returned to his home country
The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2022 Taliban freed from Guantanamo, claims exchanged for American A senior Taliban detainee held at Guantanamo Bay says he was released and handed over to the Taliban in Kabul, in exchange for an American prisoner held in Afghanistan
Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 19, 2022 Washington Steps Up Efforts to Close Guantanamo US President Joe Biden’s administration is revamping its efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay prison by appointing a senior diplomat to oversee detainee transfers, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. The new special representative, Tina Kaidanow, a State Department official, has been chosen to review the case files of…
Boston Herald · Sep 13, 2022 ‘Disgusting’ plea deal could be in works for 9/11 mastermind in Guantanamo Bay A possible plea deal with five remaining al-Qaida terrorists locked up in Guantanamo Bay has some in the 9/11 community reeling just as the anniversary of the terror attack marked its 21st year.
Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 3, 2022 Ties Between Al-Qaeda and the Taliban... Will ISIS benefit from the Rupture? After having killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri with a drone that hit the home he had been hiding in Kabul, the United States has, to a large extent, finished avenging the 9/11 attacks. The perpetrators were killed in bloody attacks, and Osama bin Laden was then killed by Navy…
Daily Mirror · Jul 16, 2022 'Boris Johnson's backstabbers refuse to face the awful truth that's looming this winter' The prospect of watching the leadership debate again in this infernal heat is the sort of the thing they used to do to people at Guantanamo Bay, says Keir Mudie