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Afghan national freed from Guantanamo Bay after 15 years

The U.S. Defense Department says an Afghan prisoner held in U.S. custody for nearly 15 years has been released from the Guantanamo Bay detention center

The Independent UK · Jun 24, 2022

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.

Reuters · Jun 24, 2022

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

The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2022

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 · Apr 2, 2022

Ketanji Brown Jackson Defended People Suspected of Terrorism. Good.

There's a particular richness to Republican senators weaponizing the right to defense counsel as an affront to the Constitution as opposed to something that's pivotal to it.

Reason · Mar 24, 2022

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 · Mar 22, 2022

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.

Tribune News Service · Mar 22, 2022

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 · Mar 19, 2022

Detainee at secret CIA detention site was used as living prop for torture techniques

Ammar Al-Baluchi - a Pakistani 9/11 suspect still being held at Guantanamo Bay - was routinely and repeatedly tortured by CIA agents while at a secret facility north of Kabul, Afghanistan known as "Cobalt" or "the darkness" to prisoners, declassified documents have revealed

Daily Mirror · Mar 16, 2022

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 · Mar 15, 2022