Tag: Guantanamo
Pakistani prisoners at Guantanamo, Bagram await freedom
US yet to charge three detainees at Guantanamo Bay facility despite lapse of 16 years
Afghan authorities reticent on providing consular access to...
15 Guantanamo inmates transferred to UAE
Fifteen Guantanamo Bay detainees Monday have been transferred to the United Arab Emirates, the largest such release in years, the Pentagon announced.
The latest transfers...
IHC accepts plea for release of Pakistani from Guantanamo Bay
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) while accepting a plea seeking the release of a Pakistani national Mohammad Ahmed Ghulam Rabbani detained in Guantanamo Bay,...
Once in Guantánamo, Afghan now leads war against Taliban and Islamic...
Haji Ghalib did just what the American military feared he would after his release from the Guantánamo Bay prison camp: He returned to the...
Obama to take last shot at closing Guantanamo
After embarrassing false starts, Barack Obama is making a final push to close Guantanamo prison, but to fulfill that glaringly incomplete campaign promise he...
Guantanamo female guards file complaints against prohibition to touch detainees
Some female guards at the Guantanamo Bay prison have filed equal opportunity complaints challenging court orders barring them from jobs that would require touching...
Obama, Republicans still at odds over Guantanamo
US President Barack Obama this week renewed his pledge to shut down the Guantanamo Bay military prison, despite strong objections from Republicans who fear...
Guantanamo inmate claims he was forced to have sex with female...
A Guantanamo bay convict claims he was forced to have sex with female interrogators in his recently published memoir.
Detainee Mohamedou Ould Slahi joined al...
US senators push moratorium on Guantanamo transfers
US Senate Republicans including John McCain introduced a measure on Tuesday that temporarily halts transfers of most of Guantanamo’s war-on-terror detainees, saying the releases...
US official charged with emptying Guantanamo resigns
The US official responsible for negotiating the transfers of terror suspects from the American-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is leaving his post, the...
Four Afghan Guantanamo detainees repatriated: Pentagon
The US has repatriated four Afghans who had been held at the Guantanamo Bay military prison, the Pentagon said on Saturday.
The Department of Defence...
Saudi detainee sent home from Guantanamo: Pentagon
A Saudi Arabian inmate at the US prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba was repatriated Saturday, leaving 142 prisoners still at the jail President Barack...
US releases five Guantanamo detainees to Georgia, Slovakia
The United States has released five detainees from its detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, including the first Yemeni detainee to be resettled since...
US House formally condemns Obama for Guantanamo prisoner swap
House votes 249 to 163, with 22 Democrats joining the Republican majority in favour of the resolution
The US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on...
Extra medical staff sent to Guantanamo
Extra medical staff have been sent to the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay to help address a hunger strike that has spread to...
Guards open fire at hunger-striking prisoners at Guantanamo
Security guards at the infamous Guantanamo Bay prison opened fired at prisoners on hunger-strike, international media reported.
According to a US army spokesperson the move came...
9/11 defendants skip Guantanamo hearing
Self-declared 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his four alleged co-conspirators skipped the last day of a week of pre-trial hearings Friday at Guantanamo...
