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Obama renews pledge to close Guantanamo
May 1, 2013 by Jaclyn Belczyk
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday renewed his pledge to make an effort to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay. At a news conference Tuesday, Obama was asked about the ongoing hunger strike, now involving 100 of the 166 detainees. He responded, "Well, it is not a surprise to me that we....... [more]
Release the Cleared Guantanamo Detainees to End the Hunger Strike [op-ed]
April 30, 2013 by David Mulock
JURIST Guest Columnist David Frakt of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that the Obama administration should release those detainees held at Guantanamo Bay who have already been declared to not be a danger to the US...One of the most vexing problems currently facing the.... [more]
Former Guantanamo detainee Khadr to appeal terrorism conviction
April 29, 2013 by Peter Snyder
A former Canadian Guantanamo prisoner is planning to appeal his US terrorism conviction, his lawyer said Sunday. Omar Khadr, who spent 10 years in Guantanamo, is currently imprisoned in a maximum security prison in Ontario serving out six years of an eight-year sentence for war crimes. Khadr was.... [more]
More than half of Guantanamo detainees now on hunger strike
April 22, 2013 by Alison Sacriponte
The US Military confirmed on Monday that 84 of the 166 prisoners at Guantanamo Bay are on hunger strike, protesting their conditions and indefinite detention. The hunger strike began in February with just a few prisoners and has grown over the past weeks to include more than half of the detainees..... [more]
US to notify Guantanamo prisoners' lawyers of force-feeding
April 14, 2013 by Jaimie Cremeans
Lawyers for prisoners being held at Guantanamo Bay said on Monday that the US government has started to notify them when their clients participating in a hunger strike are being force-fed. The hunger strike, which has been ongoing since February, is a protest against indefinite detainment and the.... [more]
UN rights chief calls for Guantanamo prison closure
April 5, 2013 by Samuel Franklin
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday called for US authorities to close down the Guantanamo Bay prison camp, emphasizing the continued indefinite incarcerations of many detainees as a clear violation of international law. Of the 166 detainees in Guantanamo, about half have.... [more]
Yemen protesters demand release of Guantanamo detainees
April 1, 2013 by Benjamin Minegar
Approximately 250 Yemeni demonstrators gathered Monday in front of the US Embassy in Sanna to demand the release of Yemeni detainees held at Guantanamo Bay. According to media sources, 90 out the 166 remaining Guantanamo detainees are Yemeni, and several have been detained for more than a decade....... [more]
Guantanamo detainee requests immediate relief amid alleged mistreatment, hunger strike
March 28, 2013 by Brandon Gatto
Human rights lawyers on Tuesday filed an emergency motion in the US District Court for the District of Columbia alleging that guards at Guantanamo Bay have denied drinking water and sufficient clothing to a Yemeni prisoner. The motion was filed only a day before a fact-finding visit to the US.... [more]
Guantanamo detainees face harsh conditions, hunger strike: defense lawyers
March 7, 2013 by Jerry Votava
Defense lawyers for terrorism detainees held at Guantanamo Bay and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) sent a letter to Rear Admiral John Smith Jr. describing harsh conditions faced by the detainees and indicated that the detainees have begun to protest the conditions, including.... [more]
ACLU appeals decision allowing Guantanamo testimony censorship
February 24, 2013 by Cynthia Miley
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Thursday filed an appeal in the Guantanamo Bay military tribunal, the US Court of Military Commission Review, to an order granting the government's request to censor testimony. The ACLU is seeking access to testimony from 9/11 defendants relating to.... [more]
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