A lawyer for a Guantanamo Bay detainee who was formally cleared of terror charges said Wednesday that the US State Department is speaking with the Canadian government to secure his client's release to that country. Canada...
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US officials have dismissed a call from UK Attorney General Lord Goldsmith to close the facility at Guantanamo Bay used to detain terror suspects, saying that the US is working to release...
China wants Gitmo Uighurs back, says Albania transfer breaks international law
In the wake of the US government's decision to transfer five Chinese Uighur men from Guantanamo Bay to Albania, the Chinese government on Tuesday denounced the move as a violation of international law...
Albania agrees to accept Chinese Uighur Guantanamo detainees
Five Chinese Uighur men who had been detained at Guantanamo Bay despite a determination that they are not enemy combatants have been flown to Albania , where government officials are reviewing their applications for asylum....
US to release 100 Guantanamo detainees once safe destinations are found
The US State Department has said the US intends to release 100 prisoners from Guantanamo Bay as soon as it identifies countries that will accept them. Speaking at the US embassy in Paris on...
Afghanistan praises release of Gitmo list; China demands repatriation of Uighurs
Afghanistan's peace and reconciliation commission Thursday praised the release of a list of detainees held at the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay , which was made available as the result of a...
Supreme Court refuses to hear Chinese Gitmo detainee case before appeals court
The US Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear the appeal of two Chinese Uighur detainees who continue to be held at Guantanamo Bay despite a determination that they are not...
US asks Germany to take Chinese Guantanamo detainees: report
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been asked by the US government to accept a group of Chinese Uighur detainees currently being held at Guantanamo Bay , according to a report in Friday's Die...
JURIST Special Guest Columnist P. Sabin Willett, a partner at Bingham McCutchen, LLP, working pro bono with a team of Bingham lawyers in the Guantanamo habeas litigation, says that the detention of a Chinese Uighur is just one proof that...
Parts of a broader, more human picture of the Guantanamo detainees, their frustrations and the cases against them have begun to emerge from the depths of over 5000 pages of documentation on over 300 specific detainees released...