Obama vows to close Guantanamo amid hunger strike
- 03 May 2013 00:00 - Paul Harris
- Barack Obama has promised to take action to close the controversial prison camp at Guantanamo Bay.
September 11 hearings to address torture claims
- 21 Aug 2012 10:19 - Mathieu Rabechault
- Five men detained in connection with the September 11 attacks will appear at a military court, where lawyers aim to address claims they were tortured.
Bin Laden's cook returns from Guantanamo Bay
- 11 Jul 2012 15:14 - Sapa-AFP
- The former cook of slain al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden has returned to his native Sudan after his release from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
US kept UK in the dark over terrorist plot details
- 06 Apr 2012 11:43 - Staff Reporter
- The CIA has reportedly held back data from MI5 and MI6 in retaliation for a UK court disclosing details of a Briton held in Guantánamo Bay.
Taliban office in Qatar a 'dramatic breakthrough'
- 06 Jan 2012 00:00 - Staff Reporter
- The United States has agreed in principle to release high-ranking Taliban officials from Guantánamo Bay in Cuba.
Guantánamo files undo the al-Qaeda myth machine
- 28 Apr 2011 10:01 - Jason Burke
- From the detainees' details it is clear that the West wildly overstated the reach and capability of Osama bin Laden's terror group.
Guantánamo files: Al-Qaeda assassin 'worked for MI6'
- 26 Apr 2011 08:02 - Staff Reporter
- Leaked Guantánamo papers link United Kingdom to Algerian militant, and at least 123 prisoners incriminated by one informer.
The nasty story of Guantánamo
- 25 Apr 2011 07:29 - Julian Glover
- What is given new prominence by these leaked Guantánamo files is the cold and incompetent stupidity of the system.
Guantánamo files reveal detainee details
- 25 Apr 2011 06:34 - Staff Reporter
- A cache of classified documents provides intelligence assessments on nearly all of the 779 people who been detained at Guantánamo Bay.
Protest and arrest threats stall Bush
- 15 Feb 2011 12:58 - Staff Reporter
- Human rights campaigners vow to hound ex-US president.
Canadian pleads guilty in Guantánamo trial
- 25 Oct 2010 16:07 - Jane Sutton
- Canadian captive Omar Khadr pleaded guilty to all five terrorism charges against him in the US war-crimes tribunal at Guantánamo Bay.
Guantánamo proving a political headache for Obama
- 21 May 2009 06:45 - Stephen Collinson
- United States President Barack Obama on Thursday aims to grab back the initiative in a riotous debate unleashed by his order to shut Guantánamo Bay.
Obama set to revive Guantánamo trials
- 09 May 2009 07:06 - Staff Reporter
- US President Barack Obama is set to revive the system of military commissions for prosecuting Guantánamo detainees, but with more legal protections.
US appeals to Europe to help close Guantánamo
- 29 Apr 2009 12:00 - Devlin Barrett
- The United States Attorney General is making a public appeal to Europe for help in closing Guantánamo.
National Geographic film goes 'Inside Guantánamo'
- 03 Apr 2009 09:56 - Randall Mikkelsen
- The Guantánamo military prison guards call it a "cocktail," the mix of faeces, urine and spit that inmates hurl at them.
EU questions US on Guantánamo
- 17 Mar 2009 09:50 - Staff Reporter
- The EU questioned the Obama administration about Guantánamo on Monday, as member states weigh whether to accept a US request to take detainees.
