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Guantánamo Bay

Torture is not limited to CIA black sites – it’s alive in South Africa’s prisons
Opinion
/ 3 November 2021

Torture is not limited to CIA black sites – it’s alive in South Africa’s prisons

Unlike the US, it is not foreigners that are subjected to torture and cruel treatment, but South Africans

By Casper Lӧtter
Ex-Guantanamo detainee denied entry to South Africa
Article
/ 18 December 2016

Ex-Guantanamo detainee denied entry to South Africa

Former Guantanamo prisoner Jihad Diyab, relocated in Uruguay, is looking for another country to live in.

By Reuters
Man held at Guantánamo for 13 years a case of mistaken identity
Article
/ 2 December 2015

Man held at Guantánamo for 13 years a case of mistaken identity

Mustafa al-Aziz al-Shamiri was low-level Islamist foot soldier, not an al-Qaeda courier and trainer as had been believed.

By David Smith
South Africa could offer a lifeline to freed Guantanamo detainees
Article
/ 23 August 2015

South Africa could offer a lifeline to freed Guantanamo detainees

Prisoners were kept in tiny, dark cells … when they refused to eat they were force-fed through the nose or rectum

By Staff Reporter
Obama strikes defiant tone in State of the Union Address
Article
/ 21 January 2015

Obama strikes defiant tone in State of the Union Address

US President Barack Obama warned the Republican-led Congress to end their resistance to higher taxes on the wealthy, saying he won’t back down.

By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason
US plans evening force-feeds for fasting Guantánamo detainees
Article
/ 8 July 2013

US plans evening force-feeds for fasting Guantánamo detainees

After pleas from Islamic leaders, the US says it will respect Ramadan by trying to force-feed detainees observing the fast only at night.

By Guardian Reporter
Force-feeding and torture, yet Guantánamo still open
Article
/ 6 July 2013

Force-feeding and torture, yet Guantánamo still open

Allegations of inmates being force-fed in Guantánamo reveal Obama and Cameron have been talking a lot and doing very little to close the facility.

By Staff Reporter
Yemen: Obama must follow Guantanamo promise with action
Article
/ 2 June 2013

Yemen: Obama must follow Guantanamo promise with action

Yemen gave a qualified welcome on Sunday to US president Barack Obama’s promise to lift a ban on repatriating Yemeni prisoners from Guantanamo Bay.

By Reuters
Obama to take new look at war on terror
Article
/ 23 May 2013

Obama to take new look at war on terror

Barack Obama will renew his failed vow to close Guantanamo Bay and argue his drone war is legal and just.

By Staff Reporter
Obama vows to close Guantanamo amid hunger strike
Article
/ 3 May 2013

Obama vows to close Guantanamo amid hunger strike

Barack Obama has promised to take action to close the controversial prison camp at Guantanamo Bay.

By Paul Harris
September 11 hearings to address torture claims
Article
/ 21 August 2012

September 11 hearings to address torture claims

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.

By Mathieu Rabechault
Bin Laden’s cook returns from Guantanamo Bay
Article
/ 11 July 2012

Bin Laden’s cook returns from Guantanamo Bay

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.

By Sapa Afp
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Article
/ 6 April 2012

US kept UK in the dark over terrorist plot details

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.

By Staff Reporter
US fails to show up for its Taliban party
Article
/ 20 January 2012

US fails to show up for its Taliban party

US government in danger of missing out on historic peace settlement in Afghanistan.

By Julian Borger
No image available
Article
/ 6 January 2012

Taliban office in Qatar a ‘dramatic breakthrough’

The United States has agreed in principle to release high-ranking Taliban officials from Guantánamo Bay in Cuba.

By Jon Boone and Julian Borger
Guantánamo files undo the al-Qaeda myth machine
Article
/ 28 April 2011

Guantánamo files undo the al-Qaeda myth machine

From the detainees’ details it is clear that the West wildly overstated the reach and capability of Osama bin Laden’s terror group.

By Jason Burke
Guantánamo files: Al-Qaeda assassin ‘worked for MI6’
Article
/ 26 April 2011

Guantánamo files: Al-Qaeda assassin ‘worked for MI6’

Leaked Guantánamo papers link United Kingdom to Algerian militant, and at least 123 prisoners incriminated by one informer.

By Staff Reporter
The nasty story of Guantánamo
Article
/ 25 April 2011

The nasty story of Guantánamo

What is given new prominence by these leaked Guantánamo files is the cold and incompetent stupidity of the system.

By Julian Glover
Guantánamo files reveal detainee details
Article
/ 25 April 2011

Guantánamo files reveal detainee details

A cache of classified documents provides intelligence assessments on nearly all of the 779 people who been detained at Guantánamo Bay.

By Staff Reporter
Protest and arrest threats stall Bush
Article
/ 15 February 2011

Protest and arrest threats stall Bush

Human rights campaigners vow to hound ex-US president.

By Ewen Macaskill and Afua Hirsch
No image available
Article
/ 25 October 2010

Canadian pleads guilty in Guantánamo trial

Canadian captive Omar Khadr pleaded guilty to all five terrorism charges against him in the US war-crimes tribunal at Guantánamo Bay.

By Jane Sutton
No image available
Article
/ 25 February 2009

Mohamed’s long walk of freedom as debate rages

Binyam Mohamed spent his first full day back in the UK on Tuesday after four years in Guantánamo Bay. His lawyers said he went on a two-hour walk.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 5 February 2009

Evidence of Guantánamo torture ‘buried’

The UK was accused on Wednesday of hiding behind claims of a threat to national security to suppress evidence of torture at Guantánamo Bay.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 28 July 2008

Bin Laden’s driver on trial

Osama bin Laden’s former driver has pleaded not guilty in a case that could determine the future of scores of terrorism cases in the United States.

By Ed Pilkington
No image available
Article
/ 22 March 2007

I must confess …

When planes flew into the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon on September 11 2001, it was the culmination of cunning plans by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

By Staff Reporter

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