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.
US President Barack Obama is set to revive the system of military commissions for prosecuting Guantánamo detainees, but with more legal protections.
The United States Attorney General is making a public appeal to Europe for help in closing Guantánamo.
Spanish prosecutors on Friday recommended against a probe into allegations that US officials gave legal cover for the torture of terror suspects.
The Guantánamo military prison guards call it a ”cocktail,” the mix of faeces, urine and spit that inmates hurl at them.
The EU questioned the Obama administration about Guantánamo on Monday, as member states weigh whether to accept a US request to take detainees.
The Algerian interior minister on Monday denied allegations of human rights abuses contained in a United States State Department report.
No image available
/ 23 February 2009
Binyam Mohamed, a UK resident held at Guantánamo Bay for more than four years, was released and put on a plane to home on Monday.
No image available
/ 23 January 2009
Barack Obama on Thursday ordered the closing of Guantánamo prison and named veteran trouble-shooters for the Middle East and Afghanistan.
No image available
/ 22 January 2009
United States President Barack Obama is expected to issue an order on Thursday to close Guantánamo prison after a busy first full day.
No image available
/ 21 January 2009
Barack Obama ordered prosecutors to seek a suspension on Wednesday of military trials at the Guantánamo Bay ”war on terror” prison camp.
No image available
/ 21 January 2009
Hours after taking office, US President Barack Obama ordered military prosecutors in the Guantánamo war crimes tribunals to ask for a 120-day halt.
No image available
/ 14 January 2009
One of Barack Obama’s first acts as the new US president could be to order the closure of the controversial ”war on terror” detention camp.
No image available
/ 9 December 2008
The alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and four others on Monday told a military judge that they wanted to plead guilty and enter a confession.
No image available
/ 17 November 2008
US president-elect Barack Obama has vowed to pull troops out of Iraq as part of a foreign policy break with George Bush.
Coney Island, the quaintly rotting amusement park frequented by millions of New Yorkers every summer, has acquired a new attraction.
George Clooney has embarked on what may be one of his most controversial projects: the story of Osama bin Laden’s driver.
A jury convicted Osama bin Laden’s former driver of supporting terrorism on Wednesday in the first war-crimes trial at Guantánamo Bay.
The first US war-crimes trial since World War II began on Monday at the US navy base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
Canada says it will not press for the return of a young Canadian inmate held at Guantánamo Bay despite video footage that showed him weeping.
Omar Khadr, the only Western prisoner still held at Guantánamo Bay, broke down and wept when questioned by Canadian interrogators.
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said on Tuesday planned Guantánamo war crimes trials fell short of international standards and handing down death penalties would be ”just not acceptable”.
No image available
/ 5 February 2007
As prisoners in the United States ”war on terror” languish at its naval base in Guantánamo Bay, Cubans nearby are unaware of what goes on inside the base. Some younger Cubans yearn for the music and clothes of the United States, but the older generation are staunch supporters of ailing President Fidel Castro.