Guantnamo Bay
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Guantánamo proving a political headache for Obama
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
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
The United States Attorney General is making a public appeal to Europe for help in closing Guantánamo.
Spain: No torture probe of US officials
Spanish prosecutors on Friday recommended against a probe into allegations that US officials gave legal cover for the torture of terror suspects.
National Geographic film goes ‘Inside Guantánamo’
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
The EU questioned the Obama administration about Guantánamo on Monday, as member states weigh whether to accept a US request to take detainees.
Sweep your own doorstep, Algerian minister tells US
The Algerian interior minister on Monday denied allegations of human rights abuses contained in a United States State Department report.
Freed Guantánamo detainee says US behind his torture
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.
Obama closes Guantánamo, names conflict envoys
Barack Obama on Thursday ordered the closing of Guantánamo prison and named veteran trouble-shooters for the Middle East and Afghanistan.
Obama plunges into agenda at home and abroad
United States President Barack Obama is expected to issue an order on Thursday to close Guantánamo prison after a busy first full day.
Obama seeks suspension of Guantánamo trials
Barack Obama ordered prosecutors to seek a suspension on Wednesday of military trials at the Guantánamo Bay ”war on terror” prison camp.
Obama orders Guantanamo prosecutors to seek freeze
Hours after taking office, US President Barack Obama ordered military prosecutors in the Guantánamo war crimes tribunals to ask for a 120-day halt.
Closing Guantánamo ‘an Obama priority’
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.
Guantánamo 9/11 suspects plead guilty
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.
Obama vows to exit Iraq and rebuild US ‘moral stature’
US president-elect Barack Obama has vowed to pull troops out of Iraq as part of a foreign policy break with George Bush.