Stories by Andy Worthington
Andy Worthington is a writer and historian, and author of The Guantánamo Files.
Guantánamo is in total disarray.
Posted on May 21, 2008, Source: Andy Worthington's Blog
The untold stories of the five Afghan prisoners released with Sami al-Haj reveal, yet again, the wholesale mockery of justice at Guantánamo.
Posted on May 11, 2008, Source: Andy Worthington's Blog
The release of al-Jazeera cameraman Sami al-Haj last week made headlines. But few have mentioned the others prisoners freed from Guantánamo.
Posted on May 9, 2008, Source: Andy Worthington's Blog
The Al Jazeera cameraman was never charged.
Posted on May 2, 2008, Source: AlterNet
Alleged al-Qaeda operative Abu Zubaydah has been held as a "high-value detainee" for over six years. His importance has been wildly exaggerated.
Posted on Apr 24, 2008, Source: AlterNet
As prisoners at Guantánamo begin boycotting their own show trials, the U.S. government is focusing on propaganda in lieu of legitimacy.
Posted on Apr 23, 2008, Source: Andy Worthington's Blog
Drawings by journalist Sami Al-Haj depicting torture at Gitmo have been censored.
Posted on Apr 11, 2008, Source: AlterNet
Charged with aiding the 1998 bombing of U.S. embassies, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani joins a growing number of prisoners facing military commissions.
Posted on Apr 1, 2008, Source: AlterNet
As the Bush administration announces it will seek the death penalty against six detainees, concerns about Guantánamo seem to be swept aside.
Posted on Feb 13, 2008, Source: Andy Worthington's Blog
Three pre-trial hearings at Gitmo involve two "child soldiers" and a driver for Osama bin Laden. Are these the worst of the worst?
Posted on Feb 11, 2008, Source: Andy Worthington's Blog
The CIA director admits the U.S. waterboarded detainees, but says it was only done on three. He's lying.
Posted on Feb 7, 2008, Source: Andy Worthington's Blog
Even after six years of lawless brutality, the case of a Abdul Hamid al-Ghizzawi is almost too horrifying to believe.
Posted on Feb 1, 2008, Source: Andy Worthington's Blog
As Canada apologizes for putting the U.S. on a list of countries that torture, its own government stays silent on the case of Omar Khadr.
Posted on Jan 24, 2008, Source: AlterNet
This sentencing sends a message to the President that torture is justified for little more than thought crime.
Posted on Jan 22, 2008, Source: AlterNet
The sixth anniversary of the creation of Bush's legal "black hole" is upon us.
Posted on Jan 11, 2008, Source: AlterNet
The Supreme Court's decision in June 2004 has been undermined twice by Congress in the intervening years.
Posted on Dec 22, 2007, Source: AlterNet
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