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Astonishing Report: We're Executing Gitmo Prisoners and Calling It Suicide

Andy Worthington, Andy Worthington's Blog. January 18, 2010.

The three "suicides" in June 2006 were not suicides at all. The men were killed during interrogations in a secret prison block and the murders were disguised to look like suicides.

U.S. Frees Youngest Detainee From Guantanamo

Reuters June 11, 2009.

Mohammed El Gharani, a Chadian citizen, was seized when he was just 14 years old and spent seven years in captivity.

Little Known Military Thug Squad Still Brutalizing Prisoners at Gitmo Under Obama

Jeremy Scahill, AlterNet. May 15, 2009.

The 'Black Shirts' of Guantanamo routinely terrorize prisoners, breaking bones, gouging eyes, squeezing testicles, and 'dousing' them with chemicals.

If the U.S. is Closing Gitmo, Why is the Pentagon Recruiting New Lawyers to Defend its Detentions?

Willam Fisher, IPS News. April 15, 2009.

The Pentagon is offering $39,407 to $130,211 a year for lawyers to respond to habeas corpus petitions filed by detainees in federal courts.

How the U.S. Tried to Bribe a Gitmo Prisoner into Silence

Willam Fisher, IPS News. March 25, 2009.

As a condition for his release, the U.S. government told Binyam Mohamed to plead guilty, deny torture, and not to talk to media.

Rendition Victim Binyam Mohamed Was Just Released from Gitmo. This is His Story

Andy Worthington, AlterNet. February 23, 2009.

"I was abducted, hauled from one country to the next, tortured in medieval ways -- all orchestrated by the U.S. government."

Very Bad News: Afghanistan's Bagram Air Base Will Be Obama's Guantanamo

Stephen Foley, Independent UK. February 22, 2009.

The Afghan air base is to undergo a $60 million expansion, allowing it to hold five times as many prisoners as remain at Gitmo.

President Barack Obama Moves to Halt Guantanamo Trials

Philippe Naughton, The Times of London UK. January 21, 2009.

Barack Obama wasted no time, asking prosecutors to halt the military trials within hours of his inauguration.

Judge Orders Release of Guantánamo’s Forgotten Child

Andy Worthington, AlterNet. January 16, 2009.

Mohammed El-Gharani arrived at Guantánamo when he was 14 years old and has spent a third of his life in prison.

"Dirty Bomb" Charges Dropped Against Gitmo Prisoner Binyam Mohamed

Andy Worthington, AlterNet. October 16, 2008.

Mohamed was brutally tortured after being rendered by the CIA to Morocco. "We're going to change your brain," one of his captors said.

"There is No Such Thing as Justice Here": Hamdan Trial Begins

Leonard Doyle, Independent UK. July 21, 2008.

Salim Hamdan, the suicidal and delusional prisoner who was once a chauffeur for Osama bin Laden, is being tried by Military Tribunal.

Sami al-Haj Released from Guantánamo After More than Six Years

Andy Worthington, AlterNet. May 2, 2008.

The Al Jazeera cameraman was never charged.

Gitmo Trials Rigged from the Start

Ross Tuttle, The Nation. February 21, 2008.

A damning new interview reveals that the Gitmo trials are only for show.

Lingerie Designer Releases Gitmo Inspired Underwear: "Fair Trial My A***"

Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. February 15, 2008.

A pair has been delivered to No. 10 Downing Street and spotted on the runway at London Fashion Week.

Is a Small Island in the Indian Ocean Holding Prisoners in the War on Terror?

Robert Verkaik, The Independent UK. February 2, 2008.

The expulsion of the people of Diego Garcia was covered up for years. Now officials block an investigation of its role in extraordinary rendition.