On AlterNet: guantánamo
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "guantánamo"
Moazzam Begg, Comment Is Free. January 26, 2010.
From a cover-up over prisoners' deaths to the torture of Shaker Aamer, the real story of Guantánamo is beginning to emerge.
Andy Worthington, TruthOut.org. December 30, 2009.
The failed bomb plot on Christmas Day has prompted lawmakers to declare that no more Yemenis should be released from Guantánamo. They're wrong.
Andy Worthington, AlterNet. December 23, 2009.
The release of Mohammed Sulaymon Barre and Ismail Mahmoud Muhammad is another example of the hysterical and false claims that Guantanamo is full of hardcore terrorists.
Andy Worthington, Andy Worthington's Blog. November 2, 2009.
This latest release still leaves seven Uighurs in Guantánamo -- not to mention the 60 or so other prisoners who have been cleared for release
Andy Worthington, AlterNet. October 5, 2009.
There's no reason for any of these prisoners, several of whom were cleared under Bush, to be held for one minute longer.
Andy Worthington, Andy Worthington's Blog. September 16, 2009.
The Obama administration has announced it will introduce a review system for the 600 prisoners at Bagram airbase. But a close look at the plan reveals cause for alarm.
Moazzam Begg, AlterNet. September 13, 2009.
My final Ramadan was spent alongside the world's most dangerous terrorists (according to Bush) and its finest examples of patience and fortitude (according to me).
Andy Worthington, Comment Is Free. September 11, 2009.
In Guantánamo, 225 men remain imprisoned, most of them never charged, ostensibly for some connection with these attacks.
Andy Worthington, Andy Worthington's Blog. August 4, 2009.
The Obama administration is still refusing to release prisoners who have been found to pose no threat to the U.S. What is going on?
Gwladys Fouché, The Guardian. July 19, 2009.
"Torture is continuing in Guantánamo," Sami al-Haj, who spent more than six years at Guantanamo says.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. April 28, 2009.
In a crucial defeat for the Obama administration, an ACLU lawsuit on behalf of five victims of extraordinary rendition will move forward.
Andy Worthington, AlterNet. April 26, 2009.
If the torture of the first "high-value detainee" was authorized by the Bybee memos, who ordered his torture 18 weeks before they were written?
Comment Is FreeApril 2, 2009.
Clive Stafford Smith is accused of 'unprofessional conduct' by Pentagon officials who monitor communication between Gitmo prisoners and their lawyers.
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.
Andy Worthington, AlterNet. March 17, 2009.
Under Obama's Justice Department, "change" means nothing more than turning "enemy combatants" to "Nobodies Formerly Known As Enemy Combatants."
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. March 8, 2009.
Obama said he thinks all detainees should have "an opportunity through habeas corpus to answer to charges." But his DOJ disagrees.
Andy Worthington, AlterNet. February 20, 2009.
It's now up to Obama to decide whether to find homes for the Uighurs in the U.S., or to keep them at Gitmo until further notice.
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.
The NationJanuary 15, 2009.
David Cole, Michael Ratner, John Nichols and others pose the questions the attorney general nominee should be asked at his confirmation hearing.
Steve Hendricks, AlterNet. January 14, 2009.
Far from seeking to prosecute the criminals who authorized torture, Barack Obama has instead asked several to work for him.
Andy Worthington, AlterNet. December 8, 2008.
Are Khalid Sheikh Mohamed and his co-defendants focusing on their pursuit of martyrdom?
Andy Worthington, AlterNet. December 3, 2008.
The repatriation of Salim Hamdan to Yemen should hasten the demise of the U.S. prison camp.
Michael Ratner, Jules Lobel, The Nation. December 1, 2008.
If Congress chooses to rebrand Guantanamo with a legal gloss, it will legitimize the indefinite imprisonment of people without charge.
Marjorie Cohn, Jurist Legal News and Research. November 29, 2008.
Judge: "Seven years of waiting for a legal system to give them an answer ... is more than enough."
Andy Worthington, AlterNet. November 19, 2008.
If President-elect Barack Obama truly plans to make good on his promise to close the American gulag, he should start by heeding this advice.
