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Will Egypt’s Military Government Free Former Guantánamo Prisoner Imprisoned...
Back in June, I wrote about the case of Adel el-Gazzar, who, after eight years in US custody, mostly at Guantánamo, and another 17 months in Slovakia (where he was held in prison-like conditions and...
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Beyond Guantánamo, New York Times Examines How Federal Prisons Deal with...
As the debate over the dreadful detainee provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act has demonstrated, when lawmakers, unprovoked, have unilaterally decided that what America needs is...
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British Court Orders Release of Bagram Prisoner Rendered by UK from Iraq,...
In an extraordinary ruling in the UK yesterday (PDF), the Court of Appeal ordered the British government to secure the release of a prisoner, Yunus Rahmatullah, who is 29 years old, and has been held...
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An Extraordinary Interview with Former Guantánamo Child Prisoner Mohammed...
When I began researching and writing about Guantánamo, nearly six years ago, one of the stories that seized my attention was that of Mohammed El-Gharani, a Chadian national, who had grown up with his...
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Conditions at Guantánamo Under Scrutiny
Last week, the Associated Press reported that officials at Guantánamo, stung by lawyers’ criticism of conditions in a disciplinary block known as “Five Echo,” had fought back against claims that the...
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With 5000 Dead in Syria, Channel 4 Exposes President Al-Assad’s Horrendous...
Back in March, when, in my article, “Revolution in the Middle East: Brave Protestors in Syria Call for Freedom,” I picked up on reports of protests in Damascus, firstly by those inspired by the...
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Close Guantánamo: Andy Worthington Visits US, Attends National Day of Action...
January 11, 2012 is the 10th anniversary of the opening of the “war on terror” prison at Guantánamo, and, to mark this bleak anniversary, dozens of campaigning groups are staging en event, “10 Years...
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Libyan Rebel Leader, Rendered by UK to Torture by US in Thailand and Gaddafi...
This week, Abdel Hakim Belhadj (aka Belhaj), a Libyan military commander and rebel leader, who is the head of the Tripoli Military Council and the former leader of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group,...
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Christmas Thoughts for Omar Khadr, Still Held at Guantánamo
This Christmas, when so many of us spend time with our families, my thoughts are with Omar Khadr, a scapegoat in the “war on terror” for two countries — not just the United States, which has held him...
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Ten Years of Guantánamo: Andy Worthington Visits the US to Campaign for the...
January 11, 2012 is a profoundly depressing anniversary — marking ten years since the Bush administration established its “war on terror” prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and decided that those who...
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