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Ninth Circuit Agrees That Former Guantanamo Detainee 
Lacks Grounds to Sue for Waterboarding
Article • August 1, 2025 • from PLN August, 2025
Filed under: War on Terror, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Terrorism
Ninth Circuit Agrees That Former Guantanamo Detainee Lacks Grounds to Sue for Waterboarding by David Reutter On June 30, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed dismissal of a complaint filed by Abu Zubaydah, 52, a falsely accused Al-Qaeda conspirator captured after the terrorist attacks on …
Plans to Hold Migrants at Gitmo Hit Snag
Article • May 1, 2025 • from PLN May, 2025
Filed under: Enforcement of Immigration Laws, Immigration Detention
Plans to Hold Migrants at Gitmo Hit Snag by Struggling to keep a campaign promise to deport “millions” of migrants, Pres. Donald J. Trump (R) announced shortly after his January 2025 inauguration the construction of new detention space for 30,000 people at the U.S. Naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, …
Deal to Release Cuban Prisoners Upended
Article • March 1, 2025 • from PLN March, 2025
Filed under: Political Prisoners, War on Terror, Terrorism
Deal to Release Cuban Prisoners Upended by Among a raft of executive orders issued the day of his inauguration on January 20, 2025, Pres. Donald J. Trump (R) signed one reversing a decision by his predecessor to remove Cuba from a “blacklist” of nations accused of sponsoring terrorism. Though cheered …
Plea Deal Falls Apart for Accused 9/11 Masterminds
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, CIA, Guards/Staff, Torture, Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas
Plea Deal Falls Apart for Accused 9/11 Masterminds by On August 2, 2024, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin revoked a plea agreement that military lawyers reached with three high-profile detainees accused in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. As a result, they will soon mark 22 years of confinement …
The Mind-Breakers: the Case of Ramzi Bin al-Shibh
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Filed under: War on Terror, Torture Victims Act, Political Prisoners (International), Terrorism, Torture Victims, Competence of Defendant, Convention Against Torture
The Mind-Breakers: the Case of Ramzi Bin al-Shibh by St Clair, Jeffrey By Jeffrey St. Clair   This article originally appeared in Counterpunch on October 6, 2023. It is reprinted here with permission. Read the original at https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/10/06/the-mind-breakers-the-case-of-ramzi-bin-al-shibh/   On the first anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Pakistani ISI (Inter-Services …
Guantanamo Bay Detainees Subjected to Forced Rectal Feeding and Hydration
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Filed under: Forcible Treatment
Guantanamo Bay Detainees Subjected to Forced Rectal Feeding and Hydration by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm MD Pretrial hearings in February 2023 at Guantánamo Bay in the case against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri – the man accused of devising the 2000 bombing of the U.S.S. Cole – included a stunning …
USA v. Al-Nashiri, Cuba, Motion to Suppress Custodial Statements, InterrogationTechniques, 2023
Brief • August 18, 2023
Filed under: Interrogation
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Guantanamo Prison Down to 30 Detainees
Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
Filed under: Military Prisons
Guantanamo Prison Down to 30 Detainees by Jordan Arizmendi by Jordan Arizmendi “My name is Majid Khan, and I am a real person. I am a human being. I am a Muslim man, and I first want to thank God for freeing me.” With that, the 43-year-old Pakistani was transferred …
News in Brief
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: In February 2021, Huntsville TV station WHNT reported a delay in the trial on theft and ethics charges of Mike Blakely, sheriff of Limestone County, Alabama. According to the report, retired Colbert County Circuit Judge Pride Tompkins, who had been appointed to hear the case …
Commander of Guantanamo Bay Military Prison Fired
Article • August 6, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019
Filed under: Military, Military Prisons
Commander of Guantanamo Bay Military Prison Fired by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Navy Rear Admiral John Ring, commander of the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba, commonly known as GITMO, was relieved of his position on April 27, 2019. Admiral Craig Faller, commander of the U.S. Southern Command, met …
Department of Defense: Art Created by Guantαnamo Bay Detainees Belongs to U.S.
Article • June 13, 2018
Filed under: War on Terror, Terrorism, Military Prisons
Department of Defense: Art Created by Guantαnamo Bay Detainees Belongs to U.S. by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Professor Erin L. Thompson of John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City created a stir when she decided to curate an exhibit of art created by “enemy combatants” detained at …
Guantanamo Bay Prison to Remain Open, Trump Announces
Article • June 8, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Filed under: War on Terror, International, News
Guantanamo Bay Prison to Remain Open, Trump Announces by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In his State of the Union address in January 2018, President Donald Trump announced that he had signed an executive order to ensure the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba, commonly known as Gitmo, would remain …
Guantánamo Prisoner Returned to Saudi Arabia
Article • May 3, 2018
Filed under: Conditions of Confinement
Guantánamo Prisoner Returned to Saudi Arabia by Christopher Zoukis Update: Ahmed al Darbi has been returned to his native Saudi Arabia, Saudi state security confirmed today, to serve the rest of his 13-year sentence. by Christopher Zoukis    Ahmed al Darbi, a 42-year-old Saudi who has been in the custody …
Tortured and Wrongly Held at Guantánamo for 14 Years, Abdul Zahir Now Has Freedom, but No Justice
Article • April 12, 2018
Filed under: Sexual Assault, Conditions of Confinement, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Political Prisoners (International)
Tortured and Wrongly Held at Guantánamo for 14 Years, Abdul Zahir Now Has Freedom, but No Justice by Adam Hudson by Adam Hudson, Truthout | Report Before Barack Obama left office, he released 10 detainees from Guantánamo to Oman. Among them was Abdul Zahir, a 45-year-old man from Afghanistan. Zahir was detained at Guantánamo for 14 …
Canada to Apologize, Pay $10.5 Million to Former Guantanamo Detainee
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Filed under: War on Terror, Wrongful Imprisonment, Immigration
Canada to Apologize, Pay $10.5 Million to Former Guantanamo Detainee by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Canadian government has agreed to pay $10.5 million to Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen who was held at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba as an enemy combatant for over a …
Abu Zubaydah: Torture’s “Poster Child”
Article • November 21, 2016
Filed under: Government Misconduct, War on Terror, Conditions of Confinement, Eighth Amendment, Court Access, Terrorism, CIA, Due Process
Abu Zubaydah: Torture’s “Poster Child” by Marjorie Cohn In August, Abu Zubaydah, who has been imprisoned at Guantanamo for 14 years without being charged with a crime, appeared for the first time before the U.S. military Periodic Review Board, which determines whether Guantanamo detainees will continue to be held as …
Chicago Police Detective Accused of Brutality Used Similar Techniques at Guantanamo
Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016
Filed under: Police Misconduct, War on Terror, Wrongful Conviction, Terrorism, Excessive Force (Police), Racial Profiling
Chicago Police Detective Accused of Brutality Used Similar Techniques at Guantanamo by Derek Gilna In an ironic twist of fate, a former Chicago police detective accused of acts of brutality against suspects in police custody has been cited for using similar tactics at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, …
UN Committee Against Torture Issues Report on United States
Article • September 6, 2016
Filed under: Corrections Audits, War on Terror, Prison Rape Elimination Act, International, International Law, Prisoners-International, Terrorism, CIA
UN Committee Against Torture Issues Report on United States by Matthew Clarke The United Nations Committee Against Torture issued a combined report encompassing its third to fifth periodic reports on the United States at its 1276th and 1277th meetings held on November 20, 2014. The report lauded some improvements under …
Navy Nurse Refuses to Force-feed Guantanamo Prisoners
Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016
Filed under: Hunger Strikes, War on Terror, Food, Eighth Amendment, International, Prisoners-International, Terrorism
Navy Nurse Refuses to Force-feed Guantanamo Prisoners by Derek Gilna An unnamed Navy nurse at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba that houses alleged terrorist detainees, who was facing expulsion from the Navy for his refusal to participate in force-feeding prisoners, has been allowed to return to his …
Report on Torture and Treatment at Guantanamo Bay Cuba, Center for Constitutional Rights, 2006
Publication • August 10, 2016
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, War on Terror, International, International Law, Terrorism, CIA
Report on Torture and Treatment at Guantanamo Bay Cuba, Center for Constitutional Rights, 2006 Center for Constitutional Rights 666 Broadway, 7th Floor New York, NY 10012 Phone: (212) 614-6464 Fax: (212) 614-6499 E-Mail: info@ccr-ny.org REPORT ON TORTURE AND CRUEL, INHUMAN, AND DEGRADING TREATMENT OF PRISONERS AT GUANTÁNAMO BAY, CUBA July …
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