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Obama to begin process of closing Guantanamo Bay: report
President Barack Obama plans to resume transfers of inmates from Guantanamo Bay to other countries in a fresh bid to close the controversial US prison, The Wall Street Journal reported. In the coming weeks, Obama will try to accelerate efforts to transfer detainees out of Guantanamo partly by lifting a…
Obama to reveal counterterrorism strategy, plans for drones and Guantanamo Bay on Thursday
President Barack Obama will discuss his counterterrorism strategy Thursday, revealing to the American public his plans for unmanned drones and Guantanamo Bay, the White House said Sunday. During his speech at the National Defense University in Washington, the president will discuss “our broad counter-terrorism policy, including our military, diplomatic, intelligence…
White House: Obama examining ways to shut down Guantanamo
President Barack Obama is considering appointing a new senior State Department official to work out how to transfer detainees to permit the closure of the war-on-terror prison at Guantanamo Bay. The White House said Wednesday that Obama would consider the measure as part of the new effort to close the…
Protesters demand Obama close Guantanamo Bay prison
Rights activists across the United States held a series of protests on Thursday demanding the closure of Guantanamo Bay as a hunger-strike at the jail entered a third month. In a day of action aimed at drawing attention to the plight of prisoners at the facility, demonstrators — many wearing…
UN human rights chief slams failure to shut Guantanamo
Washington is breaking international law by holding detainees indefinitely at Guantanamo and must honour a pledge to shut the controversial jail, the UN’s human rights chief said Friday. “I am deeply disappointed that the US government has not been able to close Guantanamo Bay, despite repeatedly committing itself to do…
Maddow wonders if endless war on terror is morally forgivable
On her show Thursday night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow summed up why many Americans are so distraught over counter-terrorism efforts such as Guantanamo Bay and targeted drone strikes. Before interviewing former Defense Department general counsel Jeh Johnson, Maddow noted that German prisoners were held on U.S. soil during World War…
Unidentified detainee mysteriously dies at Guantanamo Bay
WASHINGTON — A detainee died over the weekend at the US prison for “war on terror” suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the ninth since the detention center opened in 2002, the US military said Monday. The detainee, who was not identified pending notification of his government and next of kin,…
Military postpones Guantanamo-9/11 trial due to Hurricane Isaac
The US military said Wednesday it has postponed preliminary hearings for the trial of alleged September 11 plotters held at Guantanamo Bay because of Tropical Storm Isaac. Already postponed due to the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and a technical glitch, the hearings were to have begun Thursday and run through August…
Technical glitch delays 9/11 hearing at Guantanamo
US NAVAL BASE AT GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba — The next court appearance of five men charged over the 9/11 attacks has been delayed until Thursday due to an Internet outage, the presiding judge said Tuesday. The preliminary hearings in a US military court in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba had already been…
UN asked to probe Guantanamo torture of 9/11 chief
Lawyers for self-confessed September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed revealed they have asked the UN to investigate their client’s alleged torture at Guantanamo Bay military jail. On the UN’s International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Mohammed’s defense team revealed they had sent a “Letter of Allegation” to Juan…
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