Former Insider Shatters Credibility of Military Commissions
Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld tells the truth, says Andy Worthington
Tag: guantanamo
Why Trial Date For African Embassy Bombing Suspect Is Good News
Andy Worthington says justice can be served
Victim of al-Qaeda Torture Set Free from Guantánamo
Andy Worthington on a most ridiculous terror case
Empty Evidence
At the end of a hectic week at Guantánamo, which saw the Obama administration overcome its previous inability to release prisoners (just two were released from January to May), it was announced that, following the release of four Uighurs to Bermuda, the return of Guantánamo’s youngest prisoner, Mohammed El-Gharani, to Chad, and the repatriation of … Continue reading “Empty Evidence”
Obama’s Wrong Turn on Detention
Robyn Blumner cries into her Yes We Can mug
Behind the Wire: An Insider’s Reflections on Gitmo
Hilite title: Behind the Wire
Subhead: An insider’s reflections on Gitmo, by Daniel J. Lakemacher
Death At Guantánamo Hovers Over Obama’s Middle East Visit
Andy Worthington on what Obama didn’t mention
How Many Times Will Guantánamo Kill?
Moazzam Begg on a recent Gitmo suicide
Free the Guantánamo Uighurs!
On Friday, court-watchers received some deeply depressing news – 33 pages of unconstitutional hogwash directed at the Supreme Court by President Obama’s Justice Department [.pdf], in which no stone of dubious legality was left unturned in the administration’s desperate and unprincipled attempts to mimic its predecessors by preventing 17 Uighurs at Guantánamo from being resettled … Continue reading “Free the Guantánamo Uighurs!”
Blowing Smoke on Gitmo
Pols trash Constitution for votes, says Ivan Eland