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Article: Somali man held two months faces charges in US
A Somali man suspected of assisting al Qaeda was held abroad on a US Navy ship for questioning for over two months without being advised of any legal rights, an administration official said. Tweet
Article: US opens grand jury on CIA detainee's death
The US Justice Department has opened a torture and war crimes grand jury investigation into the interrogation and death of a prisoner at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, a person close to the investigation said Tuesday. Tweet
Article: Top US law officer vows to close Guantanamo
US Attorney General Eric Holder said on Monday the United States would close the Guantanamo Bay facility holding terrorism suspects in Cuba, despite missing a previous deadline to do so. On an official visit to Paris, Holder stressed what...
Article: Guantanamo Bay - Obama's biggest failure?
US President Barack Obama has given the go ahead for trials to resume at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre in Cuba. Washington officials insist the president is still determined to close the "war on terror facility", but...
Article: Guantanamo prisoner to help prosecute others
A US military jury sentenced an admitted al Qaeda conspirator from Sudan to 14 more years in prison on Friday but he will serve far less if he keeps his promise to help prosecutors in cases against other Guantanamo captives. All but 34...
Article: Sudanese captive pleads guilty at Guantanamo
A Sudanese prisoner linked to al Qaeda pleaded guilty on Tuesday to terrorism charges in the war crimes tribunal at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay. Defendant Noor Uthman Muhammed was accused of being a weapons instructor and...
Article: Ex-Guantanamo detainee gets life sentence in US court
A US judge sentenced the first former Guantanamo detainee to face a civilian trial to life in prison on Tuesday, denying defense calls for leniency over his treatment by CIA interrogators. Tanzanian national Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, 36, was...
Article: US eyes new Guantanamo trials, despite criticism
The prospect of the United States charging Guantanamo Bay detainees before new military tribunals unleashed a torrent of protests Thursday among human rights groups. The New York Times reported that Defence Secretary Robert Gates would...
Article: Rights groups urge Spain to probe Guantanamo boss
Human rights groups said Friday they have asked a Spanish judge to subpoena the former US commander of the Guantanamo detention camp to explain his alleged role in the torture of detainees. The US-based Center for Constitutional Rights (...
Article: US Senate to consider blocking Guantanamo closure
The US Senate begins consideration Thursday of a bill that if adopted will block civilian trials of 'war on terror' suspects and closure of the US prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a congressional source said Wednesday. The development,...
