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Abdul Rahman Shalabi, Guantánamo Hunger Striker for Ten Years, Is Approved...
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16th Guantánamo Prisoner Seeks Release Via Periodic Review Board
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97-Pound Yemeni Hunger Striker Appears Before Periodic Review Board As Saudi...
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Fayiz Al-Kandari is Free! The Last Kuwaiti in Guantánamo Is Released, Plus a...
For Fayiz al-Kandari, the last Kuwaiti held at Guantánamo, who turned 40 at the prison in 2015, there is finally justice, as he was released on Friday January 10 and sent back home, over 14 years after...
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Ten Yemenis Freed from Guantánamo, Given New Homes in Oman; Now 93 Men Remain
As the disgraceful US prison at Guantánamo Bay begins its 15th year of operations, President Obama has been busy attempting to show that, with just one year left in office, he is determined to close...
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Two Yemenis Approved for Release from Guantánamo Via Periodic Review Boards...
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“America’s Shame,” Rolling Stone’s Detailed – and Damning – Article About...
As all eyes are focused on Iowa, on the first caucus of this year’s Presidential election race, I thought I’d cross-post an interesting article about Guantánamo that was recently published in Rolling...
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Guantánamo Reviews: US Accepts that Former “Black Site” Prisoner, Like Five...
As the countdown to the end of the Obama presidency continues (see the Countdown to Close Guantánamo we launched last month), and with just 329 days left for President Obama to fulfill the promise to...
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Afghan Approved for Release from Guantánamo, as Lawyer Presents Persuasive...
As the dust settles on President Obama’s plan to close the prison at Guantánamo Bay before he leaves office, and defense secretary Ashton Carter urges Congress to drop its ban on bringing prisoners to...
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Yemeni Is 27th Guantánamo Prisoner to Face Periodic Review Board; 4th Man Has...
Please support my work! In the long-running saga of ascertaining who is held at Guantánamo, and what should happen to them, the Bush administration’s refusal to recognize domestically and...
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Saifullah Paracha, Pakistani Businessman and “Very Compliant” Prisoner, Faces...
I wrote the following article — as “Guantánamo Review Board for Saifullah Paracha, Pakistani Businessman and ‘Very Compliant’ Prisoner, Kidnapped in Thailand in 2003” — for the “Close Guantánamo”...
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29th Periodic Review Board at Guantánamo – for Sharqawi Ali Al-Hajj, Alleged...
Last week, Sharqawi Abdu Ali Al-Hajj (aka Abdu Ali Sharqawi), a 41-year old Yemeni, became the 29th Guantánamo prisoner to have his case considered by a Periodic Review Board, the review process that,...
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Periodic Review Board Decides Yemeni at Guantánamo Still Poses A Threat 14...
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Emad Hassan’s Story: How Knowing a Town Called Al-Qa’idah Got Him 13 Years in...
Last week, I published an article about the latest releases from Guantánamo — two Libyans, one of whom was Omar Mohammed Khalifh, a Libyan amputee seized in Pakistan in a house raid in 2002. Khalifh...
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Saifullah Paracha, 68-Year Old Pakistani Businessman, Has His Ongoing...
Bad news from Guantánamo for Saifullah Paracha, a Pakistani businessman, a victim of kidnap, extraordinary rendition and torture, and, at 68, the prison’s oldest prisoner, as his ongoing imprisonment...
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Nine Yemenis Freed from Guantánamo to Saudi Arabia; 80 Prisoners Remain
Good news from Guantánamo, as nine prisoners have been released, bringing the remaining number of prisoners down to 80. The nine men freed are all Yemeni citizens, but all have a connection with Saudi...
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Guantánamo Review for Obaidullah, an Afghan Whose Lawyers Established His...
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Two More Yemeni “Forever Prisoners” Seek Release from Guantánamo Via Periodic...
Last week, two more Periodic Review Boards took place for men held in the US prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The PRBs, which began in November 2013, are reviewing the cases of all the men still held...
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An Afghan and a Yemeni “Black Site” Prisoner Face Guantánamo Periodic Review...
In President Obama’s last year in office, efforts are clearly being made to fulfill the promise he made to close the prison at Guantánamo Bay on his second day in office, back in January 2009. 27 men...
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Yemeni Tribal Chief, Businessman, Intelligence Officer and Torture Victim...
Last week, a 48-year old Yemeni citizen held at Guantánamo, Abd al-Salam al-Hela (aka Abd al-Salam al-Hilah or Abdul al-Salam al-Hilal), became the 37th prisoner to have his case considered by a...
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