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Periodic Review Board at Guantánamo for Yemeni Subjected to Long-Term Sleep...
Last Tuesday, Mohammad Rajah Sadiq Abu Ghanim (aka Mohammed Ghanim), a Yemeni born in 1975, became the 38th prisoner to face a Periodic Review Board at Guantánamo. These involve representatives of the...
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Alleged Al-Qaida Bomb-Maker Faces Periodic Review Board at Guantánamo
Last Thursday, Jabran al-Qahtani, a Saudi national, became the 39th prisoner to face a Periodic Review Board at Guantánamo. Set up in 2013 to review the cases of all the prisoners who were not facing...
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The Man They Don’t Know: Saeed Bakhouche, an Algerian, Faces a Periodic...
On Tuesday May 24, Saeed Bakhouche, a 45-year old Algerian who has been held in the US prison at Guantánamo Bay since June 2002, became the 40th prisoner to face a Periodic Review Board at Guantánamo....
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Sufyian Barhoumi, An Extremely Well-Behaved Algerian, Seeks Release from...
Last Thursday, two days after Saeed Bakhouche, an Algerian, sought release from Guantánamo via a Periodic Review Board, a high-level, inter-agency US government review process, established in 2013,...
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Periodic Review Boards: Two Prisoners Recommended for Release from...
It’s been a busy week at Guantánamo, with two Periodic Review Boards taking place, two prisoners being approved for release after reviews in April, and two others having their ongoing imprisonment...
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Mohamedou Ould Slahi, Torture Victim and Best-Selling Author, Seeks Release...
I wrote the following article for the “Close Guantánamo” website, which I established in January 2012, on the 10th anniversary of the opening of Guantánamo, with the US attorney Tom Wilner. Please join...
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Two More Prisoners – A Moroccan and an Afghan – Seek Release from Guantánamo...
Last week, the Obama administration’s efforts to reduce the number of men held at Guantánamo, via Periodic Review Boards, continued with two more reviews. The PRBs were established in 2013 to review...
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The Last Russian in Guantánamo and an Alleged Saudi Bomb-Maker Seek Release...
Last week, two more Periodic Review Boards took place — the 48th and 49th — for the last Russian prisoner held at Guantánamo, Ravil Mingazov, and for Ghassan al-Sharbi, a Saudi. Both men were seized in...
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The Last Two Yemenis Mistakenly Identified as Members of Al-Qaeda Cell Seek...
Last week, two more Periodic Review Boards took place at Guantánamo, bringing to 51 the number of prisoners whose ongoing imprisonment has been reviewed by the US government since the PRBs were set up...
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Penitent Pakistani Seeks Release from Guantánamo, as Two Yemenis and a...
On July 7, a Periodic Review Board took place for Abdul Rahim Ghulam Rabbani (also identified for the PRB as Abdul Rabbani Abu Rahmah), a Pakistani prisoner at Guantánamo (born in Saudi Arabia) who was...
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Libyan Who Abandoned Habeas Corpus Petition, Citing Its “Futility,” Asks...
Last week, a Libyan prisoner at Guantánamo, Ismail Ali Faraj al-Bakush (aka Ismael al-Bakush), who is 48 years old, became the 53rd prisoner to face a Periodic Review Board. The PRBs were set up in...
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The Last Prisoner to Arrive at Guantánamo, an Afghan Fascinated with US...
On August 4, Muhammad Rahim, an Afghan, became the 56th Guantánamo prisoner to face a Periodic Review Board. The PRBs were set up in 2013, and are reviewing the cases of all the prisoners still held...
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Obama Releases 15 Prisoners from Guantánamo to UAE; Just 61 Men Now Left...
There was good news from Guantánamo last week, as 15 men were released, to begin new lives in the United Arab Emirates. The release was the largest single release of prisoners under President Obama,...
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Two Malaysian “High-Value Detainees” Seek Release from Guantánamo Via...
In the last three weeks, six Periodic Review Boards have taken place at Guantánamo, and I’ll be writing about them in a number of articles this week and next, beginning with two reviews that took...
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Guantánamo “High-Value Detainee” Abu Faraj Al-Libi Seeks Release Via Periodic...
On August 16, Mustafa Faraj Muhammad Muhammad Mas’ud al-Jadid al-Uzaybi (ISN 10017), a Libyan prisoner in Guantánamo who is better known as Abu Faraj al-Libi, became the 59th prisoner to have his case...
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Torture Victim Abu Zubaydah, Seen For the First Time in 14 Years, Seeks...
On August 23, 2016, the most notorious torture victim in Guantánamo, Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn, better known as Abu Zubaydah, became the 61st prisoner to face a Periodic Review Board, and was seen...
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No Justice for 14 Tortured “High-Value Detainees” Who Arrived at Guantánamo...
I wrote the following article (as “Tortured “High-Value Detainees” Arrived at Guantánamo Exactly Ten Years Ago, But Still There Is No Justice”) for the “Close Guantánamo” website, which I established...
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Afghan Moneychanger Seeks Release from Guantánamo Via Periodic Review Board
On August 25, an Afghan prisoner at Guantánamo, Haji Wali Mohammed, who was born in February 1965 or 1966, became the 62nd prisoner to face a Periodic Review Board. The PRBs — whose closest analogy are...
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Four “High-Value Detainees” Have Their Ongoing Imprisonment at Guantánamo...
Please support my work! I’m currently trying to raise $2800 (£2100) to support my writing and campaigning on Guantánamo for the next three months. On September 8, as I reported here, Hassan bin...
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Chief Defense Counsel of Guantánamo’s Military Commissions Calls Them a...
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