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On the 20th Anniversary of the 9/11 Attacks, the US Needs to Close Guantánamo...

The 9/11 attacks and Camp 6 at Guantánamo, photographed in 2016. Please support my work as a reader-funded journalist! I’m currently trying to raise $2500 (£2000) to support my writing and campaigning...

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Yemeni Torture Victim and Insignificant Afghan Approved for Release from...

Guantánamo prisoners Sanad al-Kazimi and Asadullah Haroon Gul, who have been approved for release by Periodic Review Boards. Please support my work as a reader-funded journalist! I’m currently trying...

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Is This Justice? After 18 Years of Torture, Isolation and Unprecedented...

Majid Khan, photographed as a student in 1999, and in recent years at Guantánamo. Please support my work as a reader-funded journalist! I’m currently trying to raise $2500 (£2000) to support my...

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Majid Khan Describes Years of Torture and Abuse in CIA “Black Sites” and at...

Guantánamo prisoner and former CIA “black site” torture victim Majid Khan, photographed as a student before his capture, and shortly after his arrival at Guantánamo in September 2006, evidently...

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Five More Prisoners Approved for Release from Guantánamo: 18 of the 39...

The five “forever prisoners” approved for release from Guantánamo by Periodic Review Boards in November and December 2021. From L to R: Suhayl al-Sharabi, Guled Hassan Duran, Moath al-Alwi, Omar...

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Majid Khan’s Sentence Ends, But, Disgracefully, He’s Still Trapped at...

Majid Khan, photographed as a student in 1999, and in recent years at Guantánamo. Please support my work as a reader-funded journalist! I’m currently trying to raise $2500 (£2000) to support my...

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The US’s Ongoing “Forever Prisoner” Problem at Guantánamo

The five “forever prisoners” still held at Guantánamo without charge or trial: Muhammad Rahim, Abu Zubaydah, Khaled Qassim, Ismael Bakush and Mustafa al-Usaybi (aka Abu Faraj al-Libi). Please support...

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Abd Al-Hadi Al-Iraqi is First “High-Value Detainee” To Accept Plea Deal at...

Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi, in a photo taken at Guantánamo in recent years by representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Please support my work as a reader-funded journalist! I’m...

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The US Government’s Entirely Predictable Problems with Resettling Guantánamo...

Majid Khan over the years: as a student in 1999, prior to his capture; shortly after his arrival at Guantánamo, after three and a half years of forture in CIA “black sites”; during the negotiations...

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My Reflections on Guantánamo and the 21st Anniversary of the 9/11 Attacks and...

A screenshot of Andy Worthington discussing Guantánamo and the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 attacks with Inayat Wadee on Salaamedia in South Africa on September 9, 2022. Please support my work as a...

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Completely Unnoticed, CIA Torture Victim Abu Faraj Al-Libi Has His Ongoing...

“High-value detainee” Abu Faraj al-Libi, photographed at Guantánamo in recent years, and in a “wanted” poster prior to his capture in Pakistan in 2005. Please support my work as a reader-funded...

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As Saifullah Paracha, Guantánamo’s Oldest Prisoner, Is Finally Freed, Here’s...

Saifullah Paracha, photographed after his release from Guantánamo, having a cup of tea in a branch of McDonald’s in Karachi. Please support my work as a reader-funded journalist! I’m currently trying...

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Majid Khan Released From Guantánamo to New Life in Belize; 20 Others Approved...

Majid Khan, photographed at Guantánamo in 2022. Please support my work as a reader-funded journalist! I’m currently trying to raise $2500 (£2000) to support my writing and campaigning on Guantánamo...

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UN Condemns 21-Year Imprisonment of Abu Zubaydah as Arbitrary Detention and...

An image using a photo of Abu Zubaydah at Guantánamo, created by Brigid Barrett for an article in Wired in July 2013. Please support my work as a reader-funded journalist! I’m currently trying to...

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The Broken Old Men of Guantánamo

Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi, the most physically disabled of Guantánamo’s 30 remaining prisoners, whose inadequate medical treatment at the prison was recently condemned in a scathing UN report. Please...

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Trial Judge Destroys Guantánamo’s Military Commissions, Rules That “Clean...

Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, photographed before his capture, and his trial judge in the military commissions at Guantánamo, Col. Lanny J. Acosta Jr. Please support my work as a reader-funded journalist!...

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Held for 1,000 Days Since Being Approved for Release from Guantánamo: Uthman...

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At Guantánamo, Accomplices in the 2002 Bali Bombings Reach A Plea Deal, May...

Mohammed Farik Bin Amin, Mohammed Nazir Bin Lep and Hambali (Riduan Isamuddin), photographed at Guantánamo. Please support my work as a reader-funded journalist! I’m currently trying to raise $2500...

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Held for 800 Days Since Being Approved for Release from Guantánamo: Moath...

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Slow Murder at Guantánamo as Profoundly Disabled Torture Victim Is Sentenced...

Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi (Nashwan al-Tamir), in a photo taken at Guantánamo by representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Please support my work as a reader-funded journalist!...

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