A nurse at the Guantánamo detention center has refused to participate in the force-feeding of hunger-striking inmates, UK-based human rights group Reprieve reports.
A US appeals court overturned two out of three convictions of al-Qaeda media secretary Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al-Bahlul, finding he was improperly tried by a military tribunal.
Lawyers for Guantánamo detainees seek a restraining order barring the government from depriving inmates of the right to pray communally during the month of Ramadan.
The Fourth Circuit appeals court ruled that a district court in Virginia erred in concluding it lacked jurisdiction over a case concerning torture at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia dismissed a torture lawsuit brought by an ex-Guantánamo detainee against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
The Israel Medical Association opposes proposed legislation that would allow Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike to be force-fed, calling the practice "torture."
The US Department of Defense approved the war crimes trial of Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi, a leader of al-Qaeda's armed forces in Afghanistan between 2002 and 2004.
President Obama announced that prisoner of war Bowe Bergdahl has been released into US custody in exchange for five detainees held at Guantánamo Bay.
The US District Court for the District of Columbia ordered officials at Guantánamo Bay to temporarily suspend forced feedings of a detainee at the facility.
The International Criminal Court has reopened a preliminary investigation into alleged mistreatment and killings of Iraqi detainees in Iraq by UK military forces.
The Defense Department's Periodic Review Secretariat recommended the release of Ali Ahmad Mohamed al-Razihi, a Yemeni prisoner currently held at Guantánamo Bay.
The Iraqi Justice Ministry temporarily closed Abu Ghraib prison due to security concerns, citing a growing Sunni-backed insurgency within the local Anbar province.
