Iraq
ICC reopens probe into UK Iraq detainee abuse
The International Criminal Court has reopened a preliminary investigation into alleged mistreatment and killings of Iraqi detainees in Iraq by UK military forces.
Tag: detention
Watching the Shadows
Panel calls for transfer of Yemeni Gitmo prisoner
The Defense Department's Periodic Review Secretariat recommended the release of Ali Ahmad Mohamed al-Razihi, a Yemeni prisoner currently held at Guantánamo Bay.
Iraq
Iraq temporarily closes Abu Ghraib prison
The Iraqi Justice Ministry temporarily closed Abu Ghraib prison due to security concerns, citing a growing Sunni-backed insurgency within the local Anbar province.
Watching the Shadows
Uruguay agrees to take five Guantánamo prisoners
Uruguayan President Jose Mujica—himself a former political prisoner—announced that his country has agreed to take in five inmates from the Guantánamo Bay prison camp.
Watching the Shadows
US repatriates Algerian Guantánamo detainee
The US transfered Guantánamo detainee Ahmed Belbacha to Algeria, where he has been tried in absentia and convicted of belonging to a "terrorist organization."
Watching the Shadows
Gitmo detainee challenges force-feeding practices
Detainee Emad Abdullah Hassan filed a federal lawsuit challenging the force-feeding procedures he has been subjected to at the Guantánamo Bay military prison.
Greater Middle East
UK: ex-Gitmo detainee in Syria terror bust
British counter-terrorism forces arrested Moazzam Begg in his hometown of Birmingham, along with three other individuals on terrorism offenses related to the war in Syria.
Iraq
HRW: Iraq women being abused in detention
Human Rights Watch reports that Iraqi security officials are detaining thousands of women illegally and subjecting them to torture, ill-treatment and threats of sexual abuse.
Watching the Shadows
Obama’s fifth year: a World War 4 Report scorecard
World War 4 Report offers its annual annotated assessment of Obama's moves in dismantling, continuing or escalating the apparatus of the Global War on Terrorism.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan to release detainees against US wishes
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said his administration will release 72 prisoners the United States considers dangerous militants from Bagram prison.
Watching the Shadows
Last Uighur prisoners released from Guantánamo
The US Department of Defense announced that the last three Uighur Muslim detainees were transferred to Slovakia from the Guantánamo Bay military prison.
Watching the Shadows
US transfers two Gitmo detainees to Saudi Arabia
Two Guantánamo Bay detainees were transferred to Saudi Arabia—with “humane treatment assurances.” The total number of detainees at the facility now stands at 160.