Panama detained but quickly released an ex-CIA agent wanted for kidnapping in Italy. Cuban sources link him to the Contragate scandal; since 2005 he's been living in Honduras.
A federal judge denied a motion by Guantánamo Bay detainees to end forced feeding of hunger-striking prisoners, finding “there is nothing so shocking or inhumane” in the practice.
Four Guantánamo Bay prisoners filed a motion asking a US district court to order the prison’s officials to stop the practice of force-feeding hunger strikers.
A federal judge called on Congress and the president to give serious consideration to formulating a different approach for the handling of Guantánamo Bay detainee cases.
The US government released the names and nationalities of 46 men classified for “continued detention” at Guantánamo Bay, ineligible for release, transfer or prosecution.
The Pentagon announced that military commission charges have been filed against Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi, who has been held at Guantánamo Bay since 2007.
London-based Public Interest Lawyers accused the UK military of detaining at least eight men without charge at the temporary holding facility in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan.
President Obama’s speech outlining plans to restrict drone strikes and renew efforts to close Guantánamo Bay did little more than reiterate existing policy.
Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a Mauritanian detained at Guantánamo since August 2002, has had portions of his handwritten prison-camp memoir published in Slate magazine.
President Obama renewed his pledge to close the Guantánamo Bay detention center—in response to a hunger strike now involving 100 of the facility’s 166 detainees.
US authorities have engaged in the torture of detainees, and the nation's "highest officials" bear responsibility, according to a report by the bipartisan Constitution Project.
Military guards at Guantanámo Bay fired “non-lethal” rounds at hunger-striking detainees as a federal judge turned down a petition for emergency relief.
