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.
Tag: detention
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.
Afghanistan
Pakistan military produces disappeared prisoners
Pakistan’s military partially complied with a Supreme Court ruling by producing before the court several prisoners out of hundreds secretly held without charges.
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Gitmo detainees accuse Poland in CIA rendition
​Lawyers for two Guantánamo detainees, arguing before the European Court of Human Rights, accused Poland of providing a secret torture site for the CIA's "rendition" program.
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Gitmo detainees to fight release to Algeria
The attorney for two Algerian detainees being held in Guantánamo Bay said the two will oppose their release back to Algeria, citing fear of torture and persecution there.
Greater Middle East
Bahrain arrests two ex-Guantánamo detainees
Bahraini authorities arrested two former Guantánamo detainees as they attempted to cross in from Saudi Arabia. They are charged with plotting an attack in Bahrain.
Watching the Shadows
Italy begins trial in absentia of Egyptian cleric
His case delayed for years by his “extraordinary rendition” by the CIA from Milan to Egypt, cleric Abu Omar went on trial in absentia on charges of terrorist conspiracy in Italy.
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US medical professionals implicated in torture
Doctors and psychologists working in US military detention centers helped to design methods of torture for terrorism suspects, according to an independent report.
Watching the Shadows
Gitmo lawyer: declassify interrogation techniques
The lawyer for five Gitmo prisoners charged in the 9-11 attacks has asked President Obama to declassify the CIA interrogation program that allegedly subjected prisoners to torture.
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Court: no jurisdiction in ex-Gitmo detainee suit
The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that it has no jurisdiction to rule on a former Guantánamo Bay detainee’s lawsuit for damages.
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US court upholds conviction of ex-Gitmo detainee
The US Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of ex-Guantánamo detainee Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani in the 1998 bombings of two US embassies in Africa.
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Gitmo judge allows 9-11 hearings to continue
A military judge refused defendants’ request to suspend pretrial hearings in the case against five Guantánamo Bay prisoners related to the 9-11 terrorist attack.