Afghanistan
US transfers full control of Bagram to Afghanistan
The US turned over full control of Bagram Prison to Afghanistan, after long maintianing a special secretive wing for high-level Taliban and al-Qaeda detainees.
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Iraq
Iraq 10 years later: ‘cycle of human rights abuses’
Ten years after the US invasion, Iraq is enmeshed in a cycle of human rights abuses, including attacks on civilians, torture and unfair trials, Amnesty International charges.
Iran
Did Iran shelter Sulaiman Abu Ghaith?
Reports that Obama bin Laden’s co-conspirator and brother-in-law Sulaiman Abu Ghaith was sheltered in Iran could lubricate the war drive—but how credible are they?
Watching the Shadows
Gitmo: harsh conditions, hunger strike reported
Defense lawyers for detainees held at Guantánamo Bay say that ongoing harsh conditions at the prison camp have resulted in a new hunger strike.
Watching the Shadows
Navy lawyers: Gitmo bugs no breach of privilege
Military lawyers asserted that surveillance equipment deployed throughout the Guantánamo Bay detention center was not used to breach attorney-client privilege.
Watching the Shadows
John Kiriakou: CIA whistle-blower?
Ex-CIA agent John Kiriakou gets five years for blowing the cover of a fellow agent, and claims that he is a “whistleblower” on CIA torture—despite having justified the practice.
Watching the Shadows
Italy: court convicts three for CIA ‘rendition’
The Milan Court of Appeals convicted three US nationals for their roles in the CIA's 2003 "rendition" kidnapping of Egyptian cleric and terrorism suspect Abu Omar.
Watching the Shadows
Gitmo detainee seeks ECHR ruling on CIA prison
Gitmo detainee Abu Zubaydah asked the European Court of Human Rights to rule on whether Poland violated his rights by hositng a secret CIA prison where was tortured.
Watching the Shadows
Prison evidence at issue in 9-11 trial
Defense lawyers for the five accused 9-11 conspirators petitioned a US military judge at Guantánamo Bay to preserve the prisons where the defendants were held as evidence.
Watching the Shadows
Conviction of al-Qaeda media director vacated
The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit vacated the conspiracy conviction of Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al-Bahlul, former media secretary of Osama bin Laden.
Afghanistan
UN report: abuse, torture of Afghanistan detainees
Prisoners in Afghan-run detention facilities are still being beaten and tortured, according to an annual report by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).
Watching the Shadows
Obama’s fourth 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 oppressive apparatus of the Global War on Terrorism.