An Italian court upheld the convictions of 23 former CIA officers for the 2003 kidnapping and rendition of Egyptian terror suspect Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr.
Julian Assange’s supporters accuse the media of hypocrisy in pointing to Ecuador’s sketchy record on press freedom—but come dangerously close to apologizing for repression.
Insurgents attacked Bagram Air Base outside Kabul—and a skateboarding program run by a nonprofit for Kabul youth, killing four kids.
Yemeni Guantánamo Bay detainee Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif died over the weekend at a hospital on the US Navy base after guards found him unconscious in his cell.
Officials from both the US and Afghanistan say that the US military will maintain control over foreign detainees at Bagram Air Base for the indefinite future
During the administration of George W. Bush, the US tortured opponents of Libyan leader Moammar Qaddafi and transferred them to Libya, Human Rights Watch charges.
US Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Justice Department will close its investigation into the CIA’s alleged torture and abuse of detainees, with no criminal charges.
The US Department of Defense announced new terrorism charges against a Saudi Guantánamo Bay prisoner accused of plotting with al-Qaeda to blow up oil tankers.
The Egyptian government announced that it has requested the release of the last of its citizens currently being held at the Guantánamo Bay detention facility.
An Iraqi court rejected a US extradition request for accused Hezbollah commander Ali Mussa Daqduq, finding that he should be released immediately from house arrest.
Saudi Arabia‘s Ministry of the Interior announced July 30 that a former Guantánamo Bay inmate who had completed the country’s militant rehabilitation program surrendered to Saudi authorities. Adnan al-Sayegh, who was placed in the Ministry’s rehabilitation program after returning from Guantánamo in 2006,… Read moreEx-Gitmo detainee surrenders in Saudi Arabia
Amnesty International called the Guantánamo Bay prison camp a "stain on human rights" on the eve of the facility's seventeenth anniversary. Guantánamo currently holds 40 detainees, many of whom were tortured by the CIA before being transferred to the facility. Some of the detainees have been cleared for transfer for years, but still remain at the facility. Some have been waiting for transfer as far back as 2010. Since its opening, the Guantánamo facility has housed around 800 prisoners, many without formal charges or due process. (Photo via Jurist)
