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.
The last Kuwaiti held at Guantánamo, supposed Osama bin Laden advisor Faiz Mohammed Ahmed al-Kandari, was repatriated after years of pressure from Kuwait's government.
Two Yemeni men captured in Afghanistan and detained at Guantánamo Bay for 14 years have been released to Ghana, bringing the number held at the facility to 105.
According to a US government document, a man detained in Afghanistan and held without charge at Guantánamo Bay for 13 years was a victim of mistaken identity.
A federal appeals court ruled that the US government may keep secret memoranda related to the legal justification for the use of drones for targeted killings.
The last remaining British inmate at Guantánamo Bay, Shaker Aamer, was released to the UK, bringing the number detainees at the facility to 112.
The long-delayed Guantánamo tribunal against the 9-11 defendants continues to be mired in controversies and irregularities.
The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights filed a criminal complaint against a high-ranking CIA official for the torture of German citizen Khaled el-Masri.
Former Guantánamo prisoner Djamel Ameziane filed a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights seeking reparations from the US for human rights violations.
The White House announced plans to release Guantánamo Bay inmate Shaker Aamer to the United Kingdom, following extensive lobbying by British politicians.
The US Department of Defense announced the transfer of Guantánamo Bay detainee Abdul Shalabi to Saudi Arabia, brining the population of the prison camp to 114.
Moroccan-born Younis Abdurrahman Chekkouri, who spent 13 years in the Guantánamo Bay prison, was released to his home country—where authorities prompty detained him.
