WikiLeaks began publishing “The Guantanamo Files,” a collection of more than 700 classified documents relating to the evidence against and treatment of almost all detainees held at Guantánamo Bay between 2002 and 2008.
The US Department of Defense announced that Guantánamo Bay detainee Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri will be subject to capital charges and tried in a military court for his allegedly involvement in the USS Cole bombing.
A former Guantánamo Bay detainee announced that he is suing members of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak’s regime over allegations that he was tortured by the government while in Egyptian custody.
US Attorney General Eric Holder announced that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other co-conspirators will be tried before a military commission for their roles in the 9-11 terrorist attacks.
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit overturned a lower court’s decision granting release to Yemeni Guantánamo Bay detainee Uthman Abdul Rahim Mohammed Uthman.
John McCain introduced legislation to prohibit funding for civilian trials of Guantánamo Bay detainees and place restrictions on the transfer of detainees to foreign countries.
US President Barack Obama issued an executive order allowing military commissions for Guantánamo Bay detainees to resume for the first time since he took office.
Will Julian Assange’s connections to the notorious anti-Semite and apparent agent of the Belarus dictatorship Israel Shamir be exposed before he wins a Nobel Peace Prize? We hope so.
A US military tribunal sentenced Sudanese Guantánamo Bay detainee Noor Uthman Mohammed to 14 years in prison following a plea agreement in which he admitted to aiding al-Qaeda.
A federal judge in Washington DC denied a petition for writ of habeas corpus of a Yemeni man, Mashour Abdullah Muqbel Alsabri, currently detained at Guantánamo Bay.
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said at a congressional hearing that the Guantánamo Bay prison camp is unlikely to be closed any time soon because of security concerns.
Sudanese Guantánamo Bay detainee Noor Uthman Mohammed pleaded guilty before a military tribunal to charges of collaborating with al-Qaeda in Afghanistan.
