Absent justice with Moazzam Begg: Fayiz al-Kandari - Kuwait's forgotten Guantanamo prisoner
In this episode, Moazzam Begg discusses the case of Fayiz al-Kandari, one of the last two Kuwaitis left at Guantanamo. Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Bogucki and Lt. Col. Barry Wingard, the military defense lawyers for Fayiz al-Kandari, join Moazzam in the studio.
How to leave Guantánamo: via a plea deal, or in a coffin
Guantánamo briefly emerged from the shadows on Wednesday, when Majid Khan, a Pakistani national described as one of 14 “high-value detainees” when he arrived at Guantánamo in September 2006, after three and a half years in secret CIA prisons, appeared in public for the first time since his capture almost nine years ago.
Khalid Sheikh Muhammed
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was born in Kuwaiti in either 1964 or 65. His family is originally from Baluchistan, Pakistan. He is an uncle of Ramzi Yousef.
Holder, Obama and the cowardly shame of Guantánamo and the 9/11 trial
Andy Worthington on the shame and disappointment of the Obama administration's retreat from federal court trials for the 9/11 accused.
Guantánamo: Obama turns the clock back to the days of Bush’s kangaroo courts and worthless tribunals
Andy Worthington on President Obama's distressing decision to endorse indefinite detention at Guantanamo - and to revive military trials.
UK film screening: You don't like the truth
You Don’t Like the Truth – 4 Days Inside Guantanamo is a stunning documentary based on security camera footage from an encounter in Guantanamo Bay between a team of Canadian intelligence agents and Canadian citizen Omar Khadr, then a 16-year-old detainee.
After recent ruling in the case of Bin Laden’s cook, Guantánamo should close by July 2012
Andy Worthington on the Obama administration's distressing lack of logic regarding the disposition of Guantanamo prisoners.
Hiding horrific tales of torture: Why the US government reached a plea deal with Guantánamo prisoner Noor Uthman Muhammed
Andy Worthington on what lies behind the plea deal of Guantanamo prisoner Noor Uthman Muhammed in his Military Commission trial.
Obama’s collapse: The return of the Military Commissions
Andy Worthington laments the return of the Military Commissions at Guantanamo, and tells the stories of the men facing trials.
My exchange about Guantánamo with Benjamin Wittes, advocate of "military detention without trial"
Andy Worthington explains why new legislation endorsing indefinite detention for "War on Terror" prisoners is a bad idea.
The rule of law in the US hangs on Obama’s response to the Ghailani trial
Andy Worthington on the troubling and unprincipled Republican response to the verdict in the trial of Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani.
Who are the remaining prisoners in Guantánamo? Part Eight: Captured in Afghanistan (2002-07)
This is the eighth part of an exclusive nine-part series telling the stories of all 174 prisoners in Guantanamo.
Sept. 11 mastermind probably won't be tried anywhere in U.S. anytime soon
Omar Khadr jury hammers the final nail into the coffin of American justice
Andy Worthington's epitaph for US justice, following the 40-year sentence given to Omar Khadr by his military jury.
“A child’s soul is sacred”: Omar Khadr’s touching exchange of letters with Canadian professor
Andy Worthington reports on letters revealed in court at Guantanamo last week, which show Omar Khadr's kindness and humanity.
Torture is finally mentioned on the last day of Omar Khadr’s sentencing hearing at Guantánamo
In Omar Khadr’s sentencing phase, US government introduces Islamophobic “expert” and irrelevant testimony
Andy Worthington on how the US authorities have continued to distort Omar Khadr's case in the sentencing hearings this week.
The Betrayal of Omar Khadr – and of American Justice
Andy Worthington wonders whether Omar Khadr's plea deal involves the truth, and despairs that it defends the broken Commission system.
PRESS RELEASE: Omar Khadr plea not indicative of actual guilt
Who are the remaining prisoners in Guantánamo? Part Six: Captured in Pakistan (2 of 3)
This is the sixth part of an exclusive nine-part series telling the stories of all 174 prisoners in Guantanamo.
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My Name is Ahsan – Public Meeting on Unjust Extradition of British Citizens to the US
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Syria's Zero Hour
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CASABLANCA PRISONERS 9 YEARS ON
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Glasgow: Guantanamo Remembered - 10 years
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Guantánamo leaks lift lid on world's most controversial prison
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Casablanca bombings, the day after
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Abu Zubaydah, the man justice has forgotten
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Angola 3: A lesson for Muslim causes
April 17th marked 40 years – over 14,600 days - that Herman Wallace…
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War on Freedom
It’s clear what’s happened to Muslims in the West – they’re the new enemies of the state.
Written by Aviva Stahl
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Close Guantanamo Bay Prison
Since the war on terror began in 2001, 700+ people have been…
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The Afghan Connection: the War on Terror an opiate cash cow
Afghanistan is the world's leading supplier of illegal opiates, trafficked as opium,…

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