Voices from Bagram: Prisoners speak in their Detainee Review Boards (Part 2 of 3)
Andy Worthington tells more exclusive stories directly from the notorious US prison at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan.
Voices from Bagram: Prisoners speak in their Detainee Review Boards (Part 1 of 3)
Andy Worthington tells the first stories to have emerged directly from the notorious US prison at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan.
Mocking the law, judges rule that evidence is not necessary to hold insignificant Guantánamo prisoners for the rest of their lives
Andy Worthington laments how a politicized appeals court in the US has destroyed all notion of justice at Guantanamo.
Habeas hell: How the Great Writ was gutted at Guantánamo
Andy Worthington analyzes how the Guantanamo prisoners' habeas corpus petitions have been rendered meaningless by judges and the Obama administration.
Algerian in Guantánamo loses habeas petition for being in a guest house with Abu Zubaydah
Andy Worthington on the omissions and distortions in a US judge's decision to deny the habeas petition of an Algerian.
With indefinite detention and transfer bans, Obama and the Senate plumb new depths on Guantánamo
Andy Worthington reports on how President Obama and the US Congress have both failed the Guantanamo prisoners.
Lawyers for Ahmed Belbacha, Guantánamo prisoner and former UK resident, sue UK government over refusal to disclose evidence of his abuse
Andy Worthington on attempts by lawyers for Ahmed Belbacha to secure vital information in the possession of the British government.
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.
Guantánamo, Exception or Rule?
Judge denies Guantánamo prisoner’s habeas petition, ignores torture in secret CIA prisons
Andy Worthington asks why evidence of torture in secret CIA prisons was excluded from a recent habeas corpus petition.
Who are the remaining prisoners in Guantánamo? Part Seven: Captured in Pakistan (3 of 3)
This is the seventh part of an exclusive nine-part series telling the stories of all 174 prisoners in Guantanamo.
First Guantánamo habeas appeal to US Supreme Court
Fawzi al-Odah, who lost his habeas petition, asks the Supreme Court to consider why his continued imprisonment is unjust.
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.
Heads You Lose, Tails You Lose: The Betrayal of Mohamedou Ould Slahi
Andy Worthington asks why, in the "War on Terror," punishment is applied to cooperative and non-cooperative prisoners.
Who are the remaining prisoners in Guantánamo? Part Five: Captured in Pakistan (1 of 2)
This is the fifth part of an exclusive eight-part series telling the stories of all 174 prisoners in Guantanamo.
Control orders are dehumanising, abusive and should be scrapped
If a person is suspected of terrorism, then they should be tried in court. To be judged without trial is an abuse of human rights
Fayiz Al-Kandari, a Kuwaiti aid worker in Guantánamo, loses his habeas petition
Andy Worthington tells the depressing story of how Fayiz lost his habeas petition, despite there being no evidence.
Who are the remaining prisoners in Guantánamo? Part Three: Captured crossing from Afghanistan into Pakistan (1 of 2)
This is the third part of an eight-part series telling the stories of all 174 prisoners in Guantanamo.
Who are the remaining prisoners in Guantánamo? Part Two: Captured in Afghanistan (2001)
This is the second article in an eight-part series telling the stories of all 174 prisoners in Guantanamo.
Obama’s hollow Guantánamo apology
Andy Worthington analyzes the half-truths, omissions and mistaken policies revealed in the President's recent discussion of Guantanamo.
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My Name is Ahsan – Public Meeting on Unjust Extradition of British Citizens to the US
Syed Talha Ahsan is the little-known co-defendant of Babar Ahmad. Ahsan has been diagnosed with…
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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
Cageprisoners comes to Al- Furqan…
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Guantánamo leaks lift lid on world's most controversial prison
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Casablanca bombings, the day after
Nine years after Morocco experienced the deadliest attacks in its recent…
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Abu Zubaydah, the man justice has forgotten
Arrested in 2002 and tortured repeatedly, he was never charged, and the…
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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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