اتهم نشطاء حقوقيون وصحفيون في اليمن إدارة الرئيس الأميركي باراك أوباما بالوقوف وراء سجن الصحفي المتخصص في شؤون الإرهاب عبد الإله حيدر شائع، وذلك بمناسبة مرور عام على اعتقاله

Andy Worthington on the shame and disappointment of the Obama administration's retreat from federal court trials for the 9/11 accused.

The announcement on 4 April 2011 by US Attorney General Eric Holder that the alleged 9/11 conspirators will face trial by military commissions at Guantanamo Bay hails the complete failure by the Obama administration to fulfil its promise to close the notorious prison camp.

Andy Worthington on President Obama's distressing decision to endorse indefinite detention at Guantanamo - and to revive military trials.

Andy Worthington reports on how President Obama and the US Congress have both failed the Guantanamo prisoners.

At this point, I didn't believe it was possible, but the Obama administration has just reached an all-new low in its abysmal civil liberties record.  In response to the lawsuit filed by Anwar Awlaki's father asking a court to enjoin the President from assassinating his son, a U.S. citizen, without any due process, the administration late last night,according to The Washington Post, filed a brief asking the court to dismiss the lawsuit without hearing the merits of the claims. 

Andy Worthington analyzes the half-truths, omissions and mistaken policies revealed in the President's recent discussion of Guantanamo.

Nine years after 9/11, President Obama bears considerable responsibility for failing to close Guantanamo or holding accountable President Bush's torturers.

The story of Abdul Aziz Naji, forcibly repatriated from Guantanamo to Algeria last week - and calls for no further transfers.