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.
Events
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The Burning question: What have we learned from Guantanamo Bay?
With James Yee (former US army Muslim chaplain at Guantanamo) and Moazzam Begg
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Annual lecture with Moazzam Begg - Indian Muslim Welfare Society
Effective campaigning to bring about…
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Stage production: Guantánamo Boy
Launch of stage production based…
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PRESS LAUNCH: Laa Tansa: Never Forget
Cageprisoners launch LAA TANSA: NEVER…
What's New
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Urgent Appeal: Support Mohammed El Gharani—the youngest prisoner ever held in Guantánamo.
We are making an urgent appeal to support Mohammed El Gharani—the youngest prisoner ever held in Guantánamo
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How could Britain ban books in the 21st century? Islam & Life
In August 1966, Egyptian Islamist thinker and writer Sayyid Qutb was convicted…
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Urgent appeal: Former Guantanamo detainee, Abdel Aziz Nadji, sentenced to prison in Algeria
Abdel Aziz Nadji was held in Guantanamo for 8 years without charge…
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David Cameron calls for the reform of the European Court of Human Rights: His dangerous doublespeak fails Muslims, and fails to honour the memory of the Holocaust
In his speech on Wednesday calling for the reform of the European…
Blog
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#GTMO10YRS: WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
Let me put this into perspective. How much have you achieved, seen, lost and felt in the last ten years?
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Dark Times in a Western “Democracy”
The very same afternoon that the Tarek Mehanna verdict was announced, I was…
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How ‘Terminator’ influenced the US military’s strategy under the ‘War on Terror’ - the stark realities of drone warfare
The U.S Military terminology for a successful kill of ‘suspected’ combatants or…

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