The hidden horrors of WikiLeaks' Guantánamo files
Andy Worthington on the significance of WikiLeaks' release of secret military documents on the Guantanamo prisoners.
Friday: the day that toppled the tyrants
Since the beginning of the revolutions in the Arab world the most disconcerting day of the week for rulers has been Friday - yaum al-Jum'ah, the Day of Gathering.
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.
On Bush's waterboarding claims, UK media loses its moral compass
Andy Worthington bemoans the British media's failure to challenge George W. Bush's claims about the legality and efficacy of torture.
Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi
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.
Ex-Guantánamo prisoner freed in Libya after three years’ detention – and information about “ghost prisoners”
As Colonel Gaddafi marks 41 years in power, Andy Worthington reports on the release of a former Guantanamo prisoner and three former CIA "ghost prisoners," but notes that others are still held.
Bin Laden cook expected to serve two more years at Guantánamo – and some thoughts on the remaining Sudanese prisoners
Andy Worthington examines the disturbing secrecy surrounding the recent conviction of Ibrahim al-Qosi at Guantanamo, and the prospects for the repatriation of the three remaining Sudanese prisoners.
New evidence about prisoners held in secret CIA prisons in Poland and Romania
New revelations from Poland unearth more than was previously known about the secret CIA prisons in Poland and Romania. Andy Worthington reports.
In Abu Zubaydah’s case, court relies on propaganda and lies
How US courts have overplayed the significance of torture victim Abu Zubaydah in a court case involving the Algerian, Sufyian Barhoumi.
Events
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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
Most people know about the…
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CASABLANCA PRISONERS 9 YEARS ON
On 16 May 2003,…
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Glasgow: Guantanamo Remembered - 10 years
Cageprisoners comes to Al- Furqan…
What's New
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Abu Zubaydah, the man justice has forgotten
Arrested in 2002 and tortured repeatedly, he was never charged, and the U.S. no longer believes he was even a member of…
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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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Bush convicted of war crimes: evidence from Cageprisoners' director crucial
IT’S OFFICIAL - George W Bush is a war criminal. And the harrowing…
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British army 'waterboarded' suspects in 70s
Evidence casts doubt on guilt of man sentenced to hang for killing…
Blog
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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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