- Moazzam Begg is Director for the British organisation, Cageprisoners. The opinions expressed are his own.
Little seems to have changed regarding the treatment of prisoners held at the U.S. military-run Bagram prison since I was there (2002-2004). The recent study conducted by the BBC shows allegations of sleep deprivation, stress positions, beatings, degrading treatment, [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the United States to release a prisoner from the Guantanamo detention center.
U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle issued a one-page judgment Tuesday ordering the release of Yasin Muhammed Basardh, a 33-year-old from Yemen.
The judge didn’t explain in the ruling why Basardh should be let go, but said [...]
By Yvonne Ridley
Guantanamo Bay is, without doubt, the world’s most notorious prison, which has left an indelible stain on the Bush administration.
One of the first acts of U. S. President Barack Obama was to order its closure and there is speculation that some of the detainees may now be offered asylum in Wales.
It is the most potent symbol of the abuses of the Bush era: Obama’s swift decision to shut down Guantanamo Bay prison has been hailed as a new dawn for justice
Before the place closes, I might have a couple more opportunities to get down to Guantanamo Bay. Nothing very much has changed. Some of the [...]
By Barry Gewen
The day Franklin Roosevelt died, one reporter turned to another and said: “Now we’ll have to grow up.” The same might be said with the departure of George W. Bush. The era of Bush-bashing is over, and now we’ll have to grow up and start thinking seriously about a whole set of [...]
European allies asked to take prisoners released from Guantanamo Bay
By Robert Verkaik, Law Editor
When Barack Obama signs the draft order to tear down the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, he will end at a stroke one of most shameful chapters in American foreign policy history.
Since 2002, when the first Muslim prisoners were [...]
(CNN) — Six detainees were released from the U.S. military’s detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Department of Defense said Saturday.
A guard keeps watch from a tower at the military facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Four of the men were transferred to Iraq, one to Algeria and one to Afghanistan, a military spokesman said.
They had [...]
By Andy Worthington
On Sunday 11 January, just nine days before the administration of George W. Bush hands over the reins of power to Barack Obama, the “War on Terror” prison at Guantánamo — perhaps the most bleakly iconic symbol of the outgoing administration’s hubris — marks its seventh anniversary.
A lawless experiment
The facts about the prison [...]
