The Guantánamo Blog

Laurel Fletcher is a Clinical Visiting Professor of Law at Yale Law School. She is also a Clinical Professor of Law at the University of Cal...

Well the good judge ruled in my clients case. Read the unclassified decision here . I will have more to say at some point in the future. M...

Today is the 9th anniversary of the opening of Guantánamo Bay and marks two years since President Obama promised to close the prison and see...

*CLOSE GUANTÁNAMO WITH JUSTICE NOW* DAY OF ACTION AGAINST TORTURE, EXTRA-LEGAL DETENTION AT THE WHITE HOUSE AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, ...

And now we wait.......... but as we wait I will continue the musical interlude.

Next week my remaining client at Guantanamo will have his habeas corpus hearing. He has been held without charge at Guantanamo for almost te...

RIP

Our heroes at Wikileaks are at it again. I expect there will be some interesting documents related to the effort to find homes for the men ...

Today a New York jury convicted a former detainee from Guantanamo of one count of conspiracy...dismissing some 180 other counts. Does this m...

Pioneering American composer Annea Lockwood is about to present in Baltimore In Our Name , a new composition featuring poetry written by Gua...

On this veteran's day 2010 I salute the military defense lawyers representing the men at Guantanamo. Men and women who have risked their...

Yesterday came and went and no one was indicted for destroying the videotapes that graphically showed the torture that we subjected at least...

Well the "show sentencing" is over. By making his plea deal, the kid we locked up and tortured since age 15 agreed not to contest ...

As I examine the lies in my own clients habeas case....I am reminded of the history of lies that resulted in my clients almost 10 years of u...