The Guantánamo Blog

The first of the periodic review board (PRB) hearings took place last week. The title is misleading in that it suggests that these reviews o...

From Truthout : "One of the remaining hunger-strikers, Moath al-Alwi, a Yemeni national who has been in Guantanamo since 2002, is one o...

In keeping with our transparent government the reviews of the men who are not cleared for release will be conducted in secret. My remaining...

The anniversary of the first men being held at the gulag is January 11th. In 2014 that will be the 12th anniversary and the articles are sta...

As Moe Davis points out in this article "Twelve years ago, on 13 November 2001, President George W Bush signed an order authorizing th...

An explanation of the guided tour given to journalists and politicians at Guantanamo. I would just point out that the photo's that the j...

For those of you who need a primer about the early days of guantanamo this is a good overview by the BBC.

"Two recent stories about Guantánamo from two of the country's most respected news organizations highlight just how little attentio...

Read more about the lower court's decision and his upcoming appeal here .

Scott Horton discusses the report by an expert panel that concluded that the Pentagon and the CIA ordered physicians to violate the Hippocra...

David Hicks---The Australian man whose only way out of Guantanamo was to plead guilty to a crime that wasn't even a crime when he suppo...

"Either leave us to die in peace ---or either tell the world the truth. Let the world hear what's happening." Those are the w...

GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 29 (UPI) --  Military tribunals, convened outside the civilian justice system, need to conform to basic standards ...

Khadr's doctor, retired U. S. General Stephen Xenakis, spoke out about the treatment of his patient Omar Khadr in Edmonton yesterday. T...

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Monday demanded the United States explain abuses allegedly committed at Guantanamo prison, es...