The Guantánamo Blog

Th e Department of Defense announced today the transfer of Muhammed Murdi Issa Al-Zahrani from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to t...

The Department of Defense announced today the transfer of Hashim Bin Ali Bin Amor Sliti and Husayn Salim Muhammad Al-Mutari Yafai from the d...

Release the Torture Report Now! Sign the petition to Sen. Mark Udall: If you enter the torture report into the Congressional Reco...

Bush, Howard and injustice at Guantanamo A BOOK REVIEW So part of the problem I had when searching for this book is that I know the auth...

Please join me in urging Senator Udall to read the torture report into the congressional record before he leaves the senate. You can contact...

Yes, it seems that the U.N. Committee is asking the right questions and demanding answers. Marcy at emptywheel discusses the questions here ...

 This past week the U.N. has been looking at the torture by the United States government. I am attaching links to the various stories about ...

I was just reminded of this series which includes work by Guantanamo Bay prisoners Emad Hasson, Shaker Aamer and others. There are 18 stori...

Former Guard:  Guantanamo's  'Safe, Humane, Legal,  Transparent' Motto  Is Simply Not True ...

 Read more here . “Administration officials said that an end-of-year flurry might be coming: The Pentagon has notified Congress that nine...

Months after President Obama frankly admitted that the United States had “ tortured some folks ” as part of the War on Terror, a  new repor...

Major Todd Pierce (U.S. Army, Retired) is an attorney who served as a Judge  Advocate General (J.A.G.) officer in the United States Army....

After a 13 year separation my client Mr. Al-Ghizzawi has finally been reunited with his wife and daughter. When he had last seen his daughte...

Twelve nobel peace prize winners have signed an open letter to Obama urging him to release the torture report and finalize plans for closing...

UN REPORT FINDS MASS SURVEILLANCE VIOLATES INTERNATIONAL TREATIES AND PRIVACY RIGHTS A link to the report is here and the links below ar...