The Guantánamo Blog

It is with great sadness that I share the following news from the Center for Constitutional Rights: May 11, 2016, New York – The Center f...

The  Left Forum  starts in a couple of weeks (May 20-22). This year it's in New York City and my friend  The Talking Dog  will be partic...

There was probably no other activist more influencial in opposing the Vietnam War and inspiring others (including myself) into a life of act...

Rebecaa Gordon has written alot about U.S. war crimes and of course one of the worst was our treatment of Abu Z- a man who was said to be th...

A brief interlude to acknowledge the passing of an artist. http://mashable.com/2016/04/22/prince-purple-monuments/#EYHGAay5V5q6

This article comes from Juan Cole's blog and asks the question " With nine months left until a new president is inaugurated, the q...

Reflecting the recent announcement that the PRB has declined to approve for transfer Sharqawi Abdu Ali al Hajj (ISN 1457), a Yemeni whom t...

I have not seen an official announcement but the general concensus is that nine Yemeni were transferred to Saudi Arabia. One of the nine is ...

Unconfirmed reports have 12 detainees transferred to Saudi Arabia. More news to follow.

Last year I wrote about the cancer cluster at Gitmo. After a military defense attorney died from a very aggressive form of cancer concerns w...

If so, it will be in Italy not in these United States where torturers are allowed their freedom... Actually even if this particular CIA oper...

Most of you probably don't remember Cully Simpson. I wrote aobut him many years ago here . The short version is that he thought that the...

It seems there is a new problem down at Gitmo for the military hearings. The presiding judge continued pretrial hearings that were set to be...

The prison population now stands at 89: 35 are cleared, 44 are awaiting clearance, and 10 are in the military commission system (of those...