The Guantánamo Blog

 

 Every year on this day I turn to my friend the talking dog ... who had the misfortune to be in NYC on that day-- and very close to ground ...

well at least she finally apologized for these particular horrors.... 

 Happy labor day. 

 Several of the remaining prisoners have turned to creating art to pass the time. And the art work is quite good-- and quite telling. I gues...

  Primary colours ROGER FITCH ESQ  •  MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 2022 Democracy US-style ... November elections where Big Lie candidates abound ... ...

 In today's news one of the detainees is seeking release- he has been cleared and the Judge is holding the government's feet to the ...

 Seems that one of the prisoners facing the death penalty reported that he was water boarded while being interrogated but that little detail...

 and what could be better than Joni Mitchell -- after 20 years of no public singing...

  T he Revolutionary Tribunal ROGER FITCH ESQ  •  TUESDAY, JULY 5, 2022 The US Supreme Court has become a Republican law enforcement tribuna...

  As we approach another grim milestone in Guantánamo’s history — 20 and a half years of its existence, on July 11 — there is, at least, som...

 

 36 men remain. including my remaining client who was cleared for release earlier this year and is ready willing and able to go to his home ...

In my post about my client's 20 years at Guantanamo I mentioned his black feet and the "socks." Let me explain a little furthe...

  On June 18 th , 2002, my client left for Guantanamo Bay from Bagram airbase. He had been picked up at a guesthouse in Lahore, Pakistan 3 m...