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WH spokesperson: Obama still considering options to close Guantanamo
White House spokesperson Josh Earnest on Monday said President Barack Obama is considering a "wide array" of options for closing the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. While Earnest said that Congressional consent would be the best means t (More) |
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US Department of Justice files sealed opposition in Guantanamo Habeas case
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday submitted a sealed document [The Guardian report] in opposition to the habeas corpus petition of Tariq Ba Odah, despite a 2009 government security review that cleared Ba Odah for transfer. In a public di (More) |
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Federal judge rejects challenge from Guantanamo Bay detainee
A federal judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday rejected a legal challenge from a Guantanamo Bay detainee who claimed that his detention at the naval base was illegal. Muktar Yahya Najee al-Warafi from Yemen wa (More) |
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Obama administration: will close Guantanamo Bay by end of term
The Obama Administration confirmed Wednesday in a press briefing that they are drafting a plan to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay before President Barack Obama's time in office runs out. President Obama has been promising since his in (More) |
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State Department appoints new envoy to help close Guantanamo
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday appointed Lee Wolowsky the new envoy to lead the Obama administration's efforts to close the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay . Wolowsky is a former National Security Council director under the Clin (More) |
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Long-held Guantanamo detainee set for release
The US Periodic Review Board (PRB) announced Friday that one of the longest-held detainees at Guantanamo Bay may now be released to his home country of Saudi Arabia. Abdul Rahman Shalabi has been on a nine-year hunger strike and would be released [ (More) |
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Rights groups petition US to create special prosecutor for torture claims
Human rights groups Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday issued a joint letter to the US Department of Justice (DOJ) calling for the creation of a special prosecutor to investigate claims that (More) |
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Court rules former top US officials may be held liable for abuse of 9/11 detainees
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Wednesday ruled that a group of former top US officials may be held liable for the abuse of hundreds of detainees held for minor immigration violations after the events of September 11 . In a 2-1 r (More) |
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Poland official: US hindering investigation into secret CIA prison
The US is hindering Poland's investigation into a secret CIA prison there, a Polish prosecutor said Saturday. Piotr Kosmaty, spokesman for the Appeals Prosecutor's Office in Krakow that is doing the investigation, said that the US has ignored reque (More) |
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Six Guantanamo detainees transferred to Oman
Six Guantanamo detainees were transferred to Oman Saturday, marking the first transfer of detainees from the prison in five months.The Pentagon reports that the six Yemeni men transferred include Emad Abdullah Hassan, held without charge since 2002 (More) |
Russia ends serfdom with Emancipation Manifesto
On February 19, 1861, Czar Alexander II promulgated the Emancipation Manifesto, which abolished the serfdom in Russia after over two hundred years of the practice.
Read the Emancipation Manifesto.
