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Senators say Gitmo should remain open, but detainee rules need to be defined
After spending the weekend at Camp Delta at Guantanamo Bay, US Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Ben Nelson (D-NE) told reporters Monday that while closing the military detention center is not necessary, establishing a precise legal status for prison (More) |
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Former Guantanamo detainees allege Koran desecration
Six Pakistanis formerly held at Guantanamo Bay told reporters Monday after their release from subsequent detention in a Pakistani prison in Lahore that US personnel at the camp had abused the Koran in their presence. After being greeted by their f (More) |
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UPDATE ~ US House members report improved conditions at Gitmo
After visiting the Guantanamo Bay detention center Saturday , House Republicans and Democrats reported that conditions at the facility are improving. The lawmakers traveled to the detention facility to witness interrogations and observe living condi (More) |
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US lawmakers visit Guantanamo prison
Sixteen US House members visited the Guantanamo Bay detention center on Saturday, with a Senate delegation to follow. The trip was planned in response to mounting concerns on both sides of the partisan aisle about alleged human rights violations (More) |
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UN source says US admits torture in Iraq, Afghanistan, Gitmo
A member of the UN Committee against Torture , speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP Friday that the US has acknowledged to the United Nations for the first time that instances of prisoner torture have occured in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guanta (More) |
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Lawyer says Kuwait has no jurisdiction to try former Gitmo inmate
A lawyer for the first Kuwaiti inmate to be freed from the Guantanamo Bay detention center argued before a Kuwait City tribunal Wednesday that his client should not be tried in Kuwaiti court and complained he was only given a summary of US interro (More) |
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Clinton, McCain say reform needed at Guantanamo Bay
Former President Bill Clinton said in a Financial Times interview published Monday that the US government should "close down or clean up" Guantanamo Bay prison . On the weekend leading GOP Senator John McCain also pressed for change if no (More) |
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Rights groups concerned that Guantanamo ex-detainees may be tortured
Prisoners released from the US detention facility at Guantanamo Bay and returned to their home countries should be closely monitored to prevent their torture at the hands of their governments, according to a group of lawyers, activists, and family (More) |
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US military policeman sues Pentagon for beating by comrades during Gitmo training
Spc. Sean Baker, an ex-US military policeman, has sued the Pentagon alleging that his constitutional rights were violated during an assault by fellow soldiers in a January 2003 training session that went awry in Guantanamo Bay. Baker voluntarily dr (More) |
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Military, DOJ officials defend Gitmo practices at Senate hearing on detainees
Senior US military and Justice Department officials defended Guantanamo prison and US policy towards terror detainees Wednesday at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Citing continued uncertainty about their status, Committee Chairman Arlen Spect (More) |
First Non-Aligned Movement conference closes
On September 6, 1961, the Non-Aligned Movement concluded its first official conference in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. The organization was founded in 1955 to support mostly developing countries who did not wish to side with either of the great Cold War powers. It also worked to shepherd these nations through the process of decolonization.
Learn more about the history and founding principles of the Non-Aligned Movement.
