Guantanamo 2011?

Tom Andrews, 12.23.2009

Former Member of Congress, Maine

Congress is apparently going to give al Qaeda and other jihadists who want to kill Americans at least two more years of their most potent recruitment ...

Who Are The Four Afghans Released From Guantanamo?

Andy Worthington, 12.24.2009

Journalist and author of "The Guantanamo Files"

Four Afghans recently transferred to the custody of the Afghan government demonstrate the incompetence of the Bush administration, who arbitrary packed Gitmo with "Mickey Mouse" prisoners.

Making His List, Checking It Twice

Bruce Kluger & David Slavin, 12.23.2009

Regular contributors to National Public Radio’s All Things Considered

Just when Barack Obama thought his toughest decisions were behind him--his Afghanistan strategy, tackling unemployment, what to say to Tiger Woods i...

Guantánamo Beyond Guantánamo

Jonathan Hafetz, 12.22.2009

Attorney with the National Security Project of the ACLU

The Obama administration is embracing the same malleable, elastic concept of a global "war on terror" that helped give rise to Guantánamo in the first place and that has no basis under the laws of war.

Bippity Boppity Barack

Brian Ross, 12.22.2009

Writer, Journalist, Political Satirist, and Senior Editor of MLNSports.com

Disappointed and disaffected Democrats believe that the President of the United States should be a cross between the fairy godmother of Cinderella, an...

The Stories of the Two Somalis Freed From Guantanamo

Andy Worthington, 12.21.2009

Journalist and author of "The Guantanamo Files"

The release of two more men yet again demonstrates how hysterical and unsubstantiated are Republican claims that Guantánamo is full of hardcore terrorists.

The Two Obamas

Teri Szucs, 12.20.2009

MyInterpretations.com

As a naturalized citizen, I hold dual citizenships, and dual political points of view that see two presidents.

A Gitmo Christmas Carol: Say 'Bah Humbug' to Cheney (Video)

Danielle Celena Belton, 12.18.2009

Blogger/Online Campaign Manager for New Security Action

New Security Action released this video over the holidays as part of a concerted effort to call for the closing of the prison at Guantanamo Bay. Here are some facts about the prison at Guantanamo Bay:

Judge Orders Release from Guantanamo of Unwilling Yemeni Recruit

Andy Worthington, 12.18.2009

Journalist and author of "The Guantanamo Files"

The administration's reluctance to release Yemenis is based on the fear that detainees who were actually harmless in 2002 may have since actually been radicalized by their stay at Guantanamo.

Gitmo Show Trial And Tell

Danielle Celena Belton, 12.17.2009

Blogger/Online Campaign Manager for New Security Action

What do you call a trial where the outcome is rigged from the inception? If you're a right-winger and obsessed with keeping Guantanamo Bay open, it's called a military commission.

Guantanamo Bay Promise: The Believers

Danielle Celena Belton, 12.16.2009

Blogger/Online Campaign Manager for New Security Action

When President Barack Obama spoke in Oslo he reiterated his pledge to close Guantanamo Bay. We stand solidly behind that statement and believe in the President's promise to make this a reality.

White House Errs on Guantanamo Facts

ProPublica, 12.16.2009

America's largest investigative newsroom

By Dafna Linzer, ProPublica Yesterday, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs made two claims about the administration's handling of detainees at Guantan...

"Model Prisoner" at Guantanamo, Tortured in the "Dark Prison," Loses Habeas Corpus Petition

Andy Worthington, 12.15.2009

Journalist and author of "The Guantanamo Files"

Al-Madhwani joins eight other prisoners in a legal netherworld, no longer regarded as "enemy combatants" by the administration, but still detained indefinitely as though they were.

Closing Guantanamo: An Assessment

Balakrishnan Rajagopal, 12.15.2009

Associate Professor of Law and Development, MIT

As regressive policies connected to Guantanamo have continued and as the president defends the right to wage 'just war', worries are growing that he may not be a transformational president in human rights terms after all.

Lend Your Voice For Human Rights

Nathan Havey, 12.10.2009

New Media Communications/Political Consultant, Videographer, Feminist

The veneer of civilization is paper-thin, we are its guardians and we can never rest. - Tom Lantos The only holocaust survivor to be elected to the...

Keeping Our Promise to Human Rights

Jamil Dakwar, 12.09.2009

Jamil Dakwar, Director of the American Civil Liberties Union Human Rights Program

Seven months ago, the US issued a list of human rights commitments and pledges in support of U.S. candidacy for membership in the U.N. Human Rights Council. The decision to join the was the right thing to do.

Former Guantanamo Prosecutor Loses Job for Criticizing Military Commissions

Andy Worthington, 12.08.2009

Journalist and author of "The Guantanamo Files"

orris Davis, the retired Air Force Colonel who served as the Chief Prosecutor of the Military Commissions at Guantánamo until 2007, has just lost his job for writing an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal.

Should the U.S. Get Involved in the Amanda Knox Murder Verdict?

Michael Rowe, 12.08.2009

Award-winning independent journalist, essayist, and author

When the U.S. loudly asserts its right to apply its own laws to foreigners suspected of crime, it's difficult to make a case when the shoe is on the other foot.

Scott Horton Discusses Guantanamo Wrong-Doing On Countdown With Keith Olbermann (VIDEO)

Huff TV, 12.08.2009

The Defense Department's conclusion that three prisoner deaths in Guantanamo Bay were suicide doesn't appear to pass muster after a report issued on M...

The "Torture Memos" and the Increasingly Indefensible DOJ

Nan Aron, 12.07.2009

A cascade of events has occurred in the last two weeks which all point to two critical needs: getting at the facts about torture of detainees in Ameri...

Try, Try and Try Again: the Military Commissions that Couldn't

Human Rights First, 12.03.2009

Non-profit, nonpartisan international human rights organization

By Devon Chaffee, Advocacy Counsel, Human Rights First Yesterday military judge Lt. Col. Nancy Paul considered pre-trial motions in the case of Ibrah...