Child Soldier Has No Place at Gitmo
Their stories are all too shocking, yet all too familiar. In Sierra Leone, boys as young as 10 were turned into bloodthirsty soldiers through an i...
Their stories are all too shocking, yet all too familiar. In Sierra Leone, boys as young as 10 were turned into bloodthirsty soldiers through an i...
Andy Worthington | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics
In 2003, when he was 16, Omar was visited by representatives of Special Investigations. The video shows Omar displaying his wounds, weeping uncontrollably and pulling at his hair in despair.
AP | CHARMAINE NORONHA | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics
TORONTO — A 16-year-old captured in Afghanistan and held at Guantanamo Bay sobs during his questioning, holding up his wounded arms and begging ...
Andy Worthington | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics
In April, Ibrahim al-Qosi also boycotted his pre-trial hearing, telling the judge, "I do not recognize the justice or the lawfulness of this court,
Andy Worthington | Posted 05.17.2008 | Politics
Anyone who has kept half an eye on the proceedings at the Military Commissions in Guantanamo will be aware that their progress has been faltering at best.
Andy Worthington | Posted 04.20.2008 | Politics
In what appears to be nothing more than propaganda masquerading as news, the US military has announced that it will televise the Guantánamo trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
Andy Worthington | Posted 03.21.2008 | Politics
If there is a "clean" case at Guantanamo that can be presented without ensnaring the administration in ever more damaging allegations relating to the use of torture by US forces, it has yet to be found.
Andy Worthington | Posted 02.27.2008 | Politics
The Bush administration's decision to choose a child soldier -- the Canadian Omar Khadr -- as its first attempt at a real conviction continues to attract heated opposition.
Clive Baldwin | Posted 02.12.2008 | Politics
No consideration at all appears to have been given before now to how the Guantanamo military commission can give a fair trial to someone who was a child at the time of his offense.
Andy Worthington | Posted 02.08.2008 | Politics
The US military has spent $12 million on a mobile court complex, which is intended to be used for the trial by Military Commission of up to 80 detainees, beginning in May.
Andy Worthington | Posted 01.19.2008 | Politics
The case of Maher Arar is one of many chilling examples of the damage caused by failed intelligence in the Americans' program of "extraordinary rendition."
Andy Worthington | Posted 12.02.2007 | Politics
The administration is intent on pushing forward with trials that owe more to the show trials of Stalinist Russia than they do to long-established principles of American justice.
Jennifer Daskal | Posted 11.09.2007 | Politics
The government is more interested in securing a conviction than anything else. The question of whether or not Khadr can lawfully be tried or is actually guilty seems secondary.
Andy Worthington | Posted 10.17.2007 | Politics
Dozens of teenagers - some as young as 12 or 13 - have been held in Guantánamo over the years, but until now Khadr was the only one to face a trial.
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