Release Hamdan
Mr. Hamdan's sentence, in the Administration's view, will be not that selected by the military, but whatever the president wants. This position is unjust and unwise.
Mr. Hamdan's sentence, in the Administration's view, will be not that selected by the military, but whatever the president wants. This position is unjust and unwise.
Andy Worthington | Posted 08.11.2008 | Media
As the Olympics and the war in Georgia threaten to sweep all before them, the significance of the lenient sentence handed down by a military jury to G...
Jonathan Mahler | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics
Four-and-a-half years ago I profiled Hamdan's newly assigned defense lawyer, a JAG lawyer named Lieutenant Commander Charles Swift -- a gift from the magazine gods.
Jamal Dajani | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics
The Bush administration, desperate to show it had made inroads into Bin Laden's terrorist network decided to take a gamble by trying Salim Hamdan. Hamdan, however, is nothing more than a chauffeur.
Andy Worthington | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics
Until now, the administration has maintained it has the right to hold "enemy combatants" without charge until the end of hostilities. A sentence has now ended that open-ended policy.
ProPublica | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics
Among the many oddities of the U.S.'s first war crimes trial since World War II is this: The war crime for which Salim Hamdan was convicted, material ...
Lionel Beehner | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics
Let's be honest: this case was a joke in the annals of justice and a blotch on America's campaign to prevent future 9/11's.
Sahr MuhammedAlly | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics
Hamdan could have been prosecuted in federal court but the government instead decided to make his offenses war crimes. This in legal terms is ex post facto application of the law -- and it is prohibited by the U.S. Constitution.
Andy Worthington | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics
As with justice, logic is in short supply in the executive's approach to terror suspects, who have been deprived of the protections of the Geneva Conventions to make false confessions.
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 05.20.2008 | Home
As a recent decision by a military judge makes clear, the wheels of justice revolve in slow motion at Guantánamo, as those responsible for the exerci...
Robyn Blumner | Posted 05.19.2008 | Politics
There are those for whom the ends justifies the means and those for whom the means matter. Count me as someone who cares supremely about the means. Count the present administration as one who doesn't give a hoot.
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 05.07.2008 | Politics
Late last week, I joined in the widespread celebrations -- at least in those parts of the world that care about the injustice of holding people in pri...
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 04.02.2008 | Politics
At least 50 prisoners in Guantánamo who have been cleared for release by military review boards from 2005 to the present day, are still held in appalling isolation.
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.
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 12.21.2007 | Politics
Capt. Allred appeared to have put together such a compelling case for Hamdan's rights as a Prisoner of War that his sudden decision to discard these well-honed arguments smacks of interference from the highest levels of the administration.
Andy Worthington | Posted 12.04.2007 | Politics
Tomorrow's hearing is of colossal importance, not only to the detainees in Guantánamo, many of whom are about to start their seventh year of imprisonment without charge or trial, but also to the government.
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Justin Florence | Posted 08.15.2008 | Politics