Tag: Guantánamo
U.S. Sends 11 Guantánamo Prisoners to Oman to Start New Lives
The secret mission left the smallest number of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay since the day the detention center opened in 2002.
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Guantánamo Convict Sues to Stop U.S. Plan to Send Him to Prison in Iraq
A court filing said the prisoner was at risk for abuse and might not be able to get adequate health care if transferred.
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Pentagon Releases Detainee Held at Guantánamo Since Day 1
The prisoner, who was repatriated to Tunisia, was never charged. His transfer is part of a Biden administration push to further reduce the dwindling d [...]
Tina S. Kaidanow, 59, Diplomatic Force in Kosovo and Guantánamo, Dies
She was the first U.S. ambassador to a newly independent Balkans nation and recently oversaw the transfer of cooperating Guantánamo prisoners to third [...]
Inside the Secretive Facility Housing Migrants at Guantánamo Bay
Reports and interviews shed new light on the holding center, where migrants’ calls with lawyers are monitored and some say they’ve been forced to wear [...]
Guantánamo Detainees Moved Amid Structural Problems at Showcase Prison
The military, which in 2021 disclosed its last major internal relocation of Guantánamo prisoners, declined to discuss this week’s security operation.
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Guantánamo Hearing Cut Short by Crisis on Defense Team in U.S.S. Cole Case
A military judge allowed the lead lawyer to leave next month, but his successor has not yet received the security clearance she needs to take over his [...]
Sept. 11 Judge to Decide Whether Guantánamo Plea Deals Are Valid
Judge McCall ordered briefs on the validity of the plea deal the defense secretary said was canceled, and the question of unlawful influence.
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Accused Sept. 11 Plotters Agree to Plead Guilty at Guantánamo Bay
Word of the deal emerged in a letter from prosecutors to family members of victims of the attacks.
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Did You Serve on a War Crimes Jury at Guantánamo Bay? We Want to Know.
The Times is looking for officers who were selected to serve on military commissions panels at Camp Justice to discuss the experience, within guidelin [...]
The Many Challenges at Guantánamo Bay, Encapsulated in One Case
The sentencing trial of an insurgent commander put a spotlight on the state of affairs at the wartime prison.
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Qaeda Commander at Guantánamo Bay Sentenced for War Crimes
A U.S. military jury decided on a 30-year prison term. But under a plea deal, the prisoner’s sentence will end in 2032.
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Battlefield Commander’s Case Goes to Guantánamo Jury
The panel is deciding a sentence for a prisoner who pleaded guilty to commanding Qaeda and Taliban forces in Afghanistan that carried out war crimes.
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Rare Battlefield War Crimes Case Reaches Sentencing Phase at Guantánamo Bay
An Iraqi prisoner admitted to conspiring with Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda. But his case is an outlier at the Guantánamo court.
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The U.S. Was Resettling Guantánamo Prisoners. The Hamas Attack Halted Those Plans.
The White House suspended a secret mission to transfer detainees to Oman in October after Congress members expressed concerns about Middle East instab [...]