Tag: Guantánamo
20 Years Later, the Story Behind the Guantánamo Photo That Won’t Go Away
GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — Four months to the day after the Sept. 11 attacks, a photographer hoisted a camera above shiny new razor wire and took a pic [...]
Pentagon Building New Secret Courtroom at Guantánamo Bay
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is building a second courtroom for war crimes trials at Guantánamo Bay that will exclude the public from the chamber, the [...]
Pentagon Building New Secret Courtroom at Guantánamo Bay
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is building a second courtroom for war crimes trials at Guantánamo Bay that will exclude the public from the chamber, the [...]
Another Judge Quits Guantánamo Case
WASHINGTON — A Marine judge presiding at a war crimes trial at Guantánamo Bay stepped down on Thursday because he was offered a fellowship at the F [...]
U.S. Waited Months to Book C.I.A. Prisoners at Guantánamo Bay
No explanation was offered for the delay, although the detainee processing took place after President George W. Bush announced on Sept. 6, 2006, th [...]
Guantánamo Bay: Beyond the Prison
GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — Mention this place, and people tend to think of caged men wearing orange uniforms and on their knees, the image of opening d [...]
Detention of an Afghan at Guantánamo Bay Is Ruled Unlawful
WASHINGTON — A federal judge has ruled that the United States has no legal basis for holding an Afghan man at Guantánamo Bay because although he fo [...]
Guantánamo Bay Cemetery Offers a View of the Base’s History
GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — At first glance, the graveyard down a road behind a locked gate on this remote U.S. Navy base looks like a miniature version [...]
Two More Guantánamo Detainees Are Approved for Release
Two men who have been held for years without charges at Guantánamo Bay — a Yemeni and an Afghan whose repatriation would most likely require reachi [...]
Freed From Guantánamo, but Still in Limbo 15 Years Later
TIRANA, Albania — Accused by the United States military of being a terrorist in league with the Taliban, a devout Muslim man from western China spe [...]
Secret Hearing Focuses on Hidden Microphones at Guantánamo Prison
Mr. Nashiri, 56, is accused of orchestrating Al Qaeda’s suicide bombing of the warship during a port visit to Aden, Yemen, in 2000. Seventeen sailo [...]
Pandemic-Related Sickness Forces Cancellation of Sept. 11 Hearing at Guantánamo
FORT MEADE, Md. — Illness related to the coronavirus pandemic on Friday caused the military judge in the Sept. 11, 20001 case to abruptly cancel a [...]
Judge at Guantánamo Says 9/11 Trial Start is at Least a Year Away
FORT MEADE, Md. — The new judge presiding in the Sept. 11, 2001 case at Guantánamo Bay said on Monday that the trial of the five men accused of plo [...]
Judge at Guantánamo Says 9/11 Trial Start is at Least a Year Away
FORT MEADE, Md — The new judge presiding in the Sept. 11, 2001 case at Guantánamo Bay said on Monday that the trial of the five men accused of plot [...]
Iraqi Detainee Reported Suffering Paralysis at Guantánamo
GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — A Marine Corps judge has ordered the medical staff at the wartime prison to submit an emergency report Friday on an Iraqi pr [...]