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Guantanamo Bay should close, says former detainee

The US must close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp because it is making a mockery of the rule of law and human rights, according to a former detainee. Mohamedou Ould Slahi spent 14 years incarcerated without trial after being accused of involvement ...

06 Mar 2022 at 03:55

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US sends home Algerian held nearly 20 years at Guantanamo

An Algerian man imprisoned at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre for nearly 20 years has been released and sent back to his homeland. The Department of Defence announced on Saturday that Sufyian Barhoumi was repatriated with assurances from the ...

02 Apr 2022 at 21:25

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Pakistani brothers freed from Guantanamo Bay after 20 years

Two Pakistani brothers held by the United States at Guantanamo Bay military prison for two decades were freed by US officials and returned home on Friday. They will be reunited with their families after formal questioning by Pakistani ...

24 Feb 2023 at 10:17

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Biden administration asks court to block 9/11 plea deals

The Biden administration has asked a federal appeals court to block a plea agreement for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants that would spare them the risk of the death penalty. The Justice Department ...

07 Jan 2025 at 22:07

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Guantanamo inmate accused of being main plotter in 9/11 attacks to plead guilty

The man accused of being the main plotter in al Qaida’s September 11 attacks in 2001 has agreed to plead guilty, the US Defence Department said. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two accomplices, Walid Bin Attash and Mustafa al-Hawsawi, ...

01 Aug 2024 at 03:59

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Pentagon prepares to deploy 1,000 more troops for immigration crackdown

The Pentagon is readying orders for the deployment of at least 1,000 additional active-duty troops to bolster President Donald Trump’s expanding crackdown on immigration, US officials said on Friday. They said roughly 500 more ...

01 Feb 2025 at 01:12

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Trump announces opening Guantanamo Bay detention centre for illegal migrants

US President Donald Trump has said he is directing the opening of a detention centre at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to hold up to 30,000 migrants who are living illegally in the United States. Mr Trump made the announcement just ...

29 Jan 2025 at 22:19

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‘Psychotic’ 9/11 defendant unfit to stand trial, Guantanamo Bay judge rules

A military judge at Guantanamo Bay has ruled that one of the 9/11 defendants is unfit for trial after a medical panel found that the man’s sustained abuse in CIA custody years earlier has rendered him psychotic. The judge, ...

22 Sept 2023 at 19:55

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US submarine pulls into Guantanamo Bay day after Russian warships arrive in Cuba

A US Navy submarine has arrived in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in a show of force as a fleet of Russian warships gather for planned military exercises in the Caribbean. US Southern Command said the USS Helena, a nuclear-powered ...

13 Jun 2024 at 18:02

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US defence secretary Lloyd Austin overrides plea agreement with 9/11 defendants

Defence secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday overrode a plea agreement reached earlier this week for the accused mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks and two other defendants. The cases have been reinstated as death ...

03 Aug 2024 at 12:21

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