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Plea deal for Pakistani at Guantanamo: Report

Majid Khan was charged with conspiring with al Qaeda to attack US, Indonesia as well as plotting to ...

Extension denied in Guantanamo September 11 trial

The defence lawyers had asked for extensions ranging from three months to a year to file motions arg...

Al Qaeda-linked magazine delivered to Guantanamo

Inspire magazine bills itself as the publication of Yemeni-based group al Qaeda in the Arabian Penin...

Britain `working hard` with US to close Guantanamo

The 10th anniversary will be the subject of demonstrations in London and Washington.

British Guantanamo inmate on hunger strike

Shaker Aamer has been held at the US-run prison in Cuba for almost 10 years.

Only 10 of 129 Saudis still in Guantanamo: Report

The US has freed and returned to Saudi Arabia many Saudis who were held in the notorious prison.

Ex-Gitmo detainee told book funds may be seized

David Hicks was jailed at Gitmo over 5 years before a plea deal in 2007 let him return to Australia.

Military court upholds Gitmo war crimes conviction

Salim Hamdan was sentenced to 5 1/2 years in jail but has been released and returned to Yemen.

Gitmo prisoner who died was mentally ill: Lawyer

Inayatullah apparently hanged himself with what appeared to be bed linen.

Afghan prisoner at Guantanamo dies in apparent suicide

Inayatullah was found dead by guards conducting routine checks at facility.

Guantanamo detainees may get family visits: Report

The ICRC monitors conditions at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay.

Chances of closing Guantanamo jail very low: Gates

US President has so far not been able to meet his promise to shut Guantanamo.

Guantanamo convict "made terrorists": Prosecutor

The Sudanese prisoner pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring with al Qaeda.

If captured, bin Laden will be sent to Gitmo: CIA

Fate of terror suspects held by US has been subject of debate in Congress.

Prison time cut for al Qaeda cook at Guantanamo

Ibrahim al-Qosi was convicted at a war crimes tribunal under a plea deal.

Afghan detainee dies after exercise at Guantanamo

Awal Gul fell in the shower after working out on an elliptical machine.

No end soon for Guantanamo: White House

The White House acknowledges Gitmo is a rallying cry for Islamic extremists.

US Congress blocks Guantanamo closure

One of Obama`s 1st acts on taking office in 2009 was to vow Gitmo closure.

Obama remains committed to Gitmo closure: White House

White House says Gitmo is a recruiting tool for terror outfits like al Qaeda.

Spy agencies infiltrate al Qaeda

Western intelligence agencies are placing moles inside al Qaeda and Taliban.

Canadian ex-child soldier pleads guilty at Guantanamo

Omar Khadr was captured in Afghanistan for killing a US soldier.

First US trial for ex-Guantanamo man opens

The trial tests US President`s pledge to end legal abuses in war on terror.

Guantanamo Bay needs to be closed: Obama

US President asserts that the trial of 9/11 mastermind needs to happen.

First Guantanamo trial under Obama opens

Guantanamo Bay`s youngest detainee, Canadian Omar Khadr, is facing trial.

Guantanamo detainees transferred to Latvia, Spain

The US is making efforts to close Guantanamo Bay on the naval base in Cuba.

Osama bin Laden`s driver pleads guilty at Guantanamo

The 50-year-old al Qosi has pleaded guilty to supporting al Qaeda.

US creates `top secret and above` court at Guantanamo Bay

The top secret and above court contains a delayed audio feed for press, NGOs.

Closing Gitmo Bay no longer US priority: Report

Obama may not be able to fulfil his promise of closing down infamous Guantanamo Bay by end of his t...

25 ex-Guantanamo Saudis return to militancy after rehab

At least 25 former Saudi detainees from the Guantanamo Bay detention camp returned to militancy afte...

Maldives offers to take two Gitmo prisoners

Maldives has offered to take two Gitmo detainees in a humanitarian gesture.

I`ll skip trial if strip searches go on: Gitmo detainee

The only Guantanamo Bay detainee to be prosecuted in civilian courts plans to boycott his September ...

5 Chinese Muslims at Guantanamo seek better deal

The Obama administration is seeking to block further court review in the case of five Chinese Musl...

`George Bush knew Gitmo prisoners were innocent`

A key aide of former US secretary of state Colin Powell has said that former US president George W B...

German minister defends Guantanamo move

Germany`s interior minister is defending his decision to consider taking in prisoners from Guantanam...

2 Uighurs go to Switzerland from Guantanamo

The United States has sent two Chinese Muslims to Switzerland, ending their eight years of detenti...

`Former Gitmo detainee running Afghan battles`

A man freed from Guantanamo more than two years ago after he claimed he only wanted to go home and h...

Ex-Guantanamo Bay inmate free to sue Canberra over `torture`

A former Guantanamo Bay detainee on Thursday won the right to sue the Australian government for comp...

France orders 5 former Gitmo inmates back to court

France`s highest court on Wednesday overruled a lower court`s acquittal of five former inmates at th...

Guantanamo deadline passes, closure efforts continue

President Barack Obama`s self-imposed deadline for closing Guantanamo passed unmet, as the administr...

US announces transfer of 2 Gitmo detainees to Algeria

The US on Thursday announced its decision to transfer two detainees from its Guantanamo Bay detentio...

Don`t take Uighurs from Guantanamo: China to Swiss

China has warned the Swiss government against accepting two Guantanamo inmates as part of President...

Freed Gitmo detainees rejoining Taliban: Congressman

Freed Guantanamo Bay detainees are becoming the "hardest" and most dedicated Taliban fighters "rejoi...

More Guantanamo inmates tied to militant groups: Pentagon

An increasing number of detainees transferred from the US prison in Guantanamo have forged links to ...

US to transfer Guantanamo detainees to Illinois prison

Detainees at the US military jail in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba will be transferred to a prison the federa...

MIC wants Malaysia`s `Guantanamo Bay` to be shut down

Malaysia`s largest ethnic Indian political party wants the government to shut down a detention centr...

Algeria court acquits two ex-Guantanamo detainees

Two men who had been held for seven years in the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay on suspicion o...

Britain was aware of CIA’s barbaric torture techniques

Britain was aware about the CIA’s barbaric torture techniques on terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, ...

Iraqi man says abused by British soldiers: Report

British soldiers forced an Iraqi detainee to wear an orange jump suit and told him that he was to be...

Dozens of Gitmo detainees finally get day in court

In courtrooms barred to the public, dozens of terror suspects are pleading for their freedom from th...

US prison eyed for Gitmo inmates: White House

The Obama administration may buy a near-empty prison in rural Illinois to house detainees from Guant...

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