Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Defense Secretary, to Visit Guantánamo Bay
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was traveling to the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba on Tuesday to inspect the administration’s migrant operations there, as well as the detention…
Read More »Lu Weierbach L’25 Attended the Military Commissions Proceedings at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba as a National Institute of Military Justice Observer
Luis “Lu” Weierbach L’25, a U.S. Army Captain, attended the Military Commissions proceedings at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba this past summer as an observer with the National Institute of Military Justice…
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Federal Court Blocks Transfer of Guantánamo Convict to Prison in Iraq
A federal judge on Saturday temporarily prevented the U.S. government from transferring a disabled prisoner to Iraq from the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, while the judge considered the prisoner’s…
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US military transfers Guantánamo detainee to Tunisia following extended detention – JURIST
The Pentagon announced Monday that the US has repatriated Guantánamo detainee Ridah Bin Saleh al-Yazidi to Tunisia after more than two decades in detention. Al-Yazidi, identified as ISN 038, was…
Read More »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 detainee population at the wartime prison….
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Bali Bombing Conspirators Get 5 More Years at Guantánamo Bay
A military jury at Guantánamo Bay sentenced two prisoners to 23 years in confinement on Friday for conspiring in the 2002 terrorist bombing that killed 202 people in Bali, Indonesia….
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Where the 9/11 Dead Are Not Forgotten at Guantánamo Bay
Stones and seashells for people killed in the Sept. 11 attacks began appearing at a signpost at Guantánamo Bay a few years ago, not far from the courtroom for war…
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A Curious Censorship Issue at the Guantánamo Court
When a judge disqualified a prisoner last month from being part of the conspiracy case in the Sept. 11 attacks, the ruling was based on one finding: a mental health…
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