Guantanamo Bay

• Legal fight deepens over plea deal for alleged mastermind of 9/11 attacks

  A U.S. military judge has scheduled hearings for the defendants to enter guilty pleas in exchange for life sentences despite Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's effort to squash them.

  U.S. News

  Nov 13, 2024
  
• U.S. Supreme Court rejects appeal from Omar Khadr, Canadian man once held at Guantanamo

  The US Supreme Court rejected an appeal by a Canadian-born former Guantanamo detainee who was seeking to wipe away his war crimes convictions.

  World

  May 20, 2024
  
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• 9/11 defendant ruled unfit for trial after CIA abuse left him psychotic, panel finds

  Ramzi bin al-Shibh is accused of organizing one cell of the hijackers who commandeered 4 commercial airplanes to carry out the 9/11 attacks.

  U.S. News

  Sep 22, 2023
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• ‘I thought I was going to die’: Guantanamo Bay prisoner details abuse in court testimony

  It was the first time any detainee has been able to testify about what the U.S has euphemistically called "enhanced interrogation" but has been widely condemned as torture.

  World

  Oct 28, 2021
• Biden’s election victory means some Guantanamo Bay prisoners may be released

  Those pushing for its closure now see a window of opportunity, hoping Biden's administration will find a way to prosecute those who can be prosecuted and release the rest.

  World

  Nov 28, 2020
• Omar Khadr makes first public appearance, delivers keynote address at Dalhousie University event

  During the discussion, Khadr spoke about challenges he's experienced since his release.

  Feb 11, 2020
• Omar Khadr told to answer Utah plaintiffs’ questions about his war crimes confession

  Relatives of a slain American soldier have won a skirmish in their attempt to collect on a US$134-million wrongful-death award against former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr. 

  Canada

  Feb 5, 2020
• Omar Khadr’s appeal in U.S. military court remains in limbo: lawyer

  Khadr filed an appeal with the commission review in 2013, arguing that the offences were not war crimes when he allegedly committed them.

  Canada

  Nov 18, 2019
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• Don’t force military court to hear Omar Khadr appeal, U.S. government argues

  In new legal filings, U.S. government lawyers argue the years-long delay in hearing former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr's case is reasonable, and civilian court intervention unjustified.

  Canada

  Nov 7, 2019
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• U.S. military court appoints 3 judges to hear Omar Khadr’s war crimes appeal

  An American military court has appointed three judges to hear Omar Khadr appeal his war-crimes convictions, signalling a possible end to a years-long delay in the Canadian's quest to clear his name.

  Canada

  Sep 25, 2019