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1 hr ago | Common Dreams

Yemeni's Gather to Protest Detention, Torture in Gitmo

Relatives of Yemeni detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison shout slogans during a protest to demand the release of the detainees, outside the U.S. embassy in Sanaa June 17, 2013.

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Related Topix: World News, Yemen, Middle East, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, US News, Camp Delta, Liberal Political News

5 hrs ago | KRCR

Doctors: Let us treat Guantanamo detainees

In an open letter to President Barack Obama published Tuesday, dozens of doctors asked to be allowed to treat hunger-striking prisoners at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Cuba, World News, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison

5 hrs ago | WTAE-TV Pittsburgh

Doctors: Let us treat Guantanamo detainees

In an open letter to President Barack Obama published Tuesday, dozens of doctors asked to be allowed to treat hunger-striking prisoners at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Cuba, World News, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison

7 hrs ago | Reuters

9/11 pretrial hearings restart in Guantanamo

A court sketch of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Cuba, World News, Death Penalty, Terrorism

Tue Jun 18, 2013

WETM-TV Elmira

Judge urges new approach for Gitmo detainee cases

An image reviewed by the U.S. military shows a U.S. flag flying above a razorwire-topped fence at the Camp Six detention facility December 10, 2008 on U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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Related Topix: Camp Delta, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, US Military, US Navy

My Mother Lode

Red Cross' Guantanamo reports sought in 9/11 case

The International Committee of the Red Cross urged a military judge Tuesday to refuse a request to open its confidential communications with U.S. officials about conditions at Guantanamo Bay to the lawyers for the prisoners charged in the Sept.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison

RollingStone

Guantanamo Bay: Stories From Inside the World's Most Infamous Jail

Guantanamo Bay's Camp X-Ray once the center of the newly designated Global War On Terror is all weeds and decaying wood shacks now.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, US News, Camp Delta

Merced Sun-Star

Our View: Shield law needed more than ever

Journalists shouldn't be prosecuted for just doing their jobs and informing the public.

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Related Topix: Associated Press, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, George Bush, US Military Prisons, Prison, Charles Schumer, US Senate, Democrat

Russia Taday

No trial, transfer or release: Gitmo's 'indefinite detainees' identified

For the first time since President Obama took office Washington has publicly disclosed the names of inmates at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp classified as "indefinite detainees" - those who pose too great a threat to release but cannot be tried in court.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, US News, Camp Delta, World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Terrorism

Mon Jun 17, 2013

WHTC

Lawyer Cliff Sloan faces tough assignment: Closing...

Cliff Sloan has represented Jon Bon Jovi's band in legal matters and argued cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Related Topix: US News, Pop/Rock, Bon Jovi, Prison, US Supreme Court

KMIZ

US releases names of Guantanamo 'indefinite detainees'

The names of dozens of detainees held at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were released for the first time on Monday after a newspaper sued the federal government for the information.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Cuba, World News, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison

Bloomberg

Accused Sept. 11 Terror Attack Plotters Return to Court

Five men facing trial for 2001 terror attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon returned to a military courtroom in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the first time since February, to hear a U.S. vice admiral testify he wasn't pressured to bring charges against them.

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Related Topix: Terrorism, US Army, US Military

Reuters

WikiLeaks breach included secret details on Guantanamo prisoners: official

The soldier accused of the largest release of classified data in U.S. history provided WikiLeaks with secret details of prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, threatening "serious" damage to national security, the prison's former commander testified on Monday.

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Related Topix: WikiLeaks, Prison, US News, Camp Delta, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp

Fire Dog Lake

Bradley Manning's Trial, Day 7

Numerous stipulations of testimony are expected in military court at Fort Meade during the seventh day of Pfc.

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Related Topix: Fort Meade, US Military, US Army, Fort Meade, MD, US News, Camp Delta, WikiLeaks, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison

HawaiiNews

House passes sweeping $638 billion defense bill The House...

The House overwhelmingly passed a sweeping, $638 billion defense bill on Friday that imposes new punishments on members of the armed services found guilty of rape or sexual assault as outrage over the crisis in the military has galvanized Congress.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Representative Jackie Walorski, Republican, US House of Representatives, Barack Obama, US Senate, Democrat

Reuters

Detainees' defense lawyers want ICRC's secret Guantanamo files

Lawyers for five prisoners accused of plotting the September 11 attacks in 2001 have asked to see confidential reports made by representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross who visited the defendants at the Guantanamo detention camp.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Cuba, World News, Death Penalty

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Canada.com

Obama selects high-powered lawyer to be new Guantanamo closure envoy at State Department

Barb wire surrounds the prison camps at Guantanamo Bay at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, April 17, 2013.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Cuba, World News, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

Patch.com

US Rep Dennis Ross: 'No More Taxpayer-Funded Soccer Fields for Terrorists'

U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Lakeland, applauds the passage of his amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act of 2014, eliminating additional taxpayer-funded recreational facilities for terrorist detainees at the U.S. Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Navy, Valrico, FL, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison

Sat Jun 15, 2013

Star Tribune

As hunger strike roils Guantanamo, ex-prisoner talks of his long protest and forced feeding

For more than three months, the U.S. military has faced off with defiant prisoners on a hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay, strapping down as many as 43 each day to feed them a liquid nutrient mix through a nasal tube to prevent them from starving to death.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Cuba, World News,

Lake Wylie Pilot

Amid Gitmo strike, ex-detainee tells of force-feed

For more than three months, the U.S. military has faced off with defiant prisoners on a hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay, strapping down as many as 43 each day to feed them a liquid nutrient mix through a nasal tube to prevent them from starving to death.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, US News, Camp Delta, Cuba, World News,