Guantanamo and recidivism | Andy Worthington (original) (raw)
Algerian Suffering from PTSD, and Mistakenly Identified as an Associate of Abu Zubaydah, Is Approved for Release from Guantánamo
2.5.22
In a world exclusive, originally posted on the Close Guantánamo website, I tell the story of Saeed Bakhouch, an Algerian prisoner seized in Pakistan in March 2002, who has finally been approved for release by a Periodic Review Board, after being held for 20 years without charge or trial.
- Algerians in Guantanamo, Guantanamo, Guantanamo and habeas corpus, Guantanamo and recidivism, Guantanamo lawyers, Guantanamo tribunals
The Hideous Pointlessness of Donald Trump’s Executive Order Keeping Guantánamo Open
31.1.18
Please support my work as a reader-funded journalist! I’m currently trying to raise $2500 (£2000) to support my writing and campaigning on Guantánamo and related issues over the next three months of the Trump administration. Reading Donald Trump’s pompously-entitled “Presidential Executive Order on Protecting America Through Lawful Detention of Terrorists,” which officially keeps the […]
- Barack Obama, Closing Guantanamo, Donald Trump, Guantanamo, Guantanamo and recidivism, Guantanamo and US District Courts/Appeals Courts, Guantanamo tribunals
Guantánamo Lawyer: It is “Entirely Unprecedented” for Trump to “Take the Position That There Will Be No Transfers out of Guantánamo Without Regard to the Facts”
29.12.17
Please support my work as a reader-funded journalist! I’m currently trying to raise $2500 (£2000) to support my writing and campaigning on Guantánamo and related issues over the next three months of the Trump administration. Just before Christmas, in an article entitled, “Men due to leave Gitmo under Obama seem stuck under Trump,” the […]
- Algerians in Guantanamo, Donald Trump, George W. Bush, Guantanamo, Guantanamo and recidivism, Guantanamo lawyers, Guantanamo media, Guantanamo tribunals, Moroccans in Guantanamo, Tunisians in Guantanamo, Yemenis in Guantanamo
Shutting the Door on Guantánamo: The Significance of Donald Trump’s Failure to Appoint New Guantánamo Envoys
13.4.17
Please support my work! I’m currently trying to raise $2500 (£2000) to support my writing and campaigning on Guantánamo and related issues over the next three months of the Trump administration. I wrote the following article for the “Close Guantánamo” website, which I established in January 2012, on the 10th anniversary of the opening of […]
- Barack Obama, Closing Guantanamo, Conditions at Guantanamo, Donald Trump, Guantanamo, Guantanamo and recidivism, Guantanamo lawyers
Donald Trump’s Latest Outrageous Guantánamo Lie
10.3.17
Please support my work! I’m currently trying to raise $2500 (£2000) to support my writing and campaigning on Guantánamo and related issues over the first three months of the Trump administration. I wrote the following article for the “Close Guantánamo” website, which I established in January 2012, on the 10th anniversary of the opening of […]
- Barack Obama, Donald Trump, George W. Bush, Guantanamo, Guantanamo and habeas corpus, Guantanamo and recidivism, Guantanamo lawyers, Guantanamo media
Donald Trump Proposes to Keep Guantánamo Open, to Prevent Further Releases, and to Reintroduce Torture and “Black Sites”
28.1.17
Please support my work! I’m currently trying to raise $2500 (£2000) to support my writing and campaigning on Guantánamo and related issues over the first two months of the Trump administration. I wrote the following article for the “Close Guantánamo” website, which I established in January 2012, on the 10th anniversary of the opening of […]
- American torture, Barack Obama, Closing Guantanamo, Conditions at Guantanamo, Donald Trump, Extraordinary rendition and secret prisons, FBI/CIA, Guantanamo, Guantanamo and recidivism, Guantanamo media, John McCain, Military Commissions
Haji Ghalib, the Afghan Freed from Guantánamo Who Is Now Fighting Isis and the Taliban
4.12.15
When it comes to reports about prisoners released from Guantánamo, there has, since President Obama took office, been an aggressive black propaganda policy — firstly from within the Pentagon and latterly from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence — painting a false picture of the alleged rate of “recidivism” amongst former prisoners, a […]
- Afghanistan, Afghans in Guantanamo, Guantanamo, Guantanamo and recidivism, Guantanamo media, Life after Guantanamo
Senators Leahy, Feinstein and Durbin Tell Obama to Free 57 Cleared Guantánamo Prisoners “As Quickly As Possible”
11.5.15
I wrote the following article for the “Close Guantánamo” website, which I established in January 2012 with US attorney Tom Wilner. Please join us — just an email address is required to be counted amongst those opposed to the ongoing existence of Guantánamo, and to receive updates of our activities by email. It’s now nearly five […]
- Barack Obama, Closing Guantanamo, Guantanamo, Guantanamo and recidivism, Guantanamo and US Senate/House of Representatives, Guantanamo media
Please Read “Dispelling the Myths of Guantánamo Bay,” Tom Wilner and Andy Worthington’s Chicago Tribune Op-Ed
27.3.15
I wrote the following article for the “Close Guantánamo” website, which I established in January 2012 with US attorney Tom Wilner. Please join us — just an email address is required to be counted amongst those opposed to the ongoing existence of Guantánamo, and to receive updates of our activities by email. Yesterday, March 26, […]
- Closing Guantanamo, Guantanamo, Guantanamo and recidivism, Guantanamo and US Senate/House of Representatives, Guantanamo op-eds
Senate Passes Bill to Help Close Guantánamo; Now President Obama Must Act
22.11.13
I wrote the following article for the “Close Guantánamo” website, which I established in January 2012 with US attorney Tom Wilner. Please join us — just an email address is required to be counted amongst those opposed to the ongoing existence of Guantánamo, and to receive updates of our activities by email. It’s rare that there […]