Etiket: Guantanamo
Prisoner who spoke of torture allowed to leave Guantanamo Bay | Abroad
Majid Khan, a 42-year-old Pakistani who grew up in the United States, has been released from Guantanamo Bay maximum security prison after 15 years. He was the only prisoner of…
One of the last detainees released from Guantánamo
One of the last detainees has been released from Guantánamo prison. Assadullah Harun Gul will return to his family after years of captivity at the US military base in Cuba’s…
Algerian sent home without trial after 20 years in Guantanamo Bay
An Algerian man accused of training al-Qaida terrorists and held in Guantanamo Bay since 2002 has been released and sent home to Algiers. Sufiyan Barhoumi, 48, was eligible for release…
US sends home Algerian detained in Guantanamo for nearly 20 years
An Algerian man has been released from Guantanamo Bay detention center after nearly 20 years of captivity. The US Department of Defense announced on Saturday that Sufyian Barhoumi has been…
US sends home Algerian detained in Guantanamo for nearly 20 years
An Algerian man has been released from Guantanamo Bay detention center after nearly 20 years of captivity. The US Department of Defense announced on Saturday that Sufyian Barhoumi has been…
Berlinale film shows how Rabiye Kurnaz freed her son Murat from Guantanamo
Dirk Krampitz Andreas Dresen (58) actually wanted to make a film about his son – but then he met his mother. The Berlin director had his first encounters with Murat…
“Eternal Prisoner" testifies to 20 years of incarceration in Guantanamo Bay: “Every aspect of my existence is being interfered with”
Twenty years ago, the first prisoners were held in Guantanamo, the controversial prison located at a US military base in Cuba. Today there are 39 inmates, including Khalid Qasim. In…
UN-appointed experts call for closure of Guantanamo
Independent experts appointed by the United Nations on Monday called on the United States to close the Guantanamo military prison. That institution where “continuous violations of human rights take place”…