The aura of forever hangs heavier than ever at Guantanamo.read more

The National Defense Authorization Act would empower the President to detain U.S. citizens indefinitely, anywhere in the world.read more

Judge Kennedy said that the government lawyers engaged in a “misrepresentation of the evidence” and that they failed to summon “anything close” to the evidence necessary to hold Odaini, who has languished at Guantanamo for eight years now.read more

Guantanamo may soon be Spanish for Bagram, and both will translate into human rights violations.read more

On his second day on the job, President Barack Obama promised to shut down Guantánamo by January 22, 2010. As we near the deadline, the U.S. detention center remains open, and nearly 200 detainees are still being held at the prison, including dozens already cleared for release. To mark the ninth year of detaining prisoners without charge or trial, human rights activists are protesting in Washington, D.C.read more

The D.C. Circuit Court’s decision is a flagrant act of insubordination. It marks a huge step backward, and it underlies the hysteria that has taken over the country since the Christmas bombing attempt.read more

There are 16,000 books in the prison library there, but none by Noam Chomsky. And when a prisoner was about to receive one, the request was denied.read more

Even more importantly, “Gitmo” (as it is infamously known now) and everything it represents must be invalidated. This includes the military tribunal process, the human rights violations, torture, and the blatant disregard for the rule of law.read more

President Obama was courageous to issue an executive order closing Guantanamo within the next twelve months.read more

Brig guards were instructed by their commanders to apply the standard operating procedures down in Guantánamo up here in the United States. Over time, the brig officers themselves became frustrated at the restrictions they were ordered to enforce.read more