by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 12, 2017 | World
Washington- The US Supreme Court has refused an appeal bid by one of Guantanamo’s most famous detainees, backing the legitimacy of the special military courts in place at the US naval base in Cuba. Agence France Presse said Tuesday that the decision confirms the...
by Heba El Koudsy | May 17, 2017 | World
Washington – Evening court session of 9/11 trial witnessed several surprises and controversy after defense lawyer Cheryl Bormann asked to be relieved of her defense duties, citing her sense of a looming conflict of interest. After two and a half hours of debate during...
by Heba El Koudsy | Apr 25, 2017 | World
[inset_right]Guantanamo (Cuba) – A new round of pretrial sessions for prominent al-Qaeda leader Abdul Hadi al-Iraqi got underway in Guantanamo Bay on Monday. The official trial is expected to start in a date to be specified by the court during the summer of...
by Mohammad Ali Salih | Mar 20, 2017 | World
Washington- US President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that the Guantanamo Bay prison will not be shut down and reiterated over the weekend a campaign pledge for putting ISIS “bad dudes” in the detention center in Cuba. Reuters news agency said that Trump is asking...
by Mohammad Ali Salih | Mar 11, 2017 | World
Washington – US Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on Thursday that he had advised President Donald Trump to send detainees from US wars to Guantanamo Bay Prison, which he deemed a “very fine place.” He said that placing the prisoners in the wartime prison...
