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A freed Yemeni detainee smiles after arrival at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, January 5, 2017. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser

Saudi Interior Ministry Receives 4 Yemeni Detainees from Guantanamo

by Abdul Hadi Habtor | Jan 6, 2017 | Middle East

Riyadh – Upon the directives of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, four Yemeni detainees arrived from Guantanamo at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. The royal gesture comes in response to a request by Yemeni President Abed Rabu Mansour Hadi...

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Chain link fence and concertina wire surrounds a deserted guard tower within Joint Task Force Guantanamo’s Camp Delta at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba March 21, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo

Guantanamo Prison: A Story of Absent Justice, 61 Prisoners in Waiting

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 17, 2016 | World

Washington- Trials at Guantanamo Bay for suspects accused of war crimes and attacks against the United States have ground to a near halt a decade after the military courts’ creation, with lawyers warning that some detainees could spend many more years waiting to...

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A file photograph showing men dressed in orange coveralls, alleged al-Qaeda and Taliban combatants captured in Afghanistan washing before midday prayers at controversial Camp X-Ray, where they are being held in cages at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 27 January 2002. Source: EPA/J. Scott Applewhite/Pool

How U.S. Torture Left a Legacy of Damaged Minds

by Matt Apuzzo and Sheri Fink | Oct 10, 2016 | Features

Before the United States permitted a terrifying way of interrogating prisoners, government lawyers and intelligence officials assured themselves of one crucial outcome. They knew that the methods inflicted on terrorism suspects would be painful, shocking and far...

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Diab, right, reportedly had last been seen in July in Chuy, a small village near the Uruguay-Brazil border. Photograph: Matilde Campodonico/AP

Ex-Guantanamo Prisoner Detained in Venezuela

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 8, 2016 | World

Caracas – Lawyer of ex-Guantanamo Syrian detainee demanded to meet his client in Venezuela on Saturday. Jihad Ahmed Diab was resettled in Uruguay in 2014 along with five other ex-detainees after an order from U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration. Diab went off...

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Medical team performs primary tests on one of the Yemenis who returned to Saudi Arabia, Basheer Saleh

Following King Salman’s Approval, Saudi Arabia Receives 9 Yemeni Guantanamo Prisoners

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 17, 2016 | Middle East

Riyadh- Nadr al-Sa’eeri, one of the Yemeni captives released yesterday from Guantanamo Bay prison, fell straight to his feet, overwhelmed, after seeing his mother waiting for him at the airport in Saudi Arabia after 15 years of separation and confinement. Another...