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The Northeast gate marks the end of U.S. soil as the road leads into Cuba at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, March 8, 2013. (REUTERS/Bob Strong)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 20, 2013 | World
Miami, Reuters—More prisoners at Guantanamo Bay have joined a growing hunger strike that their lawyers say reflects hopelessness about their prospects of ever being freed from the US detention center in Cuba. Twenty-four captives were on a hunger strike as of Tuesday...
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(FILES) watch a group of freed prisoners leaving the Abu Ghraib prison on the outskirts of Baghdad, in this September 16, 2004 photo. (AFP)
by Fahd Al-Zayabi | Feb 27, 2013 | Middle East
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudis facing execution in Iraq will not be repatriated, according to Iraq’s ambassador to the kingdom. Ambassador Ghanem Jumaili told Asharq Al-Awsat that the security agreement between the two countries does not include the repatriation of...