Executive order might keep Gitmo inmates indefinitely

61 WHITE HOUSE ARRESTS: 100's demand Obama to end wars, close Gitmo & ...

By: BorderExplorer

As the U.S. led war in Afghanistan begins its ninth year this week, 61 were arrested yesterday at the White House. Demonstrators' message: war, torture and drone bombing are outrageous, unacceptable and must end immediately. National anti-war groups and individuals from across the US converged to say "No to War in Afghanistan. No to Torture and ...

2 months ago

Khalid Sheikh, 4 accomplices to be shifted from Gitmo

By: intellectual

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama said the September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be put on trial in New York City. Speaking in Tokyo, Mr. Obama said Mohammed, the self-proclaimed organiser of the al-Qaeda terrorist plot that killed almost 3,000 people in 2001, would face "exacting" US justice....

21 days ago

New Gitmo: Home on the Prairie Where The Jihad Roam

By: AsherKade

A prison in northern Illinois is the leading contender to house detainees transferred from the federal facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, two Obama administration officials told CNN on Saturday. This comes in light of many terrorist detainees being adjudicated and sentenced recently.   The Thomson Prison, outside Chicage, is virtually empty ...

21 days ago

US: Act on Immigration Detention Reform

By: chnarendra

 Plans to reform immigration detention management and oversight, announced today by the US government, should quickly be translated into actual policy change and accountability, Human Rights Watch said today.  The plans focus on centralizing control of facilities used to hold detained immigrants. "Immigrants are detained in standalone ...

2 months ago