A complaint lodged with the Pentagon has prompted the U.S. Navy to look into the possible presence of anything that may cause cancer in a section of the base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a military...
The U.S. Navy is investigating a complaint that seeks the evacuation of civilian and military lawyers from parts of the U.S. base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, following reports of cancer cases among...
American national security officials concluded more than five years ago that Tariq Ba Odah, a prisoner at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, should be released because he doesn’t pose a major risk. Mr. Ba Odah, a...
In an editorial published Wednesday, the New York Times editorial board criticized the Obama administration for saying it will oppose the release of Tariq Ba Odah, a long-term hunger striker who's...
August 5, 2015, New York – Today, in response to the publication of “ Towards the Closure of Guantanamo ,” a report issued by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), the Center for...
Every four years, the U.N. Human Rights Committee evaluates whether a government is in compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and is following previous...
The military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, may have another problem to deal with: Cancer. The U.S. Navy acknowledged Monday that it is investigating concerns about possible carcinogens where the...
Nearly two weeks after a former Guantánamo attorney asked the Inspector General’s Office at the Pentagon to investigate whether the war court compound at the remote base was linked to seven cases of...
Signs at the war court compound warn that the water isn't potable. The tents and containers where many live sit atop a former dumping ground for jet fuel. Now some of the military and civilian...
Amid a spate of cancer diagnoses and deaths among colleagues who worked at Guantanamo Bay, a Navy reserves lawyer who worked on a war court case at the 45-square mile naval base in Cuba has lodged a...
