U.S. Justice Department lawyers on Friday blocked a legal request that a Guantanamo Bay detainee who weighs just 74 lbs (33.5 kg) after an eight-year hunger strike be released for health reasons...
The administration of President Barack Obama urged a federal judge on Friday not to order the release of a prisoner at Guantánamo Bay who has been on hunger strike for more than eight years and is...
In a maneuver blasted by constitutional rights experts as "rare and unusual," the Obama administration late on Friday submitted a long-awaited filing urging a federal judge not to order the release...
California Attorney General Kamala Harris is nothing if not ambitious. Not content with being the Golden State's top law enforcement officer--a position she has held since 2011, after serving seven...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] on Friday submitted a sealed document [The Guardian report] in opposition to the habeas corpus petition of Tariq Ba Odah, despite a 2009...
The Justice Department has requested a federal appeals court revisit and reverse its decision to revive a lawsuit against former Justice Department officials, who allegedly violated the rights of...
An Afghan man described as “one of the most compliant detainees at Guantánamo” goes before a national security parole board Tuesday seeking repatriation. Mohammed Kamin, about 37, got to the U.S...
August 18, 2015, Guantánamo – Today, an attorney from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urged a Periodic Review Board (PRB) at Guantánamo to recommend that Mohammed Kamin be cleared for...
On Aug. 14, the Department of Justice (DOJ) blocked the release from the Guantánamo Bay prison of Tariq Ba Odah, a gravely ill detainee who was cleared for transfer by the Guantánamo Review Task...
Chelsea Manning, the U.S. soldier imprisoned over feeding classified documents to the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks, faced a disciplinary hearing Tuesday over contraband found in her cell. If the...
