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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Guantanamo prisoners

Guantanamo prisoners stories: 147 news summaries

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US Weighs New Hearings for Gitmo Detainees

Filing, reevaluations seen as bids to stall court challenges

Oct 15, 07 1:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Justice Department has made the first official move to reevaluate the status of enemy combatants held at Guantanamo, confirming the possibility of new hearings that would represent a dramatic administration policy change. Friday's federal court filing concerns only one detainee and appears to be a maneuver to head off... More »

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Supreme Court Returns for a
Big Session

Right-moving bench will rule on lethal injection, Gitmo prisoner rights

Sep 30, 07 4:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court enters its second session with Bush appointees John Roberts and Samuel Alito tomorrow, which means it will likely resume last session’s rightward slant, Reuters says. Before the court will be big cases on Guantanamo inmates’ right to habeas corpus, the legality of the lethal injection death... More »

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Samuel Alito • John Roberts • Anthony Kennedy • ACLU • lethal injection • habeas corpus • Guantanamo prisoners • cruel and unusual punishment • US Supreme Court

Brit Resident to Be Released
From Gitmo

Four others the UK wants freed are 'still significant threat,' says US

Aug 10, 07 5:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - One of five British residents has been cleared for release from Guantanamo, the US announced, following demands from authorities in London that all the prisoners be freed. The man, whose name and nationality were not disclosed, won't be returned to his homeland because of concerns he would be mistreated there,... More »

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military tribunal • Gordon Brown • Guantanamo Bay • prisoners • detainee • Britain • Guantanamo prisoners

Gitmo Prisoner Fights His
Own Release

Algerian prefers detention to torture as terrorist—or by terrorists—at home

Jul 31, 07 6:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - A detainee at Guantanamo Bay is doing everything he can in court—to stay in prison. Algerian Ahmed Belbacha, 38, is contesting his imminent release from the notorious detention camp because he fears he'll be tortured by Algerian security agents as a  suspected terrorist—or killed by Islamic terrorists for... More »

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torture • terrorism • Algeria • Washington DC • Guantanamo Bay • court • Ahmed Balbacha • Guantanamo prisoners

6 Guantanamo Detainees
Sent Home

One prisoner faces persecution in Tunisia; lawyer opposed release

Jun 20, 07 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Six prisoners held at the Guantanamo Bay naval base have been returned to their home countries—four to Tunisia and two to Yemen—the AP reports. One detainee's lawyer opposed the transfer on the grounds that he may face abuse for nonviolent political activism. More »

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Tunisia • Guantanamo Bay • detainee • Yemen • Abdullah bin Omar • Guantanamo prisoners

Gitmo Prisoner Kills Himself

Saudi detainee found dead in cell; fourth suicide at US prison

May 31, 07 4:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Saudi prisoner is dead at Guantanamo Bay in an apparent suicide. US officials are still stingy on details, offering only that "the detainee was found unresponsive and not breathing in his cell by guards." They still haven't released a name. More »

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War on Terror • suicide • Guantanamo Bay • prisoners • detainee • Guantanamo prisoners

Guantanamo Detainee Returns to Australia

Al-Qaeda supporter goes straight to prison

May 19, 07 9:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - After five years in custody at Guantanamo Bay, David Hicks is back in his native Australia, where the convicted Al-Qaeda supporter will spend the next seven months in a maximum-security prison. His family and other supporters spent years campaigning for his release before Hicks pleaded guilty in March to providing... More »

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Afghanistan • terrorism • David Hicks • Australia • Guantanamo Bay • detainee • Guantanamo prisoners • al-Qaeda

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