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Attorney General Eric Holder stands his ground at Senate hearing

added on 2010-04-16 09:31:40 (Washington Post - Politics)

Senators challenged Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Wednesday over the Obama administration's long-delayed pledge to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay and its plans to try alleged Sept. 11 co-conspirators. But Holder conceded little and emerged from the session mostly unscathed. ...more.

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Georgia takes in Guantanamo men

added on 2010-03-24 10:00:53 (BBC News | World | UK Edition)

Three unidentified inmates of the controversial US detention facility in Guantanamo Bay are transferred to Georgia. ...more.

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Chief lawyers named for Guantanamo Bay defense, prosecution teams

added on 2010-03-23 13:31:24 (Washington Post - Politics)

As the Office of Military Commissions, the Defense Department entity that administers military tribunals, gears up for the first trials under the Obama administration, the prosecution and defense teams have gotten new chiefs. ...more.

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Court fight over secret evidence

added on 2010-03-08 20:01:09 (BBC News | UK | UK Edition)

Lawyers for six former Guantanamo detainees appeal against a ruling the government can use secret evidence in their damages claim. ...more.

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Conservatives raise ruckus over Justice appointees' prior work with detainees

added on 2010-03-04 04:01:18 (Washington Post - Politics)

Conservatives who are unhappy with the decision to close the prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have trained their fire on an unusual target: political appointees in the Obama Justice Department who represented detainees earlier in their careers. ...more.

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US court dismisses Uighurs case

added on 2010-03-01 20:00:54 (BBC News | World | UK Edition)

The US Supreme Court says it will not consider an appeal by seven Chinese Muslims held at Guantanamo Bay. ...more.

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Guantanamo man to sue Australia

added on 2010-02-25 12:30:51 (BBC News - News Front Page)

Former Australian Guantanamo detainee Mamdouh Habib wins the right to sue his government for alleged complicity in torture. ...more.

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Guantanamo four arrive in Europe

added on 2010-02-24 21:01:00 (BBC News | World | UK Edition)

Four inmates freed from the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, arrive in Europe - three in Albania and one in Spain. ...more.

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Spain 'to take Guantanamo five'

added on 2010-02-15 14:32:03 (BBC News | World | UK Edition)

Spain says it is willing to take in five inmates from the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. ...more.

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Former boy soldier, youngest Guantanamo detainee, heads toward military tribunal

added on 2010-02-12 06:01:18 (Washington Post - Politics)

Omar Khadr, the youngest detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was 15 when he allegedly threw a grenade that killed a U.S. Special Forces medic in Afghanistan. Now, more than seven years later, Khadr is drawing the Obama administration into a fierce debate over the propriety of putting a child soldie... ...more.

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