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A US government source on Friday revealed that Shaker Aamer , a Saudi citizen Saudi citizen and former UK resident detained at Guantanamo Bay , is expected to be released in June after recent...

Lawyers for Shaker Aamer , a Saudi citizen and former UK resident detained at Guantanamo Bay , asked a federal judge on Monday to release him on the grounds that he is...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday denied a request for a preliminary injunction to stop the force-feeding of Guantanamo Bay detainees on a hunger strike. Shaker...

The US Department of Defense (DOD) announced Monday that two Guantanamo Bay detainees have been transferred to Saudi Arabia . Saad Muhammad Husayn Qahtani and Hamood Abdulla Hamood had been held since 2002, but...

The US Department of Defense (DOD) on Thursday announced that it transferred two prisoners from Guantanamo Bay to the government of their native Algeria. Djamel Saiid Ali Ameziane and Bensayah Belkecem were transferred...

The attorney for Belkacem Bensayah and Djamel Ameziane, two Algerian detainees being held in Guantanamo Bay said on Friday the two will oppose their release back to Algeria, which could take place as early as this week....

The lawyer for five Guantanamo Bay prisoners charged with plotting the September 11 attacks has asked President Barack Obama to declassify the CIA interrogation program that allegedly subjected prisoners to torture. The letter ,...

US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel named Paul Lewis as Special Envoy to oversee the eventual closing of Guantanamo Bay on Tuesday. Lewis will join his US State Department counterpart, Clifford Sloan,...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Monday that the Detainee Treatment Act prevents the court from having jurisdiction over a former Guantanamo Bay detainee's lawsuit for damages. Adel...

On Friday, Judge Royce Lamberth for the US District Court for the District of Columbia ordered the release of Guantanamo Bay prisoner Ibrahim Idris , who suffers from a severe mental illness. Idris, originally...