July 1, 2019
By Rita Siemion
This post was originally published on the American Constitution Society Expert Forum.
Amid escalating tensions with Iran in June, President Trump told the press that…
June 29, 2019
By Molly Wooldridge
Yesterday the Guantanamo Periodic Review Board convened to hear the case of Musab Umar Ali Al-Mudwani, a thirty-six year-old Yemeni national who has…
June 27, 2019
By Julia McKay
On Tuesday, June 25th, the Periodic Review Board (PRB) held a hearing for Guantanamo detainee Mohammed Bashir Bin Lap (aka Lillie). A…
June 25, 2019
There are excellent lists published over the past few days detailing what people can do to help end…
June 12, 2019
Coauthored with Victoria Rossi
On Thursday, we met Blanca*, who fled homophobic violence in Guatemala with her partner…
May 28, 2019
By Annie Himes
On Tuesday May 21, the Periodic Review Board (PRB) held back-to-back hearings for two Guantanamo detainees: Mustafa Faraj Muhammad Masud al-Jadid al-Uzaybi (a.k.a.…
May 14, 2019
The new U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, John Abizaid, started work in Riyadh last week. He’s taken on a difficult job, with U.S.-Saudi…
April 30, 2019
Earlier this week President Trump released a memorandum directing the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security to impose a…