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Oldest Guantanamo “Forever Prisoner” Gets New Shot at Transfer

October 1, 2018

By Joy Bagwell

The Guantanamo Bay Periodic Review Board (PRB) convened last Tuesday to determine whether 71 year-old Pakistani businessman Saifullah Paracha should…

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After 17 Years, Justice For 9/11 Remains Elusive

September 27, 2018

By Sushma Raman 

“My father, along with many residents of the New Jersey town we are from, died on 9/11.  My mother died recently, without seeing…

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There Are Better Options for Detained ISIS Fighters than Guantanamo

September 12, 2018

By Joy Bagwell

According to recent reports, the Trump Administration is working to help the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) find a sustainable way to deal…

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September 11 Trial Update: New Decision Highlights the Strategic Consequences of Torture

September 7, 2018

Last week, a Guantanamo military commission judge ruled that statements made by five detainees suspected of being involved in the September 11 attacks are inadmissible in…

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GTMO Detainee’s Periodic Review Leaves Little Hope

August 24, 2018

This Tuesday the Periodic Review Board (PRB) convened in Guantanamo Bay to review whether Ismael Ali Faraj Ali Bakush could be cleared for transfer out of…

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Family Incarceration: An Outline

August 21, 2018

In response to the increasing numbers of women and children requesting asylum at the southern border in the summer of 2014, the U.S. government massively 

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Charlottesville One Year Reunion: Act Against Hate, Don’t Talk About It

August 11, 2018

One year ago, Americans looked on in horror as tiki torch-carrying white nationalists chanted “Jew will not replace us” (sic) as they marched through the…

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Judge Orders Independent Auditor to Oversee Family Detention Facilities

August 10, 2018

By Kevin Schuster

In April 2018, the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law filed a motion to enforce the Flores settlement agreement, claiming that…

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