
Guantanamo detainee returns home:
One of the youngest people to be held at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay has been released and taken back to his native Afghanistan, his lawyer has said. Mohammed Jawad, 19, was released from the jail in Cuba on Monday, seven years after he was arrested by US forces in Afghanistan. Ref. Source 4
US transfers Guantanamo detainees:
Three detainees held at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba have been transferred to Ireland and Yemen. Earlier this week, the US said it had struck a deal with the tiny island nation of Palau to take in as many as 12 Chinese Uighur detainees, so far six have agreed to go. Ref. Source 5
The Guantánamo "Suicides"
A Camp Delta sergeant blows the whistle
By Scott Horton
General Al-Zahrani grieves for his son, but at the end of a lengthy interview he paused and his thoughts turned elsewhere. "The truth is what matters," he said. "They practiced every form of torture on my son and on many others as well. What was the result? What facts did they find? They found nothing. They learned nothing. They accomplished nothing." Ref. Source 4
Casting Doubt on US Claims of Suicide, Attorney Scott Horton Reveals 3 Gitmo Prisoners Died After Torture at Secret Site
New evidence has emerged suggesting three Guantánamo prisoners whom the US claims took their own lives in June 2006 died not from suicide, but torture. A six-month investigation by Harper's Magazine indicates the three prisoners were suffocated and tortured during questioning at a secret black site facility at Guantánamo known as "Camp No." The article is based in part on testimony from a former staff sergeant who says the Obama administration has refused to investigate his claims. Ref. Source 4