Raul Castro ready to talk to US, but rules out negotiations on Cuba's socialismAugust 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Cuban President Raul Castro has said that he is ready to talk about everything and anything with the United States, but added that the country's political system was not on the negotiating table. Castro's remarks came during a speech to the closing session of the Cuban Parliament on Saturday afternoon.
Guantanamo Bay detainee tries to suppress 57 interrogations, claims torture and coercionJuly 2nd, 2009 Detainee attorney seeks to suppress interrogationsWASHINGTON — Attorneys for a Guantanamo Bay prisoner asked a federal judge Wednesday to exclude as evidence against him the statements he made during at least 57 interrogations since his capture, saying they were the result of torture and other coercion. Because of the detainee's treatment, some of his statements have already been suppressed by a U.S.
Tunisia: Guantanamo inmates can be brought home and won't be at riskJune 18th, 2009 Tunisia rejects Gitmo inmate mistreatment fearsTUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisia condemned fears that Tunisians jailed at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay would be at risk of ill-treatment if they are sent back to their native country.
US Senate blocks funding to close Guantanamo prisonMay 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to block President Barack Obama's funding request to close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp and prohibited the transfer of any detainees to American soil. The 90-6 vote was a setback to Obama's plans to close the facility by January 2010 and relocate the 240 detainees currently at the camp, the US Navy base in Cuba.
France confirms it will take Algerian held by US for 7 years at GuantanamoMay 6th, 2009 France says it will take Algerian from GuantanamoPARIS — France says it will take in an Algerian who has been held prisoner by the United States at Guantanamo Bay for the past seven years. Lakhdar Boumediene was arrested along with five other Algerians in 2001 in Bosnia, suspected in a bomb attack plot against the U.S.
Activists marching from US Capitol to White House to protest torture, detention policiesApril 30th, 2009 Anti-torture activists march to White HouseWASHINGTON — More than 100 anti-torture activists are marching solemnly from the U.S. Capitol to the White House.
Obama says waterboarding is torture, violates nation's ideals and valuesApril 30th, 2009 Obama says torture violates nation's idealsWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is calling waterboarding torture and an act that violates the nation's ideals and values, and he says that's why he decided to ban the practice. Answering questions at a prime-time news conference, Obama said Wednesday the American people will eventually recognize that banning torture enhances the U.S.
Dozens of anti-torture activists arrested at rally at White House after marching from CapitolApril 30th, 2009 Anti-torture demonstrators arrested at White HouseWASHINGTON — U.S. Park Police have arrested about 60 anti-torture activists in front of the White House.
61 activists arrested at anti-torture rally outside the White HouseApril 30th, 2009 Anti-torture activists arrested at White HouseWASHINGTON — Dressed in an orange jumpsuit, Ken Crowley stood silently facing the White House. On Crowley's back, a black sign printed with the name of a Libyan man read, "Cleared for Release."
The Washington, D.C., resident, who was among 61 people arrested during an anti-torture demonstration Thursday, said he wanted to bring attention to the plight of detainees held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Bush administration cleared CIA use of insects to torture GITMO detaineesApril 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is reported to have given its approval to the Central Intelligence Agency to use insects as a method of torture against Guantanamo Bay detainees. The New York Times quotes the Justice Department as saying in a report the methods approved by the Bush administration for extracting information from senior operatives of Al Qaeda in careful detail - like keeping detainees awake for up to 11 straight days, placing them in a dark, cramped box or putting insects into the box to exploit their fears.
CIA closes secret prisons for terrorism suspectsApril 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US will no longer hold terrorism suspects in secret prisons and plans to shut down any facilities still in operation, CIA Director Leon Panetta has said, marking the latest reversal of terrorism policy by the new administration. President Barack Obama has already ordered the eventual closure of the controversial prison camp in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, and repealed some of the harsh interrogation tactics used under president George W.
Medical workers' tortured GITMO terror suspects: Red CrossApril 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Medical personnel were deeply involved in the abusive interrogation of terrorist suspects held overseas by the Central Intelligence Agency, including torture, a report by the International Committee of the Red Cross has concluded. Based on statements by 14 prisoners who belonged to Al Qaeda and were moved to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, in late 2006, Red Cross investigators concluded that medical professionals working for the C.I.A.
US will not torture, says ObamaJanuary 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama who ordered to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility within a year said Thursday that 'US will not torture', demonstrating a clean break from the Bush administration's war on terror policy. Speaking at the State Department following the announcement of special envoys to Middle East, and Afghanistan and Pakistan, Obama said: 'First, I can say without exception or equivocation that the United States will not torture.'
'Second, we will close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and determine how to deal with those who have been held there.'
'We have no time to lose,' he said as he welcomed the newly confirmed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the special envoys to Middle East, and Afghanistan and Pakistan - former senator George Mitchell and Richard Holbrooke, a former UN ambassador, respectively.
Guantanamo Bay prisoners were tortured: former inmateJanuary 18th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Qari Saeed Iqbal, who spent seven years in the Guantanamo Bay prison run by the US military, has claimed that prisoners there were 'tortured and mistreated', Pakistan's Online news agency reported Monday. While addressing a press conference Sunday, Iqbal said that a total of 260 prisoners, including six Pakistanis, are at Guantanamo Bay, which is located on the southeastern corner of Cuba.
Top US official says military used tortureJanuary 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A top US official has for the first time publicly stated that a suspect incarcerated at the Guantanamo Bay military prison camp was tortured, the Washington Post reported Wednesday. Susan J. Crawford, who was the top Bush Administration official deciding on whether suspects at the camp should be brought to trial, told the paper that she decided against prosecuting Saudi national Mohammed al-Qahtani because his interrogation met the legal definition of torture.
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