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The Latest Breaking News from Guantanamo

Judge sets date for 9/11 defendants to enter pleas in exchange for life sentences

The plea deal has angered many leading Republicans

The Independent UK

Judge sets date for 9/11 defendants to enter pleas, deepening battle over court's independence

The U.S. military judge at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has scheduled hearings in early January for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants to enter guilty pleas in exchange for life sentences

The Independent UK

US Military Judge Reinstates 9/11 Mastermind Plea Deal

A US military judge has reinstated plea agreements for 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants, an official said Thursday, three months after the deals were scrapped by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

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Judge reinstates controversial plea deal for 9/11 masterminds after Pentagon chief tried to void it

The ruling means that the three 9/11 defendants before long could enter guilty pleas in the U.S. military courtroom at Guantanamo Bay

The Independent UK

Rights groups demand end to asylum seeker detentions in Guantanamo

US cannot keep hiding its ‘mistreatment of asylum seekers by exiling them,’ says letter signed by 125 organisations.

Al Jazeera

Lawyer for news organizations presses Guantanamo judge to make public a plea deal for 9/11 accused

A lawyer for news organizations has urged the U.S. military commission at Guantanamo Bay to unseal the plea deal struck with accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two others

The Independent UK

Report Says Migrants Held at Guantanamo Face Inhumane Conditions, DHS Denies the Claims

Most of the detainees are Haitian and Cuban migrants who use makeshift boats to try to reach the United States by sea.

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News Organizations Seek Public Release Of 9/11 Mastermind's Plea Agreement

Seven news organizations push for transparency in sealed plea agreement with 9/11 defendants at Guantanamo Bay, sparking legal challenges and disruptions i...

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'Original sin': Torture of 9/11 suspects means even without plea deal, they may never face a verdict

A Defense Department disagreement over how to bring to justice the accused mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and four others has thrown the cases into disarray

The Independent UK

Guantanamo 9/11 Trial Disrupted By Plea Deal Controversy

Military hearings for 9/11 defendants face upheaval as Defense Secretary Austin voids plea deal, sparking legal challenges and concerns about external infl...

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9/11 hearings at Guantanamo Bay in upheaval after surprise order by US defense chief

Military-run hearings for accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are in upheaval following Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s decision to throw out a plea agreement

The Independent UK

Plea deal for accused 9/11 plotters revoked by US defence secretary

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday overrode a plea agreement reached earlier this week for the accused mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks and two other defendants, reinstating them as death-penalty cases. The cases against the 9/11 defendants have been delayed in pre-trial maneuverings for years, while the…

France 24

US Scraps Plea Deal With 9/11 Mastermind

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday scrapped a plea agreement with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, just two days after the announcement of a deal that reportedly would have taken the death penalty off the table.

International Business Times

US reaches plea deals with 9/11 accused, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

Mohammed and two other defendants likely to enter formal plea next week over attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.

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US Says Plea Deal Reached With 9/11 Mastermind

US prosecutors have reached a deal with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the Pentagon said Wednesday, reportedly involving a guilty plea in exchange for avoiding a death penalty trial.

Al Jazeera

‘Happening again’: Guantanamo victims say Israel using ‘US-style’ torture

Former prisoners who suffered in US detention facilities say Israeli abuse of Palestinians follows the same patterns.

The Independent UK

Supreme Court rejects an appeal from a Canadian man once held at Guantanamo

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by a Canadian-born former Guantanamo detainee who was seeking to wipe away his war crimes convictions, including for killing a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan

Latin Times

U.S. Considers Housing Migrants in Guantanamo Bay as Maritime Arrivals from Haiti Surge

Authorities said they haven't seen a spike in such trips yet, but one of their contingency plans includes repurposing part of the territory leased in Cuba

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Guantanamo Panel Recommends 23-Year Detention for Bali Bombing Connection

Two Malaysian men involved in the 2002 Bali bombings have been recommended 23 years in detention by a military panel at Guantanamo Bay.

Al Jazeera

Two Malaysians in Guantanamo plead guilty to conspiring in Bali Bombings

Mohammed Nazir Bin Lep and Mohammed Farik Bin Amin agreed to give evidence against alleged mastermind Hambali.

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Guantanamo Debate Reignited: Biden Seeks Responsible Closure Options

Delve into the captivating saga of Guantanamo Bay's infamous prison as we explore the ongoing debate to close its doors for good. A riveting tale of politi...

International Business Times

UK's Supreme Court Rules In Favour Of Guantanamo Detainee

Britain's top court ruled Wednesday that a Guantanamo detainee waterboarded by the CIA can use English law in his claim against the UK government over alleged complicity in the torture.

The Independent UK

What did Ron DeSantis do in Guantanamo?

Former prisoner has told The Independent that Florida governor watched him be force-fed to such a degree that he was ‘bleeding and throwing up’

The Independent UK

Guantanamo judge rules 9/11 defendant unfit for trial after panel finds abuse rendered him psychotic

A military judge at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba has ruled a 9/11 defendant incompetent to stand trial

The Independent UK

A panel finds torture made a 9/11 defendant psychotic. A judge will rule whether he can stand trial

A military medical panel has concluded that one of the five 9/11 defendants held at Guantanamo Bay has been rendered delusional and psychotic by the torture he underwent years ago while in CIA custody

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