4 hours ago - By Ben Fox, AP Writer
A military defense lawyer asked the Pentagon on Wednesday to move the trial for an alleged bodyguard of Osama bin Laden to the U.S., saying difficult access for witnesses and the media make it impossible to hold it fairly at Guantanamo Bay. Complete Story
14 hours ago - By Ahmed Al-Haj, AP Writer
Mourners packed the home of a Yemeni who died at the American prison in Guantanamo Bay as his family dismissed U.S. claims he committed suicide and accused prison authorities of murdering him.
17 hours ago - By Associated Press
An Afghan delegation returning from a 10-day visit to the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay said Wednesday that prison conditions there were "humane."
Jun 13 - By Sam Cage, AP Writer
The suicides of three Guantanamo Bay detainees prompted new calls Tuesday from critics in Europe and the U.N. for closing the prison camp.
Jun 12 - By Ben Fox, AP Writer
Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainees who committed suicide criticized the U.S. military Tuesday for taking nearly three days to notify them that their clients had died at the military prison in southeastern Cuba.
Jun 12 - By Associated Press
The Bush administration distanced itself Monday from remarks by a U.S. diplomat that the weekend suicides of three Arab detainees at the Guantanamo Bay military prison were a "good P.R. move."
Jun 12 - By Paisley Dodds, AP Writer
Three British youths formerly detained at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay and now the subjects of a new film about their experiences say they were driven to desperation knowing others had tried to kill themselves at the camp.
Jun 11 - By Lara Sukhtian, AP Writer
The reported suicides of two Saudi detainees at Guantanamo Bay intensified Saudi anger at the camp, drawing questions Sunday about whether the men really killed themselves or were driven to it by torture.
Jun 11 - By Paisley Dodds, AP Writer
Dispirited and desperate prisoners at Guantanamo Bay look to suicide as a way out of a hopeless situation, and not because they seek martyrdom, say three British Muslims once held there.
Jun 11 - By Andrew Selsky, AP Writer
A "stench of despair" hangs over the Guantanamo Bay prison where three detainees committed suicide this weekend, a defense lawyer who recently visited the U.S. jail in Cuba said as calls increased Sunday to close the facility.
Jun 10 - By Jennifer Loven, AP Writer
President Bush expressed "serious concern" Saturday over the suicides at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay and directed an aggressive effort by his administration to reach out diplomatically while it investigates.
Jun 10 - By Jennifer Loven, AP Writer
Three Guantanamo Bay detainees hanged themselves with nooses made of sheets and clothes, the commander of the detention center said Saturday. They were the first reported deaths among the hundreds of men held at the base for years without charge.
Jun 7 - By Ben Fox, AP Writer
A Guantanamo Bay detainee who participated in a clash with U.S. military guards last month said it was sparked when guards tried to search prisoners' Qurans, contradicting the military's account of the melee, his defense attorney said Wednesday.
Jun 6 - By Ben Fox, AP Writer
The U.S. military issued medical guidelines Tuesday for the treatment of prisoners, formally directing doctors at Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere to force-feed hunger strikers whose lives are in danger and granting doctors a limited role in interrogations.
Jun 4 - By Associated Press
Dozens of Guantanamo Bay detainees have abandoned a hunger strike, lowering the number of inmates refusing food to 18, the U.S. military said Sunday.
May 29 - By Associated Press
The number of Guantanamo Bay detainees participating in a hunger strike has ballooned from three to around 75, the U.S. military said Monday, revealing growing defiance among prisoners held for up to 4 1/2 years with no end in sight.
May 24 - By David Dishneau, AP Writer
Military dog handlers at Abu Ghraib were supposed to help interrogators but not during actual interrogations, the two-star general who reviewed operations at the prison in Iraq testified.
May 23 - By David Mcfadden, AP Writer
Two detainees who took overdoses of an anti-anxiety medication they hoarded at Guantanamo Bay prison are recovering, a U.S. military official said Tuesday.
May 21 - By Douglass K. Daniel, AP Writer
The U.S. would be delighted to close the Guantanamo Bay prison but cannot until settling the fate of "hundreds of dangerous people" held there, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday.
May 18 - By Associated Press
The United States should close its prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and avoid using secret detention facilities in the war on terror, the U.N. panel that monitors compliance with the world's anti-torture treaty said Friday.
May 17 - By Associated Press
The United States will release 16 Saudi Arabian nationals this week from the Guantanamo Bay prison camp for suspected terrorists, Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal said Wednesday.
May 16 - By Ben Fox, AP Writer
He has a flowing white beard, can't hear or see very well and, according to his lawyer, uses a walker to hobble around the Guantanamo Bay detention center.
May 16 - By Associated Press
The United States should follow its disclosure of the names of all Guantanamo Bay detainees by allowing U.N. rights investigators complete access to the prison, the chairwoman of Pakistan's independent human rights commission said Tuesday.
May 12 - By Associated Press
A Russian court on Friday sentenced two former Guantanamo Bay inmates and another man to prison terms ranging from 11 to 15 years in connection with a gas pipeline explosion, officials said.
May 12 - By Christopher Bodeen, AP Writer
A top Chinese official accused the United States Friday of hindering the global anti-terror campaign by refusing to hand over five Chinese Muslims released from the Guantanamo Bay detention center.
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