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It is torture. I have no doubt about it in my mind. It is torture. Donald Vance was a detainee in the US military's Camp Cropper in Iraq, held for months after he reported evidence of corruption. Vance says he was forced to listen to earsplitting mu
By Carolyn Weaver Washington, D.C. 29 September 2006 watch Weaver's report Both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives have approved controversial new legislation proposed by President Bush on the treatment and trials of terror suspects in
U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered the closure of the detention center at the American naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He is also moving quickly to put his own stamp on United States foreign policy, particularly regarding the Middle East. 美国
By Gary Thomas Washington 29 June 2007 The U.S. Supreme Court has reversed itself and agreed to hear the appeals of detainees held at the U.S. facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. As VOA correspondent Gary Thomas reports, legal scholars say it is a high
By Meredith Buel Capitol Hill 22 June 2007 The Bush administration says it has no immediate plans to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay Cuba despite demands by some members of Congress and human rights groups. As VOA correspondent Meredith Buel repor
By Jim Malone Washington 29 June 2006 The U.S. Supreme Court dealt the Bush administration a major legal setback in connection with the war on terror Thursday. The high court ruled that President Bush had overstepped his authority in ordering milita
9/11 Victims' Families Watch Closely as Guantanamo Hearings Begin The trial will happen far away - in both time and distance - from the destruction of September 11th, 2001. Judi Jackson Reiss lost her 23-year-old son, Josh, in the World Trade Center
U.S. Senate Democrats have decided not to provide funds to close the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention center until President Barack Obama's administration presents a detailed plan for what to do with the 240 detainees being held there. It is a setbac
By Al Pessin Guantanamo 05 June 2008 Six-and-a-half years after the September 11 terror attacks, the accused mastermind and four other co-conspirators are facing a war-crimes tribunal at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The arraign
The Pentagon says it believes a former al-Jazeera cameraman sent from the Guantanamo detention center to Sudan Thursday is still dangerous, and it expects the Sudanese government to help ensure he does not resume what the Pentagon says is his involve
By Michael Bowman White House 19 May 2006 Saudi Arabia's foreign minister says he hopes the United States will release more prisoners from the detention facility at the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanam
By Meredith Buel Washington 15 May 2007 A Pakistani terrorism suspect being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba has denied any connection to al-Qaida and says he was tortured while in prison. The comments from Majid Khan were contained in a transcript relea
By Al Pessin Pentagon 06 September 2006 The U.S. government has transferred 14 alleged terrorist leaders to the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the first new arrivals at the controversial facility in two years. The men are some of the mo
A U.S. military jury at Guantanamo Bay has convicted Osama Bin Laden's former driver of providing material support to terrorism, but acquitted him on a charge of conspiracy, which alleged he was a key member of the Al-Qaida terrorist network. Still,
By Al Pessin Washington 12 June 2008 The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that terror suspects at the Guantanamo Bay detention center have the right to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts. President Bush says he will try to work with Congr
By Meredith Buel Washington 07 May 2007 The U.S. Congress is debating legislation to change the way alleged terrorists, known as unlawful enemy combatants, are allowed to use America's legal system while they are being detained by the Defense Departm
U.S. President Barack Obama says the United States had enough information to uncover the plot to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day, but failed to put all the bits and pieces of intelligence together. Mr. Obama spoke after a long meeti
President Barack Obama is speaking about his efforts to close the U.S. military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where some terror suspects are held. U.S. lawmakers voted Wednesday to deny Mr. Obama the money to close the prison. 美国总统奥
Senior European Union officials head to Washington on Monday for a two-day trip to gain more information about Guantanamo inmates it may be asked to take in after the United States closes the detention camp in Cuba. 欧盟高级官员星期一前往华
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton named a senior U.S. diplomat Thursday to help expedite President Obama's order to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp within a year. Daniel Fried, now Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affai