Guantanamo

                
  • OPINION: Cuba and Venezuela are not enemies

    OPINION: Cuba and Venezuela are not enemies

    April 29, 2009 By Jarvis Tyner

    The Obama administration did the right thing when they ordered the closing of the Guantanemo torture prison, and restored the right of US Cubans to travel and send remittances to their relatives on the island nation.

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  • Guantanamo inmate ‘beaten with batons’

    Guantanamo inmate ‘beaten with batons’

    April 17, 2009 By Morning Star

    A detainee at the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay phoned a global TV network on Tuesday to say that he was severely beaten for refusing to leave his cell.

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  • US Attorney General visiting Gitmo

    US Attorney General visiting Gitmo

    February 25, 2009

    Washington, Feb 23 (Prensa Latina) US Attorney General Eric Holder visited on Monday the US military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. According to sources from the Justice Department, this is the most important aspect of the...

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  • Closing Guantanamo only a first step

    Closing Guantanamo only a first step

    February 12, 2009

    Two days after taking office, President Barack Obama announced that the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, would be closed by the end of this year at the latest. This step, which was acclaimed worldwide, is...

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  • The Children of Guantanamo

    The Children of Guantanamo

    February 7, 2009 By William Fisher

    Reposted from IPS NEW YORK, Feb 5 (IPS) - Legal experts and human rights advocates are challenging the public to remember Guantanamo's 'child soldiers' when the detainees there are characterised as 'the worst of the worst'.

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