Guantanamo Protests Weren't Suicide Attempts -U.S.
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Twenty-three prisoners at the Guantanamo  detention camp staged a mass protest in 2003 in which some  tried to strangle themselves, but the U.S. military said on  Tuesday it did not publicize it at the time because it did not  consider most of them genuine suicide attempts.
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Prisoners wielding improvised weapons clashed with guards trying to stop a detainee from committing suicide at the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the military said Friday.
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A federal judge upheld the Bush administration's new terrorism law Wednesday, agreeing that Guantanamo Bay detainees do not have the right to challenge their imprisonment in U.S. courts.
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A federal judge ordered the government to justify why it has been holding detainees in a U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for nearly three years without charges and explain why they should not be released.
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The United States believes a blast that wounded several people at the Marriott hotel in Islamabad was caused by an improvised bomb and not an electrical short circuit as Pakistani officials have said, the State Department said.
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The United States wants to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay but needs assurances that detainees won&#039;t pose a security risk or face torture when they&#039;re sent to other countries, a senior U.S. State Department official said Monday.
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The White House said on Friday it   was not U.S. policy to threaten Pakistan and former U.S.   diplomat Richard Armitage denied warning Pakistan's president   the United States would bomb his country after September 11.
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Some saw the beginning of the end for Guantanamo Bay, others a vindication for Europeans who have condemned the U.S. prison camp. Still others saw a toothless ruling that will ultimately make no difference in a climate where they believe Washington is determined to have its way.
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The U.S. military is taking as few prisoners as possible in its campaign against al-Qaida and the Taliban in Afghanistan, partly to forestall more complaints about its conduct after at least eight prisoners died in custody, an American commander said Monday.
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China has appealed to the United States not to send the "wrong signal" after Washington said a handful of detained Uighurs being held at the US military base in Guantanamo Bay would not be returned to China.
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A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that foreign-born prisoners seized as potential terrorists and held in Guantanamo Bay may not challenge their detention in U.S. courts, a key victory for President Bush's anti-terrorism plan.
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"The US admits it has no reason to hold these men, but the inaction of the international community has left them stranded. "The prolonged detention of these men is unconscionable"  A group of lawyers representing Guantanamo detainees on Friday criticized a US decision to transfer a group of former inmates to Albania. via Raw Story
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Tunisian authorities have broken a pledge not to mistreat two former detainees at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay who were sent home nearly three months ago, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.
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A U.S. investigation found no evidence  two Australian al Qaeda suspects held at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba  were abused by their American captors, Australian Foreign  Minister Alexander Downer said on Thursday.
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New documents showing widespread  U.S. abuse of prisoners overseas did not provoke the intense  backlash of the Abu Ghraib photos but could prove more damaging  at confirmation hearings for President Bush's attorney general  nominee, rights activists say.
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RAWALPINDI, Pakistan  - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Monday the United States would not repeat the mistake of neglecting Afghanistan and allowing it to become a haven for Islamic militants.
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LONDON -- The United States has not upheld obligations to reject torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading behavior in the war on terror launched after Sept. 11, 2001, Amnesty International said today.