International Business News - Guantanamo http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A U.S. military judge has denied a request from professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed for Internet access inside his Guantanamo cell, ruling he does not need it to prepare for his death penalty trial. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081012/no-internet-access-for-9-11-defendants-at-gitmo.htm Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:32:14 EDT A Chinese Muslim locked up at Guantanamo Bay may soon be granted an improbable wish: To move to the United States. A federal judge this week ordered the man and 16 other members of an ethnic group from western China freed from Guantanamo and brought to his courtroom, but an appeals court late Wednesday gave the Bush administration at least a week to come up with arguments against the move. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/ap-enterprise-some-at-gitmo-see-u-s-as-ally.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:51:16 EDT China on Thursday rejected concerns that it would torture Chinese Muslims held by the U.S. military at Guantanamo Bay if they are returned to China, saying they will be dealt with according to the law. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/china-says-it-wont-torture-guantanamo-detainees.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:01:09 EDT A group of Chinese Muslims set to be freed into the U.S. this week from Guantanamo Bay found their freedom stymied yet again after a simple government plea: What's a couple more weeks or so in jail after nearly seven years? http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/chinese-muslims-release-into-us-blocked-for-now.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:14:28 EDT A federal appeals court on Wednesday temporarily blocked a judge's decision to immediately free 17 Chinese Muslims at Guantanamo Bay into the U.S. In a one-page order, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued the emergency stay at the request of the Bush administration. The three-judge panel said it would postpone release of the detainees for at least another week to give the government more time to make arguments in the case. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/muslim-chinese-ask-court-not-to-halt-their-release.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:14:36 EDT A Sudanese detainee transferred out of Guantanamo has vowed to campaign for the release of the roughly 255 inmates remaining at the U.S. military prison. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/pentagon-releases-guantanamo-inmate-to-sudan.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:32:05 EDT A federal judge ordered the Bush administration Tuesday to immediately free 17 Chinese Muslims from Guantanamo Bay into the United States, a dramatic ruling that could set the course for releasing dozens of other prisoners at the naval facility in Cuba. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/chinese-muslims-considered-for-release-inside-us.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:12:53 EDT A former prosecutor testified Friday that breakdowns in the delivery of evidence to Guantanamo detainees could lead to wrongful convictions, saying his experience changed him from a "true believer" to feeling "truly deceived." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080926/former-gitmo-prosecutor-blasts-tribunals.htm Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:46:55 EDT A U.S. military prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay who alleged his superiors suppressed evidence refused to testify in the war crimes case Thursday, one day after revealing that he quit over what he called ethical lapses. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/guantanamo-prosecutor-quits-over-detainee-case.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:07:56 EDT A U.S. military prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay has quit because his office suppressed evidence that could clear a young Afghan detainee of war crimes charges, defense lawyers said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/gitmo-prosecutor-quits-post-over-detainee-case.htm Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:39:45 EDT The proclaimed architect of the Sept. 11 attacks once declared that he wanted to be executed and become a martyr. But Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is mounting a vigorous defense, even asking the military judge to remove himself Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/137860-guantanamo-sept-11-trial.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/9-11-defendant-mounts-vigorous-defense.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/9-11-defendant-mounts-vigorous-defense.htm Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:17:40 EDT Professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed took center stage in a military court Tuesday as he questioned the judge's impartiality and acted as the de facto spokesman for his four co-defendants. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/136988-guantanamo-sept-11-trial.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080923/9-11-mastermind-takes-lead-role-in-gitmo-courtroom.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080923/9-11-mastermind-takes-lead-role-in-gitmo-courtroom.htm Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:23:03 EDT Confessed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed offered Monday to help persuade one of his co-defendants to leave his prison cell for a pretrial hearing at Guantanamo Bay. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/136479-guantanamo-sept-11-trial.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080922/gitmo-judge-enlists-help-from-9-11-mastermind.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080922/gitmo-judge-enlists-help-from-9-11-mastermind.htm Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:45:27 EDT A Sept. 11 defendant refused to leave his Guantanamo prison cell Monday and join four other alleged coconspirators in court, delaying the start of a pretrial hearing. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080922/9-11-suspect-refuses-to-leave-guantanamo-cell.htm Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:18:50 EDT The Pentagon shifted a senior member of the Guantanamo war-crimes trials to another position Friday after defense lawyers, human rights groups and even military colleagues accused him of misconduct in his role as legal adviser. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080919/pentagon-moves-gitmo-legal-official-amid-criticism.htm Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:03:46 EDT For six years, and for no pay, Dennis Edney has represented Omar Khadr, the next prisoner at Guantanamo Bay to face trial in a military tribunal system that the lawyer calls a sham. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/133225-guantanamo-canadian-detainee.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080918/attorney-for-gitmo-inmate-works-to-drum-up-support.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080918/attorney-for-gitmo-inmate-works-to-drum-up-support.htm Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:37:39 EDT A U.S. military judge has postponed the trial of a young Canadian detainee that was supposed to begin next month at Guantanamo Bay. The judge announced the schedule change at a pretrial hearing Thursday as prosecutors and defense lawyers for Omar Khadr wrangled over access to evidence and expert witnesses. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080911/gitmo-judge-postpones-trial-for-canadian-detainee.htm Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:29:37 EDT Pakistani security officials were questioning a man freed from the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay and returned to his homeland more than six years after his detention, a senior official said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080908/guantanamo-inmate-returned-to-pakistan.htm Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:48:40 EDT The U.S. military has released three more prisoners from its prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Defense Department said Tuesday it transferred one prisoner to Pakistan and two to Afghanistan. It did not disclose their names or any details about the men. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080902/us-releases-3-from-guantanamo-about-255-left.htm Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:42:24 EDT A British court says the U.S. has agreed to hand over documents critical to the defense of a Guantanamo Bay detainee--but only if he goes on trial. Lord Justice John Thomas wrote that U.S. officials have promised to provide 44 documents sought by Binyan Mohamed's lawyers. Mohamed says he was tortured while in U.S. custody. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080829/detainee-wins-right-to-documents-in-case-of-trial.htm Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:47:13 EDT