Read more detainee stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5818/detainee.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:58:10 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72856/no-clear-way-for-us-to-prosecute-gitmo-prisoners.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama is edging closer to his goal of closing the Guantanamo Bay prison: Congress has approved detainee trials on US soil and the National Defense Authorization Act, passed yesterday, attempts to repair the damaged legality of President Bush’s military-commissions system. But hurdles remain, with legal scholars split on using...http://www.newser.com/story/72856/no-clear-way-for-us-to-prosecute-gitmo-prisoners.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Oct 2009 23:11:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70574/iran-allows-swiss-envoys-visit-with-detained-hikers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIran has changed its policy on three detained US hikers, allowing Swiss diplomats—who represent American interests in Iran—to visit them. Officials have been denied access to the three Americans since they were detained in July after crossing the border from Iraqi Kurdistan into Iran. Tehran’s reversal may be...http://www.newser.com/story/70574/iran-allows-swiss-envoys-visit-with-detained-hikers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Sep 2009 16:10:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68300/iran-admits-protester-was-beaten-to-death.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA man arrested in the upheaval following Iran's presidential election was beaten to death in jail, Iranian media reported yesterday—offering the first official acknowledgment that a detained protester died after the disputed vote. Officials had originally said the man died of an illness, but a coroner's report said he...http://www.newser.com/story/68300/iran-admits-protester-was-beaten-to-death.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 01 Sep 2009 7:09:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67941/freed-gitmo-detainee-to-sue-us-for-damages.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Guantanamo inmate recently released to his native Afghanistan after almost 7 years of detention plans to sue the US for damages, the AP reports. Mohammed Jawad is considered one of the youngest prisoners held at the Cuban base—he claims he was 12 at the time he was captured,...http://www.newser.com/story/67941/freed-gitmo-detainee-to-sue-us-for-damages.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 27 Aug 2009 12:05:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67652/cia-threatened-to-kill-rape-detainee-families-report.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA newly declassified CIA report says interrogators threatened to kill the children of a Sept. 11 suspect. The document, released today by the Justice Department, says one interrogator said a colleague had told Khalid Sheikh Mohammed that if any other attacks happened in the United States, "We're going to kill...http://www.newser.com/story/67652/cia-threatened-to-kill-rape-detainee-families-report.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 24 Aug 2009 14:33:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65691/judge-orders-gitmo-detainee-returned-to-afghanistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Guantanamo Bay inmate may be released to Afghanistan next month after successfully challenging his detention under habeas corpus, the Washington Post reports. US District Judge Ellen Huvelle ordered Mohammed Jawad’s release based on the dodgy evidence against him—mainly, a confession allegedly obtained by threatening to kill Jawad or...http://www.newser.com/story/65691/judge-orders-gitmo-detainee-returned-to-afghanistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 30 Jul 2009 14:03:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65566/ireland-agrees-to-take-in-2-gitmo-detainees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIreland has agreed to resettle two Uzbek detainees from the US’ Guantanamo Bay detention center, Ireland’s foreign minister tells the Irish Times . The detainees are among those who are not considered a threat, but can’t be returned to their home countries. Dermot Ahern, a longtime proponent of closing the Guantanamo...http://www.newser.com/story/65566/ireland-agrees-to-take-in-2-gitmo-detainees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Jul 2009 8:42:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64330/sadistic-brit-soldiers-made-iraqis-dance-like-jacko.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritish troops called Iraqi detainees "apes," beat them so that their moans of pain sounded like an "orchestrated choir," and forced them to dance like Michael Jackson, a public inquiry into the death of one of the detainees heard yesterday. The inquiry panel was told that Baha Mousa, a hotel...http://www.newser.com/story/64330/sadistic-brit-soldiers-made-iraqis-dance-like-jacko.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 14 Jul 2009 3:54:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63823/detainees-once-acquitted-may-still-die-at-gitmo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDetainees held at Guantanamo Bay and other military prisons may not be freed even if a US commission acquits them of all charges, an Obama administration official testified yesterday. The Defense Department rep told a Senate committee that detainees would be assessed on an individual basis and that prisoners might...http://www.newser.com/story/63823/detainees-once-acquitted-may-still-die-at-gitmo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Jul 2009 6:18:04 CDT