Comments on: Judge Orders Release of Guantánamo’s Forgotten Child

By: The Black Hole of Guantánamo by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

The Black Hole of Guantánamo by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:17:55 +0000

[...] January 2002, in connection with a non-existent plot to bomb the US embassy, and the case against a Chadian national, who was a child at the time of his capture by Pakistani police in a raid on a mosque in [...]

By: Rubbing Salt in Guantanamo’s Wounds: Task Force Announces Indefinite Detentions | themcglynn.com/theliberal.net

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:10:11 +0000

[...] supposed evidence – largely derived from the prisoners themselves, or from their fellow prisoners – is so “tainted” as to be useless and [...]

By: Obama’s Countdown to Failure on Guantanamo « freedetainees.org

Obama’s Countdown to Failure on Guantanamo « freedetainees.org — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:38:20 +0000

[...] adept at perceiving “generalized” and “generic” material masquerading as evidence, and the extent to which “detainees [had] implicated other detainees” (and, it should be noted, themselves), so [...]

By: Guantánamo And The Courts (Part Three): Obama’s Continuing Shame by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:38:11 +0000

[...] credibility has been cast into serious doubt — and rejected” by Judge Leon in the case of Mohammed El-Gharani, because he “has made accusations against a number of detainees” at Guantánamo, and because [...]

By: Obama And The Deadline For Closing Guantánamo: It’s Worse Than You Think « Dr Nasir Khan

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:13:14 +0000

[...] delivered a verdict, ruled that the government either had no case at all, or that its cases were based upon statements by unreliable witnesses, who were tortured, coerced or bribed, or had severe mental health problems. In addition, judges [...]

By: Obama And The Deadline For Closing Guantánamo: It’s Worse Than You Think by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:43:05 +0000

By: Guantánamo And The Courts Part One: Exposing The Bush Administration’s Lies by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:20:00 +0000

[...] delivering a last resounding blow to Guantánamo’s credibility by granting the habeas petition of Mohammed El-Gharani, a Saudi resident (and Chadian national) who was just 14 years old when he was seized in a random [...]

By: Mohammed El-Gharani, Guantánamo’s youngest prisoner, speaks to al-Jazeera by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:15:28 +0000

[...] his release from Guantánamo after seven years’ imprisonment without charge or trial, following a successful habeas corpus appeal in January, Mohammed El-Gharani, now a free man in Chad, told Mohamed Vall of al-Jazeera, in an [...]

By: Obama’s First 100 Days: Mixed Messages On Torture by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 07:20:17 +0000

[...] have at least cleared some of them for release, and in recent months have, in a few cases, been ordered to be freed by US [...]

By: A Child At Guantánamo: The Unending Torment of Mohamed Jawad by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:06:20 +0000

[...] the 25 prisoners cleared for release by US courts (including the Uighurs and former child prisoner Mohammed El-Gharani), after judges ruled in their habeas corpus cases that the government had failed to establish a [...]