Tag: Detainees

What We Know About Palestinians Detained in Israel

More than 9,000 Palestinians imprisoned under Israel’s military and national security laws are being held in Israeli detention facilities, the highest figure in more than a decade, according to rights groups, who say that many of the detainees are being held without charges and have been abused while in custody. The number of Palestinians in […]

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Torture by U.S. Was Key Issue in Bali Bombing Plea Deal

Prosecutors told relatives of victims of the 2002 bombings in Bali, Indonesia, that the U.S. government made a plea deal with two Malaysian prisoners to try to disentangle the legacy of torture from the eventual trial of the prisoner they accuse of being the mastermind of the Al Qaeda-linked attacks. The two Malaysians provided secret […]

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In Bali Bombing Trial, Victims Describe Their Pain and Prisoners Apologize

Relatives of tourists killed in the 2002 terrorist bombing in Bali, Indonesia, spoke of endless, devastating grief, and two prisoners who conspired in the attack renounced violence in the name of Islam on Thursday for a U.S. military jury assembled at Guantánamo Bay to deliberate their sentence. The prisoners, Mohammed Farik Bin Amin and Mohammed […]

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Rikers Detainees Were Kept Locked in Cells After Fire Broke Out

For nearly 30 minutes in April, Rikers Island staff members kept eight people locked in their cells while the workers tried to extinguish a fire and smoke spread through a housing unit, according to a report from the city’s Board of Correction. The fire was ignited in the complex’s North Infirmary Command, which houses people […]

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New York City Is Set to End Most Uses of Solitary Confinement

New York City is set to ban most uses of solitary confinement in city jails on Wednesday, setting the stage for a showdown between City Council leaders and Mayor Eric Adams, who opposes the ban and has vowed to veto the measure. The Council vote was framed by supporters as a pivotal moment in a […]

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New York City Moves to Ban Solitary Confinement, Defying Mayor Adams

The City Council is expected on Wednesday to approve a bill that would make New York the largest American city to ban solitary confinement in city jails in most cases, part of a national campaign to end a practice that critics say amounts to torture. The Council’s push to ban solitary confinement has been stalled […]

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Where the 9/11 Dead Are Not Forgotten at Guantánamo Bay

Stones and seashells for people killed in the Sept. 11 attacks began appearing at a signpost at Guantánamo Bay a few years ago, not far from the courtroom for war crimes cases. “In memory of all those who died of post-9/11 illness,” says a message inscribed on a chunk of coral. “Yeneneh Betru — Jan. […]

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Lawyers Expand Legal Fight for Longest-Held Prisoner of War on Terrorism

Lawyers for the longest-held prisoner in the U.S. war against terrorism have begun a new legal offensive in multiple courts aimed at securing his release from Guantánamo Bay. The prisoner, known as Abu Zubaydah, was captured in Pakistan in March 2002 in a raid by U.S. and Pakistani security services. He was the first person […]

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‘Brave Cave’ Lawsuits: Baton Rouge Police Accused of Abuse at Warehouse

A grandmother detained by the Baton Rouge police for mixing two different prescription pills in the same container said officers interrogated and humiliated her in an unmarked “torture warehouse” known as the Brave Cave, according to a lawsuit filed last week. The woman, Ternell L. Brown, was pulled over by officers on June 10 and […]

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Inside the Unfounded Claim That DeSantis Abused Guantánamo Detainees

Nearly a year ago, as Ron DeSantis’s political stock was rising, a former Guantánamo Bay detainee came forward with a stunning claim: Before he was Florida’s governor, as a young Navy lawyer, Mr. DeSantis had taken part in a forced feeding of a hunger striker at the notorious American prison, and laughed as he did […]

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Sanity Question and Plea Talks Shadow Coming Sept. 11 Hearings

Prosecutors have issued a new deadline — Sept. 18 — for four detainees at the American military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to show their willingness to plead guilty to plotting the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and receive a maximum punishment of life in prison. The fifth defendant in the case has been found […]

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