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Prisoner Abuse in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Guantanamo Bay
- Guantanamo Detainees' Hunger Strike Enters Second Month (Sep 9, 2005)
Scores of prisoners held at the U.S. military's detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, reportedly are in the second month of a hunger strike called to protest what the detainees say is their mistreatment by jailers.
- US Releases Iraq Prisoners, Constitution Talks at Critical Impasse (Aug 27, 2005 Baghdad)
The U.S. military has announced the release of nearly 1,000 Iraqi prisoners from Abu Ghraib prison, as negotiations on Iraq's draft constitution continue.
- US Military Fights Release of More Abu Ghraib Images (Aug 14, 2005)
The U.S. military is fighting efforts to release more photos and videotapes that document the abuse of detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison.
- US Holding Talks on Return of Guantanamo Detainees (Aug 10, 2005 Washington)
The State Department confirmed Tuesday the United States is holding talks with a number of Muslim countries on the return of their nationals now held at the U.S. detention center at the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba.
- Newly Released Documents Show Lawyers Strongly Objected to US Interrogation Policy (Jul 29, 2005 Washington)
Newly released U.S. government documents show the nation's top military lawyers argued strenuously against controversial interrogation methods used at U.S detention facilities in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and in Iraq.
- US Defense Department Misses Deadline to Deliver More Abu Ghraib Photos (Jul 24, 2005)
U.S. Defense Department lawyers say they are filing court papers explaining why they refuse to obey a federal judge's order to release more pictures related to the Abu Ghraib prison scandal in Iraq.
- 52 Detainees at Guantanamo on Hunger Strike (Jul 22, 2005)
The U.S. Defense Department says 52 detainees at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are on a hunger strike to protest their continued detention.
- 8 Detainees Released From Guantanamo (Jul 21, 2005)
The Pentagon says seven detainees at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba have been released to their home countries.
- US Military Confirms Two FBI Allegations of Detainee Abuse at Guantanamo (Jul 13, 2005 Washington)
A military investigation into FBI allegations of detainee abuse at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba has found two unauthorized cases where prisoners were subjected to abusive interrogation.
- Private Lynndie England Back in Court on Abuse Charges (Jul 7, 2005)
One of the U.S. Army soldiers at the center of the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal is scheduled to appear in a U.S. military court in Texas, Thursday for a pre-trial hearing and arraignment.
- Medical Journal: Doctors at Guantanamo Violate International Law, Medical Ethics (Jul 1, 2005 Washington)
The U.S. Defense Department is involved in a dispute with a prominent medical journal, which is alleging inappropriate involvement by medical personnel in the interrogation of detainees at the Guantanamo detention center.
- Russian Held at Guantanamo Alleges Koran Desecration (Jun 28, 2005)
A Russian who had been held at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, says U.S. forces there regularly desecrated the Koran.
- Pakistan Frees 17 Former Guantanamo Detainees (Jun 27, 2005)
Pakistan has released 17 former Guantanamo Bay detainees who had been freed from U.S. custody nine months ago and detained for further investigation on their return to Pakistan.
- UN Investigators Request Visit To Guantanamo Detention Facility (Jun 23, 2005 Geneva)
Four special U.N. human-rights Investigators have renewed a request they made one-year ago to the U.S. government to be allowed to visit terror suspects detained at Guantanamo Bay and other facilities in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- UN Investigators Say US Stalling on Guantanamo Visit (Jun 23, 2005
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United Nations human rights investigators say the United States has not responded to their requests to visit the U.S. prison for terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
- Bush Rejects Calls For Independent Guantanamo Investigating Body (Jun 21, 2005)
The White House has rejected calls by opposition Democrats for an independent commission to probe allegations of detainee abuse at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
- Growing Calls to Shut Down Guantanamo Bay Facility (Jun 15, 2005 Washington)
Amnesty International is the latest organization to allege detainee abuse at the United States military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
- Former US President Urges Closing of Guantanamo Camp (Jun 8, 2005)
Former president Jimmy Carter says the U.S. military should close its detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, following allegations of prisoner abuse.
- US Military Provides Details of Koran Desecration at Guantanamo (Jun 4, 2005 Washington)
The U.S. military has provided details of five incidents in which it says soldiers or interrogators at the Guantanamo Bay detention center mishandled copies of the Koran.
- Amnesty International Strikes Back at Bush Administration (Jun 1, 2005 Washington)
U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has sharply criticized the human rights group Amnesty International for calling the U.S. military prison for suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay 'the gulag of our time.'
- Protesters in Pakistan Target Actions Against Koran (May 27, 2005 Islamabad
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Thousands of Pakistanis joined anti-American marches across the country Friday protesting alleged mistreatment of the Koran at the U.S. prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
- US Koran Abuse Probe Finds Cases of 'Mishandling' (May 26, 2005 Washington)
Brigadier General Jay Hood, the military commander at Guantanamo Bay, says U.S. officials have substantiated five cases of mishandling of the Koran by the military, but found no credible evidence that a Koran was placed in a toilet and flushed.
- Pakistan Presses the US to Probe Koran Allegations (May 26, 2005 Islamabad)
Pakistan has again urged the United States to conduct a 'comprehensive inquiry' into the alleged desecration of the Koran at Guantanamo Bay prison and award 'stern punishment' to anyone found guilty of what it calls a 'reprehensible' act.
- Afghan President Condemns US Over Alleged Prisoner Abuse (May 21, 2005 Islamabad)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, expressing outrage over the alleged abuse of Afghan detainees by U.S. military personnel, has demanded that his government be consulted on all U.S. military operations in the country.
- Pentagon, Red Cross Acknowledge Discussing Guantanamo Koran Abuse In 2002 (May 20, 2005)
The Red Cross and the Pentagon have acknowledged that they discussed complaints of Koran desecration from detainees held at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in 2002 and 2003.
- US Army Report Details Afghan Prisoner Abuse (May 20, 2005)
A U.S. newspaper report says a confidential U.S. Army document details widespread abuse of Afghan detainees by American soldiers.
- Anger Remains in Pakistan, Afghanistan Despite Newsweek Koran Story Retraction (May 17, 2005 Islamabad)
Newsweek magazine's retraction of its story alleging U.S. soldiers desecrated copies of the Koran in Guantanamo Bay has done little to cool the anger of many Muslims in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
- Newsweek Retracts Story Alleging US Soldiers Desecrated Koran (May 16, 2005 Washington)
The U.S. news magazine, Newsweek, is retracting a story it ran earlier this month that included allegations that U.S. interrogators at Guantanamo Bay desecrated the Koran.
- Afghan President Calls Protesters Enemies of Progress (May 15, 2005 Islamabad)
Afghanistan is peaceful, after days of bloody protests over a magazine report that U.S. interrogators in Guantanamo, Cuba allegedly desecrated the Koran.
- Malaysian Prime Minister Denounces Reported Koran Desecration (May 15, 2005)
Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has denounced alleged incidents of desecration of the Koran by soldiers at a U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
- Afghan Clerics Demand Swift Investigation of Alleged Koran Desecration at Guantanamo (May 15, 2005)
Afghan Muslim clerics and tribal elders have urged U.S. authorities to quickly investigate allegations that U.S. interrogators desecrated the Muslim holy book.
- US Lawmakers Make New Demand for Independent Probe of Prisoner Abuse (May 14, 2005 Washington)
Fifty Democratic members of the House of Representatives are calling for an independent U.S. government investigation into the abuse of prisoners at the Abu Ghraib.
- 9 Killed as Anti-American Protests Spread in Afghanistan (May 13, 2005 Islamabad)
Fresh anti-American protests on Friday have claimed at least nine lives in Afghanistan as anger spread over a report that U.S interrogators at Guantanamo Bay had desecrated the Koran.
- Pakistan Clerics Call for Anti-US Protests Friday (May 13, 2005)
Hardline Muslim clerics in Pakistan are organizing demonstrations and protests against the United States Friday to protest alleged desecrations of Islam's holy book, the Koran, at the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
- US Colonel Relieved of Command for Role in Abu Ghraib Prisoner Abuse (May 13, 2005)
The officer in charge of interrogations at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison at the time of the abuse scandal has lost his command.
- Three More Killed as Anti-US Demonstrations Spread in Afghanistan (May 12, 2005 Islamabad)
Violent anti-American protests continue to roil Afghanistan, days after a magazine report alleged U.S. soldiers in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba desecrated copies of the Koran.
- Afghans Protest in Kabul Over Alleged Koran Abuse at Guantanamo (May 12, 2005)
Several hundred Afghan students demonstrated in Kabul Thursday, denouncing the United States over a report that interrogators at the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba desecrated the Koran to intimidate detainees.
- Violent Protests in Afghanistan After Report of Abuse at Guantanamo Bay (May 11, 2005 Islamabad)
At least four people have been killed and dozens injured in Afghanistan after security forces clashed with thousands of protesters angry about a magazine report of alleged abuse of the Koran at the U.S. jail in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
- US Terms Alleged Koran Desecration at Guantanamo 'Repugnant' (May 11, 2005 Washington)
The U.S. State Department said Wednesday the alleged desecration of a Koran at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention center is 'repugnant' to U.S. values and under investigation.
- US Investigates Alleged Koran Desecration at Guantanamo (May 11, 2005 Washington)
U.S. officials say the Defense Department is investigating a report that interrogators at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba desecrated the Koran in an effort to pressure Muslim inmates.
- US Official Assures Lawmakers on Guantanamo Abuse Investigation (May 11, 2005 Washington)
A U.S official has told Congress that the government is energetically investigating allegations of abuses of terrorist suspects being held at the U.S. military facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
- Afghan Students Protest Over Report of Desecration of Koran at Guantanamo (May 10, 2005)
Hundreds of Afghan students have held a protest over an American magazine report that copies of the Koran were desecrated at the U.S. jail in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
- Bush Approves Demotion of General Linked to Abu Ghraib Scandal (May 6, 2005)
The U.S. Army has demoted the reserve officer who commanded the military police unit at Iraq's Abu Ghraib in a highly publicized prisoner abuse scandal.
- Judge Throws Out Guilty Plea of Abu Ghraib Female Prison Guard (May 4, 2005 Houston)
A U.S. military judge at Fort Hood, in Texas, has thrown out a guilty plea agreement for U.S. Army Private First Class Lynndie England, who appeared in many of the most graphic photographs of prisoner abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison last year.
- US Army Reservist Pleads Guilty to Abuse in Iraqi Prisoner Scandal (May 2, 2005 Houston)
A U.S. military judge has accepted a guilty plea agreement for Army Private First Class Lynndie England, who appeared in many of the most graphic photographs of prisoner abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison.
- US Army Reservist Pleads Guilty to Abuse in Iraqi Prisoner Scandal (May 2, 2005)
A U.S. Army reserve soldier has pleaded guilty to seven charges in the prisoner abuse scandal at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison.
- Army Reservist Lynndie England to Plead Guilty in Abu Ghraib Scandal (Apr 30, 2005)
A U.S. soldier at the center of the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal in Iraq is to plead guilty Monday to reduced charges.
- Council of Europe Assembly Calls on US to End Torture of Guantanamo Detainees (Apr 26, 2005 Strasbourg)
Parliamentarians from 46 European countries today called on the United States government to cease torturing and mistreating detainees at Guantanamo Bay.
- Rights Group: Investigate Senior US Officials for Torture (Apr 24, 2005)
A U.S. Army report has cleared four top officers of any wrongdoing in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal.
- US Army Clears 4 Top Officers in Abu Ghraib Investigation (Apr 23, 2005)
The U.S. Army has cleared four top officers, including a former top U.S. commander in Iraq, of any wrongdoing in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal.
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