News & Commentary about Military Commissions

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Demonstrators dressed like Guantanamo Bay detainees, hold a banner asking to close Guantanamo.

Jan 11, 2022

20 Years Later, Guantánamo Remains a Disgraceful Stain on Our Nation. It Needs to End.

A statue of the goddess Justitia holds a pan of scales in front of the building of the district and regional court.

Sep 10, 2021

20 Years After 9/11, We Have a Roadmap Toward a More Just and Equitable Future

Mar 28, 2017

The Guantánamo Military Commissions Continue to Undermine Basic Principles of American Justice

Feb 24, 2016

The Obama Guantánamo Plan — What You May Have Missed

Nov 2, 2015

Close Guantánamo

Mar 2, 2015

Government Attempt to Speed Up Guantánamo Trials (Rightfully) Backfires

Nov 7, 2014

If America Is Going to Reveal the Truth About Torture, Obama Must End Gitmo’s Cover-Up Court

Aug 12, 2014

3 Reasons the Guantánamo Military Commissions Need the Senate Torture Report

Jul 14, 2014

Guantanámo Judge to Prosecution: Turn Over the Torture Evidence

Jun 2, 2014

The CIA Can't Control the Truth at Guantánamo Forever