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Guantanamo trials to be moved to US

21.10.09
BARACK OBAMA is a step closer in his efforts to close Guantanamo Bay as the senate voted to allow prisoners to be tried in the US... more

Youngest Guantanamo inmate goes home to a hero's welcome

27.08.09
One of the youngest people ever held at Guantanamo described his ordeal after being welcomed home to Kabul by his relatives and Afghanistan's president... more

Yard launches probe into MI5 torture claims

10.07.09
A police investigation has begun into claims that MI5 officers were complicit in the torture of former Guantanamo Bay inmate Binyam Mohamed... more

Cuba50 in all its glory at Victoria Park

22.06.09
Cuba50 tips its flat cap to the music nurtured by the island’s half-century-old revolution; the legendary Orquestra Aragon.... more

Six police accused of torturing suspects by simulated drowning

10.06.09
Scotland Yard is set to sack officers who are found guilty of torturing suspects by simulating drowning... more

US threatens to withhold intelligence from Britain after Guantanamo court case

14.05.09
The US government has threatened to withhold future intelligence from Britain if a court releases details of the torture of former Guantanamo detainee Binyam Mohamed... more

Six worth reading: the Orange prize nominees

21.04.09
Six authors are in the race for this year’s £30,000 Orange Prize for Fiction... more

Guantanamo 'fun' blog is censored

02.04.09
A post on the Miss Universe website from Miss Venezuela describing "having fun" at Guantanamo Bay has been taken down... more

Dick Cheney 'cover-up' over Guantanamo innocents

20.03.09
A former White House official claims many prisoners at Guantanamo Bay are innocent... more

Guantanamo Londoner 'is emaciated and living in fear'

06.03.09
Former Guantanamo detainee Binyam Mohamed is “emaciated and weak” and struggling to deal with life since returning to Britain, his family and friends told the Evening Standard... more

UK handed terror suspects to US for interrogation

26.02.09
Ministers will admit that Britain was involved in handing over terror suspects in Iraq to the US to fly to Afghanistan for interrogation... more

Ex-Guantanamo prisoner detained on visit to britain

25.02.09
A former Guantanamo Bay prisoner said that he was detained at Heathrow while visiting a human rights lawyer... more

Mohamed in hiding after family reunion

24.02.09
Former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Binyam Mohamed is in hiding after being reunited with his family following his arrival at RAF Northolt... more

Londoner to be freed from Guantanamo man set for return to UK

20.02.09
Binyam Mohamed, the former London resident held at Guantanamo Bay for more than four years, may be returned to Britain next week... more

Foreign Office used private jet for Cuba trip

16.02.09
Four Foreign Office officials were sent to Cuba on a private jet to check on a terror suspect - at taxpayers' expense... more

Judge drops charges in final Guantanamo trial

06.02.09
The judge in charge of the Guantanamo Bay hearings has dropped the charges in the last trial at the detention camp — against a suspect in the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000... more

Miliband faces cover-up claims over torture case

05.02.09
Foreign secretary David Miliband faces claims of a cover-up over allegations that British security services colluded in the torture of a terror suspect... more

Obama runs into storm of protest over closure of Guantanamo

23.01.09
President Barack Obama’s honeymoon is drawing to a close, less than 48 hours after he took office... more

Now it's straight to work: Obama halts Guantanamo trials

21.01.09
Barack Obama has set out to confront the twin crises facing America: economic meltdown and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan... more

Urgent tasks in Washington

21.01.09
ONE THING is already apparent in the first day of Barack Obama's administration: the man's stamina is considerable... more

I'll close down Guantanamo in two years, says Obama

18.12.08
Barack Obama has said he plans to close the Guantanamo Bay detention centre and mark a "clear end" to torture in the US within two years of becoming president... more

9/11 relative 'wants to lock eyes with son's killer'

08.12.08
The man behind the September 11 attacks on New York was appearing before a military judge with four alleged co-conspirators... more

Bin Laden's driver goes free from Guantanamo

25.11.08
Osama bin Laden's former driver is being transferred from detention at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to his home country of Yemen, US defence officials said... more

Guantanamo 'Londoner' in plea to No 10

30.05.08
A Guantanamo detainee who lived in Kensington for seven years has written to Gordon Brown to plead for his release... more

Election Diary

14.04.08
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Is this fashion victim Victoria Beckham's most bizarre outfit EVER!

21.03.08
She has made no secret of her desperate desire to be a style icon. But Victoria Beckham's latest bizarre outfit only confirmed her status as fashion victim extraordinaire. Wearing a raven black headpiece that almost defied description and puckering her face into the oh-so-familiar pout, Posh Spice appeared to have beamed down from another planet... more

Dance of the detainee

13.11.07
The duo behind Honour Bound, Nigel Jamieson and Garry Stewart, reveal how the plight of one Guantánamo Bay detainee inspired their latest piece of spectacular dance theatre.... more

Blair's an easy target

07.06.07
Taking Liberties claims the Tony Blair government has eroded so many of people's liberties things may never be the same again... more

All hail Jesus, he's the new Bono

06.06.07
Abie Philbin Bowman's intermittently insightful in-character monologue Jesus: The Guantánamo Years is an intriguing assault on Bushism.... more

Ball keeps on rolling

16.10.06
Star-packed charity shows often present a dilemma to the critic and The Secret Policeman's Ball was no exception. Some of the witless skits really felt like torture, says Bruce Dessau.... more

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