The Canadian government on Friday issued an official apology and paid damages to a former Guantanamo detainee who was captured in Afghanistan at the age of 15 and had pleaded guilty to killing a US soldier. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale refused to disclose the amount paid to Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen who was … Read more
Canada is set to apologize and award millions of dollars of compensation to a former Guantanamo detainee who was captured in Afghanistan at the age of 15 and detained for 13 years, according to reports. Omar Khadr will receive at least Can$10 million ($8 million US) from the federal government for the treatment he was … Read more
The Supreme Court has ordered government to put before Parliament, an agreement that will legalize the hosting of the two Guantanamo Bay detainees from the United States, else they will be sent back to that country. The Court, which gave the order today [Thursday], wants this done within the next three months. The Court in its verdict declared … Read more
File photo: The two former Guantanamo bay detainees A third freed person from the Guantanamo Bay prisons has been spotted in Ghana. Mohammed El Gharani came to Ghana on his volition. He is currently in the country. The 3rd Gitmo prisoner is said to be a close associate of the other two who are currently … Read more
A US federal appeals court on Friday blocked the release of videos showing a prisoner being force-fed at the Guantanamo prison in Cuba, citing national security. The three-judge court in Washington said in its ruling that the public interest in what happens at the prison housing US terror suspects is trumped by “the government’s compelling … Read more
A former inmate of Guantanamo Bay has been killed by a US air strike in Yemen targeting al-Qaeda, the Pentagon said. “We can confirm the death of a former Guantanamo Bay detainee, Yasir al-Silmi,” Navy Captain Jeff Davis said. Yasir al-Silmi had been held in the controversial detention centre in Cuba between 2002 and 2009. … Read more
Two Afghan friends were incarcerated together at Guantanamo Bay, but they chose starkly divergent paths after release — one became an Islamic State jihadist, the other joined the US-led government fight to crush the group. Haji Ghalib and Abdul Rahim Muslim Dost, whose friendship coalesced around a shared love for poetry, were scooped up in … Read more
The Supreme Court has fixed February 8 to commence hearing into the case in which the government was being challenged for allegedly bringing into the country two former Guantanamo Bay detainees without recourse to the laws of the land. This was after the court had struck out issues three and four, which boarded on the … Read more
Deputy Interior Minister, James Agalga, says government cannot prevent families of the two former Guantanamo detainees from visiting them in Ghana. Mr. Agalga says although the two are on surveillance, their families are at liberty to pay them visits anytime they want to. Speaking on Citi FM’s News and Current Affairs programme, The Big Issue, … Read more