Guantanamo Bay detention camp

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the Pakistani national characterized as the mastermind behind the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and the Pentagon, was arrested in 2003 and transferred to the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, where he has been held since 2006.

Convicted November 17 terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas has vowed to continue his hunger strike following a decision by a Greek judicial council to reject his appeal for a fresh leave.

Convicted November 17 terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas has vowed to continue his hunger strike following a decision by a Greek judicial council to reject his appeal for a fresh leave.

A Turkish court ruled on June 21 to keep the local chair of Amnesty International in jail as his trial on terror charges continues, the group said, extending a year-long detention.

Imprisoned educators Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça were taken to Ankara's Sincan Prison Campus Hospital "by force" on the 143rd day of their hunger strikes early on July 29 although the authorities did not have their consent, the educators' lawyer Ebru Timtik said.

Imprisoned educators Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça received medical check-ups in an Ankara hospital on the 140th day of their hunger strikes at the request of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), daily Cumhuriyet reported on July 26.

The Turkish Justice Ministry is set to begin arrangements for a uniform for Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ) suspects to wear in court, government spokesperson Numan Kurtulmuş has announced, after a suspect had stirred debate by appearing before a judge wearing a shirt that read "hero."

The lawyer for the widow of an American soldier killed in Afghanistan said on July 4 that they have filed an application so that any money paid by the Canadian government to a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner convicted of killing him will go toward the widow and another U.S. soldier injured.

President Barack Obama on Feb. 23 presented a long-awaited roadmap to close the controversial US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, saying it was time to shutter a facility that betrayed US interests and values.

The US Justice Department on Thursday announced it had sent two released prisoners from the Guantanamo camp to Bosnia and Montenegro as they had nowhere to go. One had Bosnian citizenship, having fought there in the 1990s.