Khalid is a British citizen originating from Libya. He is currently detained in Lynton Green prison having pled guilty under duress to ‘criminal damage and affray’ by allegedly knocking his own gas pipe and complaining that a police person was verbally abusive to him.

Andy Worthington reports on how President Obama and the US Congress have both failed the Guantanamo prisoners.

Andy Worthington reveals a distressing letter from Guantanamo by Yemeni prisoner Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif.

Andy Worthington reminds readers of the plight of the Guantanamo prisoners - and, in particular, the Yemeni Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif.

Andy Worthington examines Obama's capitulation on indefinite detention without charge or trial for Guantanamo prisoners in his recent news conference.

Andy Worthington on attempts by lawyers for Ahmed Belbacha to secure vital information in the possession of the British government.

Andy Worthington points out that incessant pressure on the UK and US governments is required to secure Shaker Aamer's return.

Andy Worthington on Congressional opposition to closing Guantanamo, and an untrustworthy "recidivism" report.

Andy Worthington reports on yesterday's successful event in Battersea for Shaker Aamer, the last British resident in Guantanamo.

An excerpt from the fascinating autobiography of former Taliban government spokesman and ambassador to Pakistan, Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef who spent four years imprisoned in Guantanamo

As one of the 'Guildford Four' Gerry Conlon was wrongfully imprisoned as an IRA bomber in 1974. It took 16 years before his conviction was quashed in 1989 and he was released. His case was one of the most notorious miscarriages of justice in English legal history.Conlon's autobiography Proved Innocent was adapted into the Oscar and BAFTA Award-nominated 1993 film In The Name of the Father. Here he speaks to Cageprisoners' patron Yvonne Ridley about why he's fighting for Shaker Aamer, the last British resident in Guantanamo.

Please encourage your MP to sign up to this important Early Day Motion submitted by Green MP Caroline Lucas.

Please sign this petition asking Attorney General Eric Holder to release Fayiz al-Kandari, a humanitarian aid worker in Guantanamo.

Andy Worthington on Wkileaks' revelations of diplomatic horse-trading regarding resettling former Guantanamo prisoners - and praise for Moazzam Begg.

Washington shown lavishing praise on Moazzam Begg over his campaign for Europe take in other detainees
 

WASHINGTON -- A U.S. consular official in Luxembourg gave a former Guantanamo detainee warm praise earlier this year in a cable to Washington made public Monday by the website WikiLeaks.

Andy Worthington explains why new legislation endorsing indefinite detention for "War on Terror" prisoners is a bad idea.

Andy Worthington on the troubling and unprincipled Republican response to the verdict in the trial of Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani.