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Guantanamo hunger strike grows to 52: official More Guantanamo detainees have joined a growing hunger strike at the reviled US military prison, with nearly a third of the 166 war-on-terror suspects participating.

18 April 2013

US protesters demand closure of Guantanamo Rights activists across the United States held a series of protests on Thursday demanding the closure of Guantanamo Bay as a hunger-strike at the jail entered a third month.

12 April 2013

Guatanamo hunger strikers ready for death - lawyer His body ravaged and weakened by a 50-day hunger strike staged in protest at alleged mistreatment of Korans at Guantanamo jail, Abd al-Malik Abd al-Wahab has a message for his loved ones.

30 March 2013

Lawyers demand US show steps toward closing Guantanamo Lawyers for detainees at Guantanamo prison called for the US to show concrete steps towards closing the facility on Tuesday, citing a "humanitarian crisis" at the controversial jail.

14 March 2013

Hunger strike at Guantanamo after Koran searches Detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp have launched a hunger strike to protest interference with their personal effects, including Korans.

12 March 2013

Official addresses electronic equipment at 9/11 hearing Guantanamo's top security official said Wednesday that intelligence agents had bugged rooms where the accused 9/11 plotters meet with their lawyers, despite a ban on eavesdropping.

14 February 2013

9/11 defendants skip Guantanamo hearing Self-declared 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his four alleged co-conspirators skipped the last day of a week of pre-trial hearings Friday at Guantanamo Bay.

20 October 2012

Long-delayed 9/11 case begins at Guantanamo Long-delayed efforts to try self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four Al-Qaeda co-defendants finally got under way Monday with a pre-trial hearing at Guantanamo.

16 October 2012