The Guantánamo Blog


This blawg "provides updates on developments concerning the plight of the detainees and the ongoing injustice of current U.S. detention policies in the 'War on Terror.' "

Author: H. Candace Gorman is a solo practitioner in Chicago.

Blawg Related Categories: Terrorism • Guantanamo/Detainees • Solo / Small Firm

Recent Posts from The Guantánamo Blog


  • THE MUZZLE IS BACK ON

    Fortunately for all of you....the muzzle only applies to me.On Tuesday I reported that the Government finally allowed me to discuss matters that had previously been "protected" in regards to my client Al-Ghizzawi. In fact…

  • Appealing the Stays (Updated)

    Click on the title to read about a little reported fact From AP: that most of the men that have been cleared for release by the Obama Administration have had their habeas cases "stayed".... in…

  • From Roger Fitch and our friends down under at Justinian

    JUSTINIAN...Roger Fitch Esq • November 13, 2009Our Man in WashingtonGitmo closure looms … FBI releases documents on extraordinary rendition … Rendition lawsuits bogged down in US courts … All’s well that ends well for Ali…

  • Uighers in Palau

    Click on the title for a transcript from the "Dateline" interview with the four Uighers who arrived in Palau earlier this month and their attorneys.

  • Government trying to cut plea deals

    As the January deadline approaches for closing Guantanamo alot of us our wondering just what the heck is going on with this transparent government of ours? Only a handful of men have left the place…

  • Andy Worthington on Democracy Now

    On Democracy Now! Andy Worthington Discusses the Forthcoming 9/11 Trials and “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo” (Video)13.11.09I was delighted to be invited to discuss Guantánamo on Democracy Now! this morning, just an hour after…

  • Appealing the Stays

    A little reported fact is that most of the men that have been cleared for release by the Obama Administration have had their habeas cases "stayed".... in other words, the Judges are refusing to hear…

  • Will they meet the NOV. 16 deadline?

    On Monday the Obama administration is supposed to announce its plan for the 215 men still at Guantanamo. According to the administration they will have reviewed all of the files at least once by that…

  • More on what is going on in the Supreme Court

    Kiyemba II has now been filed in the Supreme Court. This is an issue that is of vital importance to both of my clients (and many other men at Gitmo) as it asks the Court…

  • Obama's Guantanamo

    Although the conditions of confinement for Mr. Al-Ghizzawi have improved over the course of this year there are many men at Guantanamo for whom things have not improved. Those are, for the most part, the…