Guantanamo Bay – World Justice News

In court with the ‘9/11 mastermind’, two decades after his arrest

January 11, 2025 World Justice News 0

Sitting on the front row of a war court on the US’s Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, one of the world’s most notorious defendants, appeared to listen intently. “Can you confirm […]

Three men accused of plotting 9/11 attacks on the US have entered into a pre-trial plea deal agreement

August 1, 2024 World Justice News 0

Three of the men accused of plotting the 11 September 2001 attacks on the US have entered into a pre-trial agreement, the Department of Defense says. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin Attash, […]

Brothers leave Guantanamo Bay without charge after almost 20 years

February 24, 2023 World Justice News 0

Two brothers from Pakistan who were held in the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay for nearly 20 years have been released without charge. Abdul and Mohammed Ahmed Rabbani were arrested in Pakistan in 2002. […]

Guantanamo inmate sent to Algeria after almost 20 years

April 3, 2022 World Justice News 0

Guantanamo Bay inmate Sufiyan Barhoumi has been repatriated to Algeria, US officials say, after spending nearly 20 years at the detention facility. He was captured at a safehouse in Pakistan with a top al-Qaeda member […]

Khalid Sheikh Mohammad: Trial date set for ‘architect of 9/11’

August 31, 2019 World Justice News 0

A trial date has been set for Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, the alleged architect of the 9/11 attacks on the US. Mr Mohammad will be tried, along with four other men, at a military court in […]

Islamic State ‘Beatles’ duo: UK ‘will not block death penalty’

July 23, 2018 World Justice News 0

The UK will not block use of the death penalty by the US in the case of two men who are accused of being Islamic State members, the home secretary says. In a letter to […]

European court rules Lithuania and Romania complicit in CIA torture

May 31, 2018 World Justice News 0

European judges have ruled that Lithuania and Romania violated the rights of two al-Qaeda terror suspects by allowing the CIA to torture them. The US captured Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri after the September […]

Gina Haspel hearing: 9/11 ‘mastermind’ asks to share information

May 9, 2018 World Justice News 0

The self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks has asked for permission to share information about Gina Haspel, nominee for CIA director, at her confirmation hearing. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who is held at Guantanamo Bay, has asked […]

Where should the IS ‘Beatles’ be tried?

February 10, 2018 World Justice News 0

They were allegedly members of an Islamic State cell notorious for killing Western hostages and putting their deaths on camera. Western media dubbed them “the Beatles” because of their British accents. Today one is dead, […]

Trump signs order to keep Guantanamo Bay prison open

January 31, 2018 World Justice News 0

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to keep Guantanamo Bay military prison open. Mr Trump announced the move in his State of the Union address. The decision reverses that of former President […]

Human Rights

Kenyan doomsday cult leader Paul Mackenzie given life sentence for murdering 191 people

November 6, 2026 0

A Kenyan court has sentenced the leader of a doomsday cult, Paul Mackenzie, to 200 years in prison for murdering 191 people, all but one of them children. Alongside 28 others, Mackenzie was found guilty […]

Human Rights

All 548 death row inmates in California to have sentences changed to life in prison

November 6, 2026 0

Governor Gavin Newsom said he’ll commute all death sentences in the state to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He made the announcement as he prepares to leave office after eight years in […]

Australia

Australian murderer loses bid to eat Vegemite in prison

October 26, 2026 0

A convicted murderer serving a life sentence in Australia has lost his bid to overturn a ban on prisoners consuming Vegemite – the salty yeast-based spread that has become a national symbol. Andre McKechnie argued […]