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Last ruler in Uruguay’s military dictatorship sentenced to 25 years for ‘dirty war’ abuses

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Uruguay’s last dictator, Gregorio Alvarez, was sentenced to 25 years in prison Thursday for 37 homicides during the nation’s 1973-1985 military regime, when dissidents disappeared in a region-wide crackdown on leftists called “Operation Condor.”

Convicted Abu Ghraib guard’s attorney suggests it was Army policy to parade prisoners naked

WASHINGTON — A female soldier who was photographed giving a smiling “thumbs-up” beside a pyramid of naked Abu Ghraib detainees should have her criminal conviction overturned because parading prisoners in the nude was apparently Army policy, her lawyer told the military’s highest court Wednesday.

Military list shows US task force has cleared about 75 Guantanamo prisoners for release

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — At least 75 Guantanamo detainees have been cleared for release by a task force sorting through the remaining prisoners as part of the Obama administration’s effort to shutter the jail, according to a list released Monday by the U.S. military.

AP sources: Obama aim to close Guantanamo detention center by January may slip past deadline

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama may not be able to meet his stated goal of closing the much-criticized Guantanamo Bay prison by January as his administration runs into daunting legal and logistical hurdles to moving the more than 220 detainees still there.

AP sources: Obama admin. might not be able to meet January deadline for closing Gitmo

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama may not be able to meet his stated goal of closing the much-criticized Guantanamo Bay prison by January as his administration runs into daunting legal and logistical hurdles to moving the more than 220 detainees still there.

AP sources: Guantanamo prison might not be closed by January, as Obama promised

WASHINGTON — The White House acknowledged for the first time Friday that it might not be able to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay by January as President Barack Obama has promised.

Anguilla native promoted by US Army and named deputy commander of Guantanamo prison

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands — A Caribbean native was promoted to brigadier general Friday and named deputy commander of the U.S. joint military task force that runs the prison for terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay.

US military training Iraqi prison guards as it prepares to hand over detention system

CAMP CROPPER, Iraq — As the U.S. military prepares to hand over the remnants of its detention system to the Iraqi government next year, it is training Iraqi wardens and guards to ensure that changes it made after the Abu Ghraib scandal remain in place.

Myanmar says 7,114 prisoners given amnesty, unclear if any political detainees

YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar’s junta has granted amnesty to 7,114 convicts at prisons across the country, but it was not immediately known if they included political detainees.

US military closes Camp Bucca detention center, once its largest prison in Iraq

CAMP BUCCA, Iraq — The U.S. military on Wednesday closed Camp Bucca, an isolated desert prison that was once its largest lockup in Iraq, as it moves to release thousands of detainees or transfer them to Iraqi custody before the end of the year.

AP sources: Obama seeks delay in Guantanamo trials, senators say detainees not going to Kansas

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is seeking another two-month delay in a handful of key military commission trials of terrorism detainees, as two key senators said Wednesday they no longer believe Guantanamo Bay inmates will be transferred to Kansas.

Obama administration: Granting Bagram detainees access to courts would endanger Afghan mission

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration argued late Monday that allowing terrorism detainees in Afghanistan to file lawsuits in U.S. courts challenging their detention would endanger the military mission in that country.

New Pentagon program gives Afghan detainees held by military the right to challenge detention

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has begun putting into place a new program under which hundreds of prisoners being held by the military in Afghanistan will be given the right to challenge their detentions, a defense official said Sunday.

US starting new system for Afghan detainees to challenge their detention

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has begun putting into place a new program under which hundreds of prisoners being held by the military in Afghanistan will be given the right to challenge their detentions, a defense official said Sunday.

Reports: US to implement new system to review Afghan detainees’ challenges

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is preparing new rules that would give hundreds of prisoners being held by the U.S. military in Afghanistan the right to challenge their detentions, according to published reports.

Inmates attack guards at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison; US military asked for help

BAGHDAD — Inmates at Abu Ghraib prison started a fire and attacked guards, prompting authorities to call in Iraqi troops and American helicopters for support, the U.S. military said Friday.

Obama spokesman announces decision to create new, White House-supervised interrogation unit

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has approved creation of a new, special terrorism-era interrogation unit to be supervised by the White House, a top aide said Monday, further distancing his administration from President George W. Bush’s detainee policies.

Senior Gov’t Official: White House creating new, elite interrogation unit

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is moving more forcefully than ever to abandon Bush administration interrogation policies, approving creation of a White House-led unit for questioning terrorism suspects, as Attorney General Eric Holder weighs whether to reopen and pursue prisoner abuse cases.

Alleged harsh treatment in Afghanistan now haunts prosecution efforts at Guantanamo

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba —U.S. military prosecutors allege that Ahmed al-Darbi has met with Osama bin Laden, trained at an al-Qaida terrorist camp, and plotted to blow up a ship in the Strait of Hormuz or off Yemen.

Jobs trump fears of terrorists in small Michigan town where Guantanamo detainees may be sent

STANDISH, Mich. — To many people struggling in this job-starved part of rural Michigan, unemployment is a bigger threat than terrorists.

AP sources: Administration weighs trying Gitmo cases in DC, NY, Va. or a Midwest superjail

WASHINGTON — Staring at a January deadline, the Obama administration is debating between two dramatically different schemes for putting Guantanamo Bay detainees on trial: big-city courtrooms in the nation’s capital, New York and Virginia — or a one-of-a-kind superjail in the Midwest.

AP sources: Dozens of Gitmo cases referred to US prosecutors in DC, NY, VA

WASHINGTON — Dozens of Guantanamo Bay detainee cases have been referred to federal prosecutors for possible criminal trials in the nation’s capital, Virginia and New York City, officials told The Associated Press on Monday.

AP sources: Dozens of Gitmo cases referred to US prosecutors, could bring trials in DC, NY, VA

WASHINGTON — Dozens of Guantanamo Bay detainee cases have been referred to federal prosecutors for possible criminal trials in the nation’s capital, Virginia and New York City, officials told The Associated Press on Monday.

AP Sources: Administration may set up military-civilian prison to hold Guantanamo inmates

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is looking at creating a courtroom-within-a-prison complex in the U.S. to house suspected terrorists, combining military and civilian detention facilities at a single maximum-security prison.

Report: US Military embarking on wholesale revamping of American-run Afghan prison system

NEW YORK — The U.S. military is looking to revamp its beleaguered American-run prison system in Afghanistan, according to a published report.

Detainees held by US in Afghanistan mount protest over lack of rights

KABUL — Hundreds of prisoners at the U.S. military’s main detention center in Afghanistan are refusing privileges like recreation time and family visits to protest their lack of legal rights, U.S. military and humanitarian officials said.