Guards have swept through communal cellblocks at the
Guantanamo detention camp and moved the prisoners into
one-man cells in an attempt to end a hunger strike that began
in February, a US military spokesman said.
A pretrial hearing for five prisoners accused of plotting the
September 11 attacks has been halted so technicians can
tinker with courtroom microphones to prevent eavesdropping on
confidential attorney-client conversations.
The youngest prisoner and last Westerner held in the
Guantanamo military base, Omar Khadr, has been sent to finish
his sentence in his native Canada, the Canadian government
says.
The US Supreme Court has refused to reconsider challenges by
Guantanamo Bay prisoners against their years-long detention
at the US military base in Cuba, an issue that prompted a
landmark ruling four years ago.
Yielding to political opposition, the Obama administration
gave up on Monday on trying avowed 9/11 mastermind Khalid
Sheikh Mohammed and four alleged henchmen in civilian federal
court in New York and will prosecute them instead before
military commissions.
