Young Guantanamo Detainee Back In Afghanistan

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Aug. 24, 2009

Mohammed Jawad, now about 21, was welcomed home Monday by Afghanistan's president and joyful relatives after almost seven years in prison. A military judge ruled in October that he had been coerced into confessing he threw a grenade that injured U.S. soldiers.

Judge orders young Gitmo detainee freed

WASHINGTON, July 30 (UPI) -- A U.S. judge Thursday ordered the release of one of the youngest detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but officials said it is uncertain whether he would go free.

Obama faces court challenge over detainee

WASHINGTON, July 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. government ceded its authority to hold the youngest detainee at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, prison and should release him, the prisoner's lawyers say.

Gitmo detainee shackled for arraignment

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, March 13 (UPI) -- A defiant detainee had to be taken to the courtroom in shackles for his arraignment at a military tribunal in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, The Miami Herald reported.