but we are talking about guantanamo. because guantÁnamo extracts the worst from us.rogation or for torture, we tried to support him and we wod sing for him -- [singing in arabic] i meant to :00 amy: what did that mean? >> go with peace, i grant you more peace and safety. when they were government of whiteman or torture -- when they would come from an appointment or torture, we would say that song. 300 50 detainees singing for you -- [singing in arabic] it means, welcome, welcome most of when the brothers first arrived, we sing for them. they were surprised. are they detainees or living -- i said, i heard the voice and i thought everyone is happy, singing. we can give them the first impression everything is ok. amy: mansoor, you talked about the art classes that you took. can you describe what art meant for you and what did you create? what did you draw? >> you know, amy, in 2009 and 2010 -- nine art class? we asked the brothers, can you paint? it was a process. art class was one of the most important classes at guantanamo because it let us express ourselves. it was a

..at guantanamo.anced interrogation techniques which were signed off by the defence secretary donald rumsfeld himself. you've already used the word torture to me, what were the most difficult experiences you went through? so, one day, i remember it's around noon, but i don't think it's at noon. these middle—aged men by the name of richard zuley, lieutenant richard zuley, he called himself captain collins, came to me in my interrogation room and i was then interrogated by staff sergeant mary, the one you saw in the movie who was crying, and he told me that the united states of america decided to kidnap my mother and put her in a men's only prison, insinuating that she would be raped. he said she would remain in that prison until i confess to my quote—unquote crimes. and at that point, i knew there was nothing left for me to lose because the last time i saw my mother is when those police, those cops, in plain clothes, came to my house and led me outside the house and i could see my mother in the rearvie

detainees at guantanamo. busy coordinator for kj human rights advocacy organization. and i saw mo, jasmine l, got our senior managers at the institute for strategic dialogue and a former pentagon, middle east adviser and in york. kenneth ross, executive director of human rights watch. welcome to the program. let's begin in new york with you kind of throw off the roof and possibly the most obvious question . why is guantanamo base still open? well, there are various reasons. part of it is that a number of the people that are a minority have been charged criminal re, they have not been brought before regular court. they're being tried before these make shift military commission that the u. s. government established basically to cover up its torch. they felt it contrived to control the trial proceedings better, but these military commissions and prevent evidence of the torture for coming out. but these commissions don't pretend to provide real justice and they've been subject to all kinds of challenges and probl

laura: in guantanamo bay for us tonight, thank you. the 9/11 attacks by al qaeda led the u.s.vade afghanistan because the taliban were harboring the terror group. after the chaotic u.s. exit from afghanistan and the taliban back in power trying to present a new face to the world, many afghans are worried about what the new order will bring. >> back in the classroom. this is among the first schools in kabul to reopen for girls after 2001. they along with female teachers had been banned by the group. two decades on, this group has expanded. pupils have gone on to become doctors, engineers. aysha has worked here for the past 40 years. >> [speaking foreign language] >> this time around, the taliban are allowing girls to get an education. but also every school because his are paused, awaiting new rules from the group. people here face other challenges, too. pleas for new buildings to the previous government went unanswered forget the education of young girls and boys has been one of the main achievements of the past 20 years. you have to ask why a government that received billions

and of course, close guantanamo bay. the prison was established at the us base in guantanamo bay, southeast of cuba. in january, 2002 former president brock obama failed to shut it down after congress imposed limits on the transfer of its detainees. and donald trump pledged to keep the prison open and loaded up with those he called bad dudes. president joe biden is being challenged by some republicans who see the release of detainees as a threat to us security. his administration is trying to secure guarantees that the detainees will get humane treatment in the home country or 3rd countries will resettle them. for 5 taliban members released in 2014, in exchange for american soldier. and now members of the new taliban government and up on the, on the let's bringing a guess in belgrade, mansell at a fee, a former guantanamo detainees at guantanamo coordinator for kj human rights advocacy organization. and i saw mo, jasmine l, got our senior manager for mena at the institute for strategic dialogue, and a former pentagon, mi

guantánamo has got to go!s is growing overseas and here at home. >> what they don't have is prisoner-of-war status, which continues to draw fire from human rights advocates. >> ...living in open cages apparently outside american law. >> narrator: even as the outrage was growing, vice presidt cheney pushed the president to go even further. this time, it would be carried out in secret-- the torture of detainees to get intelligence. >> cheney believes the only way you can fight these people is with accurate intelligence and take some fairly what he calls robust measures to break their will to resist. >> so where do you do that? and how do you do it? you keep it secret from the justice department. you keep it overseas in countries that agree to keep it secret. you build these things with c.i.a. money, so that nobody knows this is going on, except vaguely the president and, of course, the people in the c.i.a. >> narrator: they would test the secret program on abu zubaydah, suspected of running a terrorist training

some i with their fate guantanamo bay, where some i with theirfate some guantanamo bay, where some i await their fate. freedom itself was attacked this morning, and freedom will be defended. the united states will hunt down and punish those responsible. bishop tutu now becomes spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here, of the blacks in soweto township as well as the whites in their rich suburbs. we say to you today, in a loud and a clear voice, enough of blood and tears. enough! the difficult decision - we reached together was one that required great- and exceptional courage. it's an exodus of up to 60,000 people, caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. iam free! this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines: president biden unveils a tougher covid vaccine mandate to help america fight the spread of the delta variant. the us federal government sues the state of texas. the us attorney general says the total ban on abortion is unconstitutional —— the near total ban. 20 years on from the 9/11 attacks, the man thought to have maste

forassociates guantanamo bay's military prison in cuba.gs, which have seen years of delays. the controversial key rings will determine the key issue of what evidence will be admissible. but much of the evidence is likely to be heard in secret. i am joined now by the bbc�*s north america correspondent who is at guantanamo bay for us. 20 years on, is there any sense that these meeting proceedings —— legal proceedings could be any nearer a conclusion? certainly not a conclusion, not even really a start of the trial proper. we do not have a start date as yet. that is after nine years of these legal proceedings here, as you said, 42 pre—trial hearings. we have seen through the glass in the gallery of the court room, we have seen the five defendants, who are alleged either to have provided logistics support, helped plan the attacks are provided financial support for the attackers on 9/11. even this week, things have gone extremely slowly. we have got a newjudge in place, the seventhjudge that we have got a newjudge in place, the seventh judge th

what about guantanamo guantanamo is still open. other presidents, including president obama tried to close guantanamo. it was his central obsession of his white house council. they failed to do so. guantanamo is still there. you could argue some people have argued that their president obama and his team got very active in drones shrikes because it was easier to do that than actually to begin to continue to increase the population of those enemy combatants. that were house at guantanamo is guantanamo remains. something that creates a problem for the sort of reset you're advocating for. absolutely does. it should be shut down. you know, where they were just undertaking the trial colleague, shake mohammed for the events of 911. and it's 20 years later. and you know, all the observers recognize that this is a failed process. you know, we believe in, you know, the right to a speedy trial in our society. and we're not giving that in this instance. guantanamo is a black guy, just like i've a grave, was a black guy, just like rendition, an

the so-called guantanamo trial.t to go to a clip from "turning point: 9/11 and the war on terror" that features the u.s. assistant attorney general talking about former vice president dick cheney. >> going back to the white house when cheney was chief of staff. at least that far back, cheney developed a very robust view of a president's powers under the constitution, especially as related to national security and war and his basic view is that when it comes to war and national security, the president is in charge and he can do what he thinks is necessary, and congress basically can't get in the way and if congress does get in the way, the president can ignore it. that was his legal view. it was an absolutist view of thepreside's per in wartime. >> it ll be vitafor us to useny meanst our disposal tachieve r objeive. >>hat was ighteninto me. it w frighning hear the vi preside of the united stes publly on a televisi show whe he shld have en calli the naon down,e shouldhave be dressured,e was ping theressure,pping e ant

i me ah, so this is the handmade calendar that i made when i was in guantanamo. i thought that perhaps if i counted the days that it will be easier. but when the days turn 2 weeks and months, and then 2 years, i realized that it was just futile. when i received such letters from my children who are very young at the time, it's actually made it worse to look at the calendar and start the count down the days my children were growing up without me. and every day, without them, with a stab in the heart. and they would come sporadically, they had to be vetted uncensored by the us censorship. my daughter who was 6 at the time, wrote a poem, 12345. once i caught the fish alive, and they redacted that because they said that has numbers in the numbers could mean some sort of a code. so it was that kind of nonsensical reduction disconnecting from the idea of being a father. ironically and sadly, but also my own personal faith, my belief in god my reading, the koran and again and expectedly becoming friends with several of the american soldiers who would bring me little sni

by the time i got to guantanamo, i was begging to go to montana. and because what i've seen and witnessed in the background was so destructive to this day i haven't, i can't sleep. oh, i. ready several of us was sent to one tunnel including several taliban members. who now heads of various departments in the government were tortured. we were stripped, we were beaten, was spat upon. we were humiliated photographs. this was taken during this period of time. they had a sound, a woman in the next room that led me to believe was my wife being tortured away with the picture of my children in front of me and asked me where do you think they are now, what do you think happened through the night and took your way and of course what they wanted me to do was to try and a confession that i was a member of al qaeda, which i was not. and this was, i'd say stand it, i got it. i think i got it better than a lot of the other prison. ah, ah, i me. ah, so this is the handmade calendar that i made when i was in guantanamo. i thought that perhaps if i counted the days

there will form a guantanamo. it may set for autumn inmates as well as other people who have bounties, who have american dieties on their heads. many people more than a dozen at international terrorists, the tide about his obviously foes emboldened by military success. how quickly i took over the country. it has made no compromise in its it's roaster for the new government. so there was speculation that perhaps the type of bad would include minorities would include women and it's new governments as i get a quote from us to the west, west and above. no such thing. what we're seeing is a government that was in power. on the day before the us invaded i, they have the same organization though i must say, a different shape of taliban. we were here, we watched, and we filmed this last of american troops pull that have capital airport and the tide bud celebrated long into the night. as for the united states, well, for them very little to celebrate. as i reported earlier, and 2001 began with, with the largest and pub, inv

i see in reason to make an exception for those at guantanamo. d.o.d. shares these concerns and oppose the amendment. i urge my colleagues to oppose the amendment and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from california. mr. schiff: i thank the speaker. i would simply point out that this amendment permits these judges to to broadcast the proceedings so people can witness them, it doesn't mandate that they do so many every case. i think the jublgs should have the ability to do so the g.a.o. studied this issue and found it's more than technologically feasible and i think it's important that the american people and particularly the victims of 9/11 who would like to witness these proceedings be allowed to do so. the victims of 9/11 can't easily travel, many can't travel at all, to guantanamo to review the proceedings. i think that the victims of that heinous terrorist attack should have the ability to face those and observe the proceedings against those who have been charged with those offenses. with

we speak to former guantanamo detainees, about the horrors inflicted on them. i was begging to go to one tunnel because what i've seen and witness in background was so destructive to this day. i haven't, i want to sleep. i did give 10 months to 25 days on. this is america's legacy. this, for the sabotage, the country bought a ruined steel in control of the tallow. by 20 years later, america, fleas, i've got to stand in disgrace of fate. as a correspondence describes the war on terror failed to achieve any of its claim goals. instead, leaving behind the trail of destruction, afghans give us their verdict. so the us invasion in $34.00 provinces of afghanistan and there was peace. 20 years ago, it was a war by the u. s. economic gain. the americans came to have ganesh dad because they wanted to exploit our rece horses for people like us became their slaves. and when they left, they took everything wisdom. ah, there were a good evening from moscow this saturday september, the 11th 2021 you watching are to international with me, kevin. and as you probably know, toda

bay, cuba, the naval station at guantanamo bay.s a little-known i.c.e. detention there, they call it the migrant operation center. migrants from haiti, cuba, other countries that are interdicted at sea. there's no other indication, there was no indication that migrants will be moved from the southwest border to this facility at guantanamo bay but it is an indication by the biden administration, they're going to continue to use this facility at guantanamo bay in order to not only hold but repatriate, if not in their home country in haiti, to other countries where the u.s. government says they can do so safely. that is not a message that migrants rights activists, attorneys for migrants want to hear. they don't believe they're holding migrants at guantanamo bay, particularly those fleeing not only the poorest country in the hemisphere, a country wracked by earthquake, the assassination of the president there, many other factors, that they should be held at guantanamo and even entertained as a possibility to go to their home country.

we speak to former guantanamo detainees, about the horrors inflicted on them. i was begging to go to the tunnel because what i've seen and witnessed in background was so destructive to this day. i haven't gone to sleep the who's hello live for moscow. this is out the international just to midnight here. now, sunday, the 12th of september, 1st to france, then, and violence again, this saturday in paris were protest against kobe restrictions. so clashes with right police deploying t a gas and pepper spray and reports of injuries the ah, towards the end of the demonstration in its disposal, it became very tense. notably, i'm really st. poly real square that with theory of confrontations, please actively deployed guess and flesh grenade. now the situation is stabilize somewhat. as you can see, there are not many left on palo rail square in front of the state council building . but there is a huge number of police just a few minutes ago. it was impossible to breathe here. but the demonstrating against curve impulses which they consider an encroachment on freedoms. l

aleem maqbool reports from guantanamo bay.ago led to a wide reaching response. but one that's since led to accusations the us perpetrated injustice. in a tiny corner of cuba, one notorious by—product of the 9/11 attack still remains. prisoners are still being held in limbo in guantanamo bay. well, of course the us authorities have allowed us to be here, but they are extremely restrictive in controlling what we can show, in terms of people and structures. they certainly haven't allowed us anywhere near the detention facilities where the remaining prisoners are being held. when i was last here, things were very different. we saw some detainees mingle and eat together and interact with the guards, though we knew of other camps where prisoners didn't have such privileges. we were even able to wander through the long abandoned camp x—ray, where in the months after the 9/11 attacks men and boys were first transferred, interrogated and, in many cases, tortured. of nearly 800 men and boys who have been detained at guantanamo bay, 39 r

we will hear more from the relatives and victims and report from afghanistan and guantanamo bay on how that later in the programme. britain's18—year—old emma raducanu has won the us open in one of the most dramatic victories in modern tennis. she beat 19—year—old leylah fernandez of canada in two sets — 6-4, 6-3. raducanu only made it into the tournament as a qualifier, but she won the title without dropping a single set. she's the first british woman to win a grand slam title in 44 years. craig 0'shannessy is a tennis strategy coach who's worked with novak djokovic, and hejoins me now from austin, texas. thank you forjoining us. what a joyous evening for raducanu fans and tennis fans generally. the formic tradition of one tim henman called it an absolute joke, he couldn't believe what he had seen. how do you describe what this moment is the women's tennis entities? it was magnificent. i spent the first week in new york coaching myself and i walked by and several times in the tunnels underneath going back and forth to the courts and she caught my eyes. this girl has a swagger, she was

nearly 800 men and boys have been detained at guantanamo bay — 39 of them remain there. 10 of them haveg to leave. 17 have never been charged — but will remain in prison for life because they are deemed a security risk. other 10 are still awaiting trial. we have talked about the carnage that happened in new york and abroad 20 years ago in the aftermath as well. the man who was thought to have conceived of the idea of it all, who took that idea to osama bin laden and then went on to be one of the key architects, is right here in guantanamo bay. and for associates as well, including his nephew and those four people are accused of providing varying degrees of planning, logistical, financial support to the hijackers who carried out those attacks and 2001. as you say, this happens that this week, after a hiatus of 18 months because the pandemic, those five men's appeared in a pretrial hearing. we do not have its relevant all these years afterwards. but they have appeared in a courtroom here in guantanamo bay and as well as those behind the glass, seeing the men in the courtroom, where a few

the proceedings are happening in guantanamo bay in cuba.orth america correspondent is there with this report. reporter: a demand for justice following that horrific day 20 years ago led to a wide reaching response. but one that since led to accusations u.s. perpetrated injustice. in a tiny corner of cuba, one notorious byproduct of the 9/11 attacks still remains, prisoners arstill being held in limbo in guantanamo bay. the u.s. authorities have allowed us t be here, but they are extremely restrictive in controlling what we can show in terms of people and structures. they have not allowed us anywhere near the detention facilities where the remaining prisoners are being held. when i was last year, things were different. we saw some detainees mingle and eat together and interact with the guards. we knew of other camps where prisoners did not have such privileges. we were even able to wander through the abandoned camp x-ray, where in the months after the 9/11 attacks, men and boys were further transferred, interrogated, and in many cases, tortu

they're still being held at guantanamo bay, the us detention centre in cuba.boys have been detained there. five of those men have appeared before a judge in guantanamo bayjust this week, with the families of some 9/11 victims present in the court. the bbc�*s aleem maqbool met some of them. yes, it's notjust khalid sheikh mohammed who is here, but four others who were implicated in that plot to attack new york and those other sites 20 years ago. khalid sheikh mohammed is believed to have conceived of the idea of the attacks, taking it to 0sama bin laden and then subsequently planned the attacks. but also, walid bin attash is alleged to have trained two of the hijackers. you've got ramzi bin al—shibh, who is thought to have run the hamburg cell of the operation, then two others — ammar al—baluchi and mustafa al—hawsawi, who are thought to have provided financial and logistical support to the attackers. so all those stories of loss we've been hearing all day, well, these are five of the men who it's alleged played a big role in a lot of that loss. and they are he

aleem maqbool reports from guantanamo bay.aching response. but one that's since led to accusations the us perpetrated injustice. in a tiny corner of cuba, one notorious by—product of the 9/11 attack still remains. prisoners are still being held in limbo in guantanamo bay. well, of course the us authorities have allowed us to be here, but they are extremely restrictive in controlling what we can show, in terms of people and structures. they certainly haven't allowed us anywhere near the detention facilities where the remaining prisoners are being held. when i was last here, things were very different. we saw some detainees mingle and eat together and interact with the guards, though we knew of other camps where prisoners didn't have such privileges. we were even able to wander through the long abandoned camp x—ray, where in the months after the 9/11 attacks men and boys were first transferred, interrogated and, in many cases, tortured. of nearly 800 men and boys who have been detained at guantanamo bay, 39 remain. about a quart

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later this, we speak to former guantanamo detainees, about the horrors inflicted on them. i was begging to go to the tunnel because what i've seen and witness in background was so destructive to this day i haven't, i can't sleep. i guess head month said 25 days. all this is america's legacy. this brought the sabotaged equipment. a country brought to bruin at steel control of the taliban. now, 20 years later, america, please afghanistan in disgrace and defeat. as our correspondent describes, the war on terror failed to achieve any of its claim goals. instead, leaving behind a trail of destruction, this, our afghans give us that verdict on the us invade. in 34 provinces of afghanistan on there was peace. 20 years ago, it was a war by the us economic gain. the americans came to ganesh, dan because they wanted to exploit our resources for people like us became their slaves. and when they left, they took everything with them. ah, good evening from moscow this saturday september the 11th 2021. you were watching arte international with me. call him bry, before we move on to the p

prepares to mark 20 years since 9/11, the alleged mastermind behind the attacks appearing in court in guantanamo bay. khalid sheikh mohammed, ksm, and four alleged co-conspirators, what played out in court today? terry moran reporting. >>> back here at home tonight, one week after texas banned abortions in texas after about six weeks, tonight, texas governor greg abbott now signing into law a sweeping new voting law, one of the most restrictive ever. >>> the tragic amusement park accident in colorado. a 6-year-old girl plunging 110 feet on an underground ride. >>> the scene onboard an american airlines flight. the unruly passenger and what he was saying about the president. >>> and news tonight coming in from ethel kennedy, the widow of rfk. some of her children split. she's now weighing in on the possible parole of her husband's killer. >>> good evening and it's great to be back with all of you at home after the labor day holiday. and we begin tonight with millions of schoolchildren heading back. and now the largest increase in covid cases in children since the pandemic started. in fact, more t

we speak to former guantanamo detainees, about the horrors inflicted on them. i was begging to go to the tunnel because what i've seen and witnessed in belgrade was so destructive to this day. i haven't, i can't sleep. ah, ah, hello, and good evening for moscow this saturday september, the 11th 2021. you were watching arte international with me colleague bryan before we get onto the poignancy of today's date for so many around the world. france is another country we're watching this. we can violence again this saturday in paris, where protests against coven restrictions. so clashes, right? police deploying gas and pepper spray and also reports of injuries. the ah, was the end of the demonstration and its disposal. it became very tense notes. william, really st. paul, a real square that was theory confrontation. please actively deployed guests and flesh grenades. now the situation is stabilized somewhat. as you can see, there are not many left on palo royal square in front of the state council building . there is a huge number of police just a few minutes ago. i

khalid shaikh mohammed and four co-defendants arrived at guantanamo bay 15 years ago.out because they were waterboarded. >>> a $9,000 reward is being offered as police investigate the shooting death of a 4-year-old in chicago. one of eight hit by gunfire over the holiday weekend. >>> officials in new orleans expect all customers who lost power during hurricane ida to have it back by late tomorrow. joe biden will tour ida's flooding damage in new york and new jersey today. >>> today's weather, hot and windy across the west creating dangerous fire conditions, rain and storms in the southeast and the midwest. warm on the east coast. >>> and finally it is time to choose an outfit for the day. should it be something in white? >> even after labor day? will ganss looks for answers. >> you can't wear white shoes after labor day. >> that's not true anymore. >> reporter: or is it? on the day after labor day experts are weighing in. "vogue" publishing an article entitled "yes, we're wearing white after labor day. so the question is no longer, can i but how do i wear white after l

following us, the rule from us kind of stand former guantanamo detainees. with them, bag shows the horrors he suffered. they had a sound, a woman in the, in the next room that led me to believe was my wife being tortured. they were with pictures of my children in front of me and also where do you think they are now? what do you think happened? like we took away, we get access to the lab port just days after it was abandoned by western troops to terminal and the equipment shafted in destroyed during the us retreat for the helicopters. and there are a lot of them that were abandon the was to be caught various various electrical blocks, remove the ye, looks to buy its way out of another potential. michael crisis with plans pay stunned neighbors. hundreds of millions of euro's to homes such reference j ah hello, good evening, without international now with the us gun is done, washington is now set to review the failings to be rushed on chaotic evacuation. an r t said to scrutinize the horrific impact that the occupation had on the lives of millions of afghans i

aleem maqbool, bbc news, guantanamo bay.. my client, ammar al—baluchi, has been in us custody for 18 years. 3.5 years in cia custody at black sites being tortured and then 15 years, actually, as of september 6th 2006, here at guantanamo bay. and what i usually talk to him about, in addition to the court case, actually more than the court case, is medical care. only 44 years old and he is deteriorating from the torture that was inflicted on him, and from day to day is really suffering with a lack of medical care. so that is what i talk to him about most of the time. part of the problem is that when we initially started bringing men from afghanistan and pakistan here to guantanamo, there was no vetting system on the ground and so our policy in afghanistan in particular was to bring them to guantanamo and sort them out then. and what we were doing on the ground in afghanistan in particular, and the border areas of pakistan, was dropping leaflets offering massive bounties for anyone associated with al-qaeda, and what ended up ha

the solution was guantanamo. they were taken to guantanamo and there was a tent city built there for about 10,000 people with schools, showers, recreational facilities, hospitals. while the refugees stayed on guantanamo, negotiations took place with the haitians to change their government so they could go back. it was a safe haven for these refugees. the same argument was made with regard to these illegal combatants taken from the battlefield, were not wearing the uniform of a nation. they had geneva rights, but they were not rights as someone who wears a uniform and has an id. instead, they were illegal combatant rights. what do you do with them? the solution the government found to do the best based on the experience we had gone through with the haitians was guantanamo. >> the next question right over here. >> ima fellow at the university. how journalists and media helped or hurt your cause throughout the process? >> i am very much of the view that one thing that keeps our nation safe at war and peace is we hav