Former Guantanamo chaplain James Yee

One of Guantanamo Bay's youngest prisoners has been ordered released by D.C.'s U.S. District Court. 21 year-old Mohammed El Gharani, who is also known as Yousef Al Karany, was picked up in Pakistan under suspicion of having ties with al-Qaeda – he was just 14 years old when he arrived at Guantanamo in 2002. Judge Richard Leon ruled that the Bush administration has failed to prove that Gharani is an enemy combatant and that the young man must be released and sent home, which may prove to be an obstacle: Gharani is a citizen of Chad and it is unclear whether the country will allow him to return. One person who experienced Guantanamo first hand is James Yee: he is a former US Army Chaplain who served at GITMO – after denouncing what he witnessed at the detention camp he was accused of espionage. The Muslim chaplain was blindfolded, cuffed and held in solitary confinement for nearly three months before he was released without charges.

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