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A U.S. military judge set June 5, 2028 for the trial of four Guantánamo detainees—Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid bin Attash, Ammar al-Baluchi, and Mustafa al-Hawsawi—over their alleged roles in the 9/11 attacks, a case long stalled by pretrial disputes, evidentiary battles, and debates over torture and national security privileges; the defendants face potential death sentences.
A U.S. military judge set Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s trial for the 9/11 attacks to begin in June 2028 at Guantánamo Bay, alongside three co-defendants, after prosecutors’ proposed January 2027 start date was rejected; the decision keeps the case within the long-running military commissions system amid ongoing debates over past CIA interrogation practices.
Encep Nurjaman, also known as Hambali, a 17-year detainee at Guantanamo Bay, is set to face trial for masterminding a series of deadly attacks in Indonesia, including the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 200 people. Hambali and his two co-defendants will be tried before a military commission. The US government alleges that Hambali "murdered 211 persons, seriously injured at least 31 other persons, and committed multiple other offenses under the law of war". Hambali's defense team denies that he knew of the Bali bomb plot in advance. Hambali has been held in Guantanamo since 2006 and is one of only 30 detainees still there.