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Children of 9/11 Victims Advocate for Plea Deals for Guantanamo Detainees
By Reem Farhat Reporter/Producer, and Nuri Illini Ahmad Camera/Producer "How much longer are we all going to have to wait?" When...
Sep 11, 2023


Some Sept 11 families hope for plea deal
By Barbara Miller Broadcast Sun 10 Sep 2023 at 5:00pm AUDIO HERE
Sep 10, 2023


We 9/11 victim families still don’t have answers. The death penalty won’t fix that | OpinionRead m
By Bill Tammeus Special to The Star September 10, 2023 5:03 AM When the 9/11 terrorists murdered my nephew, Karleton Fyfe, and nearly...
Sep 10, 2023

Adele Welty Quoted in NYT: "Biden Rejects Proposed Conditions for Plea Deals in Sept. 11 Case"
By Carol Rosenberg & Charlie Savage September 6, 2023 Read the full article here. Adele Welty, whose son Timothy, a firefighter, was...
Sep 6, 2023


Terry Rockefeller: 9/11 Family Members Can Get Answers through Plea Agreements, Not a Trial
Read PT member Terry Rockefeller's piece in Just Security. The last several weeks have presented some significant challenges to the 9/11...
Aug 31, 2023


Teen Vogue - 9/11 Families Like Mine Want Plea Agreements
9/11 Families Like Mine Want Plea Agreements to End Indefinite Detention at Guantanamo This op-ed argues that plea agreements in the case...
Aug 28, 2023

PT Member Elizabeth Miller on News12 Supporting Plea Agreements
'The plea deals are the only path to resolution.' Daughter of 9/11 victim supports prison sentence for attackers Aug 21, 2023, 5:45pm...
Aug 21, 2023

Supporting Pleas in the 9/11 Military Commission as the Best Means to Get Info & Judicial Finality
The August 16 AP News story, “Plea negotiations could mean no 9/11 defendants face the death penalty, the US tells families” has...
Aug 21, 2023
Senator Durbin mentions Children of Peaceful Tomorrows in Calling for the Closure of Guantanamo
June 1st, 2023 See his press release here , or below: Ahead Of Debt Limit Vote, Durbin Continues To Call For Closure Of Guantanamo Bay...
Jun 1, 2023

PT Member Aidan Salamone's Letter to the Editor in NYT: A 9/11 Victim’s Son: Close Guantánamo
A 9/11 Victim’s Son: Close Guantánamo Read the piece here Re “Biden Can Close the Legal Black Hole at Guantánamo” (editorial, April 30):...
May 8, 2023
Justice for 9/11 families at last: It’s time to finally resolve the Gitmo case
PT Members Elizabeth Miller and Barry Amundson wrote an opinion piece for the Daily News supporting plea agreements. Read the full...
Apr 3, 2023
Adele Welty on NPR: Why are families of Sept. 11 victims waiting for a legal settlement?
March 7, 20235:10 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition Sacha Pfeiffer Read & listen here. For years, the trial of the men accused of plotting...
Mar 7, 2023

For 9/11 Families, Plea Deals Are the Only Path Forward
PT member Leila Murphy shares support for plea deals in a Just Security piece. Read the article here. My father, Brian Murphy, worked on...
Feb 7, 2023


UN Human Rights Expert to Conduct First-Ever Visit to Guantánamo Bay Prison
"It's hard to exaggerate the importance of this visit more than two decades since Guantánamo was open to hold detainees beyond the...
Feb 6, 2023

UN Human Rights Official Announces First Ever Guantanamo Visit
Peaceful Tomorrows joined several others in preparing a press release regarding the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the promotion and...
Feb 2, 2023

159 NGO's Call on President Biden to Close Guantanamo
September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows joined 158 NGO's in calling on President Biden to Close Guantanamo. Read more, from...
Jan 11, 2023

Peaceful Tomorrows Submits Amicus Brief in Support of Majid Khan’s Plea Agreement in the Guantanamo
June 21, 2022 The Rule of Law Committee continues to focus on seeing the 9/11 military commission at Guantanamo ended through plea...
Jun 21, 2022


A Primer on the 9/11 Military Commission at Guantanamo
March 7, 2022 Updated May 15, 2024 A Path Forward for 9/11 Victims and Family Members “Reaching Judicial Finality” A Primer on the 9/11...
Mar 7, 2022
Policy Recommendations : Guantanamo Detention and the 9/11 Military Commission
POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS: September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows Guantanamo Detention and the 9/11 Military Commission...
Dec 8, 2021


Colleen Kelly Testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee
Testimony of Ms. Colleen Kelly before the Senate Judiciary Committee Closing Guantanamo: Ending Twenty Years of Injustice December 7,...
Dec 7, 2021
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