September 12, 2021 - Sixty years after the United States' failed Bay of Pigs invasion, the remnants of the US and Cuba's fractured relationship are tucked away in a small neighborhood of the US Naval base at Guantánamo Bay. Nineteen Cubans still live on the base almost 60 years after the base closed its borders ...

Of those, we understand approximately ... but are still being held because of difficulties of sending them elsewhere. Only four detainees have been formally charged and it is reported that the Defense Department plans to prosecute another 60 to 80 detainees. The administration has repeatedly called those individuals at Guantanamo ``the worst of the worst,'' and there are bad people ...

July 7, 2023 - At the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, the aging men known by their serial numbers arrived at the meeting shackled.

January 9, 2022 - The US-run enclave has proved hard to dismantle over two decades, a legal anomaly and lead weight wrapped around America’s global reputation

1 week ago - The use of these techniques has led to legal challenges brought by defense attorneys, both with respect to the use of evidence obtained through torture…

April 21, 2023 - Read CNN's Guantánamo Bay Naval Station Fast Facts and learn more about its detention facility, nicknamed "Gitmo."

Last updated in April 2023780 men and boys, all of them Muslim, have been imprisoned over time at Guantánamo since January 2002.86 percent were sold to the United States during a time when the U.S.

May 18, 2021 - Starting with the Bush administration, the United States has gradually transferred all but two of the first 20 prisoners at the wartime detention facility to other nations. Here’s who, and where, they are.

January 11, 2022 - Two decades later, the debate continues ... and prison there. NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer has made several trips to Guantanamo, and she's here to talk about this anniversary and the future of the prison. ... SACHA PFEIFFER, BYLINE: Hi, Ari. SHAPIRO: How many people are still in prison at ...

GENEVA (10 January 2022) - On the 20th anniversary of the arrival of the first detainees at Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba, UN experts* condemned the facility as a site of “unparalleled notoriety” and said its continued operation was a stain on the US Government’s commitment ...

October 28, 2022 - The Detainees Detainees currently held at Guantánamo: 40. Total number of detainees ever incarcerated at Guantánamo: 780. Detainees released under President Bush: Over 500. Detainees at start of Obama Presidency: 242. Detainees transferred, repatriated or resettled under Obama: 197.

September 26, 2021 - The men, none of whom were ever charged, would be sent to countries that agree to impose security conditions on them. But it is not clear where they will go or when.

January 11, 2024 - This week, a group of nearly 100 advocacy organizations sent a letter to President Biden urging him to finally close the facility.

May 18, 2021 - A lawyer says the U.S. has approved the release of 73-year-old Saifullah Paracha, who has been held at the U.S. base in Guantanamo Bay for 16 years.

August 19, 2022 - Southern Command said the Camp 7 prisoners were moved to Camp 5 “safely and without incident."

April 5, 2021 - At Camp 7, the military holds prisoners who were previously held and interrogated by the C.I.A. But in recent years, conditions have eased up a bit.

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October 28, 2020 - The following questions and answers look at current issues regarding detentions at Guantanamo and those that may arise under the Trump administration.

Although the detainee population has declined significantly from its May 2003 peak of 680 detainees, 270 prisoners remain at Guantanamo, most of whom have been in US custody without charge for more than six years. Among those still held, there are some 70 people who have been cleared for release ...