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 ...

January 21, 2022 - Ahmed Rabbani has been cleared to leave the infamous facility in Cuba months ago – but he is still stuck there.

August 19, 2022 - Biden's precise intentions for Guantanamo remain unclear, however.

July 18, 2023 - Biden administration has been unsuccessful in closing controversial detention facility

February 12, 2021 - Since 2002, the prison has housed members of al-Qaida and the Taliban. At its peak, Guantanamo Bay had almost 680 people detained at the installation.

June 15, 2021 - A Times team has revamped an online database that makes it easier to learn about the roughly 780 prisoners who were taken there, including the 40 who remain.

February 12, 2021 - President Joe Biden's aides have launched a formal review of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, reviving the Obama-era goal of closing the controversial facility with the aim of doing so before he leaves office, the White House said on Friday.

1 week ago - The military prison at Guantánamo Bay represents grave violations of human rights by the U.S. government. As it enters its 22nd year of existence as a

February 3, 2023 - A 42-year-old Pakistani man who spent nearly half his life in U.S. custody has been released from Guantánamo and resettled in Belize after suing the Biden administration for unlawful imprisonment.

July 19, 2021 - The Biden administration has transferred a Guantánamo detainee to Morocco, marking the first time a prisoner there has been released since President Biden took office.

35 detainees remain at US offshore prison as victims, lawyers and experts call on government to shut it down - Anadolu Ajansı

While Guantánamo has largely faded from public attention, the prison and its enduring legacy continue to cast a dark shadow over the United States and its global reputation. On this 22nd anniversary, we take a look at the current state of the notorious prison and the many issues that remain ...

January 12, 2021 - Nineteen years after the United States started sending prisoners to the site, the detention center is still operating.

August 21, 2021 - Twenty years after the 9/11 attacks, U.S. intelligence documents reveal 229 “rehabbed” former Gitmo detainees have returned to terrorism and killing Americans — and an alarming 66% of them have not been recaptured and are still at large.

The Pentagon has declined to identify the detainees at Guantanamo Bay, most of whom were captured in Afghanistan during and after the 2001 war there. Below is the largest list of names made public thus far, encompassing: 367 men whose identities have appeared in media reports, on Arabic Web ...

January 27, 2021 - We still get painful updates on the cases of five alleged 9/11 conspiracists. Try them already and release the rest at Gitmo or move them to US prisons.

January 10, 2022 - Guantánamo Bay military prison is a site of egregious and ongoing human rights violations perpetrated by the United States government. Opened in early 2002 on a U.S. naval base in Cuba, the prison has housed 780 adults and minors from around the world—all Muslim—most of whom have been ...

January 1, 2014 - I really enjoyed it and let me tell you, some of the people on GTMO live very well! I mentioned I rented a car. A car is pretty much necessary for anyone visiting Guantanamo Bay. While it is a small place at some 45 square miles, it is still big enough where you need to have a car. The speed limit is pretty much 25mph around the island and there are ...

September 19, 2021 - President Joe Biden has said he wants to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, where 39 detainees still reside, by the end of his term, but his administration is yet to make much progress towards meeting that goal.