Guantanamo Bay detention camp

5 days ago - There is no intermediate status; nobody in enemy hands can fall outside the law." Thus, if the detainees are not classified as prisoners of war, this would still grant them the rights of the Fourth Geneva Convention, as opposed to the more common Third Geneva Convention, which deals exclusively ...

August 20, 2021 - Since 2002, Guantanamo Bay has held a total of 780 prisoners. In this time it has become a global symbol of injustice: a place which stands for torture, abuse, and indefinite detention. Over the last 17 years, the Government has attempted to suppress the truth about Guantanamo.

June 28, 2023 - Now it’s up to President Joe Biden to fulfill his pledge to finally close Guantánamo.

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March 22, 2024 - Can you give us a general overview of your time in Guantanamo? I am still there 22 years later. I lost everything there. Guantanamo is a facility created for torture, abuse, and targeting of Muslims. It’s a crime against humanity. People died there. People were tortured. People were paralyzed. All kinds of torture, abuse, physical, mental, psychological. There were beatings. There are ...

August 12, 2024 - Spanish: [ɡwanˈtanamo]) is a municipality and city in southeast Cuba and capital of Guantánamo Province. Guantánamo is served by the Caimanera port near the site of a U.S. naval base. The area produces sugarcane and cotton wool. These are traditional parts of the economy.

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 Guantanamo ...

August 24, 2024 - Savage, Charlie (15 August 2016). "15 Guantánamo Detainees Are Sent to Emirates in Largest Obama-Era Transfer". The New York Times. ... Rosenberg, Carol (January 19, 2017). "Obama to leave with 41 captives still at Guantánamo, blames politics". Miami Herald.

2 weeks ago - As of December 2023, 30 detainees remain at Guantanamo Bay.

January 11, 2016 - A look inside the abuse, history and prisoners of Guantánamo Bay detention centre. The centre, over 20 years old, is a symbol of torture, rendition and indefinite detention without charge or trial.

The Department of Defense announced the repatriations of Abdul Rabbani and Mohammed Rabbani from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to Pakistan.

July 19, 2024 - Guantánamo, city, eastern Cuba. It lies in the mountains 21 miles (34 km) north of strategic Guantánamo Bay on the Caribbean Sea. Founded in 1819, the settlement was called Santa Catalina del Saltadero del Guaso until 1843. French refugees from Haiti aided in the colonization of the area, and many

August 30, 2021 - Of the 39 detainees, 27 have never been charged; five await trial over their alleged involvement in plotting the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

3 days ago - Guantánamo Bay has a hot semi-arid climate according to the Köppen climate classification, with high temperatures throughout the year. Rainfall is rather low, and it is one of the driest regions in Cuba. ... The United States first seized Guantánamo Bay and established a naval base there ...

January 16, 2022 - NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Karen Greenberg, director of the Center on National Security at Fordham University School, about the future of the U.S. military court and prison at Guantanamo Bay.

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This is a comprehensive list of all the prisoners still held at Guantánamo.