Dec 07 WATCH: Senate Judiciary committee holds hearing on closing of Guantanamo Bay By News Desk Senate Judiciary committee held a hearing on Tuesday on closing the military prison in Guantanamo Bay. Continue reading
Sep 09 Guantanamo Bay prison remains an unresolved legacy of 9/11 By Ben Fox, Associated Press President Joe Biden turned the page on one legacy of 9/11 when he ended the war in Afghanistan, but he has yet to do much about another: the Guantanamo Bay detention center. Continue reading
Jul 19 Watch 5:41 As Biden releases first Guantanamo detainee, could the camp’s closure be far behind? By Amna Nawaz, Layla Quran The Biden administration released its first detainee from the U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba on Monday. Abdul Latif Nasser was never charged with a crime, yet remained detained for 19 years. Nearly 800 prisoners have… Continue watching
Jul 19 First Guantanamo detainee sent to home country in policy shift By Dino Hazell, Associated Press The Biden administration transferred a Guantánamo Bay detainee to his home country for the first time, a policy shift from the Trump presidency that repatriated a Moroccan man. Continue reading
Jan 30 US pauses plan to give virus vaccine to Guantanamo prisoners By Associated Press Pentagon chief spokesman John Kirby said in a tweet Saturday that the Defense Department would be “pausing” the plan to give the vaccination to those held at Guantanamo while it reviews measures to protect troops who work there. Continue reading
Jan 23 Watch 13:39 Obama wanted to close Gitmo. Will Biden be able to finally do it? By PBS NewsHour President Biden’s Secretary of Defense, General LLoyd Austin has said he would follow through on President Obama’s efforts to close Guantanamo Bay, the prison for terrorism detainees. Today, its population is down to nearly 40, including six detainees cleared for… Continue watching
Sep 19 Watch 5:35 Why the cost of holding prisoners at Guantanamo Bay keeps rising The cost of running Guantanamo Bay’s prison and court system climbed by nearly $90 million from 2013 to 2018, even though the number of prisoners housed there has fallen. Amna Nawaz talks to The New York Times' Carol Rosenberg about… Continue watching
Sep 19 Court calls U.S. ‘enhanced interrogation techniques’ torture By Associated Press Abu Zubaydah has been held without charge since September 2006 at the detention center on the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Continue reading
Aug 30 Trial in 9/11 case at Guantanamo gets early 2021 start date By Associated Press The U.S. has charged five men with planning and aiding the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Continue reading
Feb 01 Trump signed an executive order to keep the Guantanamo Bay prison open. Will anything change? By Saher Khan President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he had signed an executive order to keep the Guantanamo Bay prison open, but the move might bring about all that much change. Continue reading