Jan 14 10 Guantanamo detainees transferred to Oman By Larisa Epatko The Pentagon announced Thursday the transfer of 10 detainees from Guantanamo Bay to Oman. The prison population is now down to 93. Continue reading
Jan 08 Guantanamo detainee, held since 2002, returns to Kuwait By Larisa Epatko The last of the Kuwaiti detainees at Guantanamo flew home on Friday. Continue reading
Dec 28 First of 17 detainees to be released from Gitmo next week By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The first of 17 detainees scheduled to be released from the Guantanamo Bay prison in January will be transferred next week, as the Obama administration continues to reduce the population at the controversial detention center, a senior U.S. Continue reading
Dec 11 Obama’s executive actions could open a door for successors By Kathleen Hennessey, Associated Press WASHINGTON — While the White House has condemned Donald Trump's call for a ban on Muslim immigrants as "disqualifying" and "toxic," President Barack Obama may have only himself to blame if a President Trump ever succeeds in putting his plan,… Continue reading
Nov 13 Changing Guantanamo prison’s ZIP code isn’t a fix, critics argue By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's quest to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, perhaps by moving some detainees to the United States, has fostered an unusual alliance between his congressional critics and liberal-leaning advocacy groups that say changing the detention… Continue reading
Nov 10 Congress OKs bill banning Guantanamo detainees from U.S. By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Congress passed a $607 billion defense policy bill Tuesday that bans moving Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United States -- something Barack Obama has been trying to do since he was sworn in as president. Continue reading
Nov 07 Pentagon plan to close Guantanamo expected next week By Associated Press The plan represents a last-gasp effort by the Obama administration to convince staunch opponents in Congress that dangerous detainees who can't be transferred safely to other countries should be housed in a U.S.-based prison. Continue reading
Oct 30 British resident Shaker Aamer released from Guantanamo prison By News Desk Shaker Aamer, the last British resident in the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, was released to the UK on Friday after being detained for 13 years. Continue reading
Aug 21 Attorney: Hunger-striking detainee at Guantanamo ‘shockingly thin and frail’ By Phil Hirschkorn The lawyer representing Tariq Ba Odah, a detainee at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who began a hunger strike in 2007, said Friday that his client had lost more than half of his body weight and appears "shockingly… Continue reading
Aug 15 Watch 5:37 U.S. blocks release of hunger-striking Guantanamo Bay detainee By PBS News Hour The U.S. government is opposing the release of Guantanamo Bay detainee Tariq Ba Odah, who has been on a hunger strike for eight years and is among the 52 who have been cleared for release from the prison. On Friday,… Continue watching