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30 Oct 2022

Oldest prisoner in Guantanamo Bay released after 18 years, returns to Pakistan

Saif Ullah Paracha, 75, was captured by the US in Thailand in 2003 and had been detained at Guantanamo since 2004.

14 Oct 2017

Guantanamo detainee sentenced to 13 years on terrorism charges: Pentagon

A Saudi man who is being held at the U.S. military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was sentenced on Friday to 13 years in prison on terrorism charges, the Pentagon said in a statement.

22 Jul 2017

Al-Qaida suspect linked to cartoonist plot extradited to US

An al-Qaida suspect linked to a plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist has been brought to Philadelphia from Spain to face terrorism charges in federal court, despite President Donald Trump's promises to send terror suspects to the military prison at Guantanamo Bay.

22 Feb 2017

British Islamic State suicide bomber was Guantanamo detainee

An IS suicide bomber who attacked Iraqi forces in Mosul was a former Guantanamo bay detainee and was originally from Britain, the BBC reported.

16 Jan 2017

Oman says receives 10 detainees released from Guantanamo

Oman announced on Monday that it had taken in 10 prisoners released by the United States from its Guantanamo Bay military prison, part of a push by outgoing President Barack Obama to shrink the inmate population before leaving office.

17 Oct 2016

Best-selling Guantanamo inmate released to Mauritania: Pentagon

A longtime Guantanamo Bay prisoner, who wrote a best-selling book about his experiences in the controversial military prison, has been released to his home country of Mauritania, the Pentagon said on Monday.

15 Sep 2016

US confirms two more freed Guantanamo inmates rejoined militant groups

In the first six months of 2016, two more militants released from the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have returned to fighting, the US government said on Wednesday.

08 Sep 2016

US military closes one of the Guantanamo Bay prison camps

The detainees formerly housed there have been moved to another prison camp in the Cuba-based facility.

08 Sep 2016

Barack Obama `not ready to concede` Gitmo will stay open

With months left in office, US President Barack Obama said on Thursday he was not ready to give up on an eight-year-old promise to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay.

16 Aug 2016

15 Guantanamo inmates transferred to UAE

The administration of George W. Bush opened a prison there to hold terror suspects.

Saudi-born Yemeni inmate

11 Jul 2016

US transfers Guantanamo inmate to Italy: Official

Jammu and Kashmir

07 Jun 2016

Guantanamo Bay-like prison to be built in Jammu and Kashmir, CM Mufti seeks Rs 7 crore from Centre

A Budgam court on May 25 had said that “situations like Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay cannot be tolerated” in India.

Khalid Shaikh Mohammad

11 May 2016

Removal of judge, prosecutors sought in Guantanamo 9/11 case

They said that the judge had previously directed the government to preserve the evidence and then allowed it to be destroyed without notifying the defense lawyers, who learned about it last month.

31 Mar 2016

Pentagon to send about a dozen Guantanamo inmates to other countries soon

The Pentagon plans to transfer about a dozen inmates of the Guantanamo military prison to at least two countries that have agreed to take them, a US official said on Wednesday, the latest move in President Barack Obama`s final push to close the facility.

24 Feb 2016

Barack Obama presents plan to close Guantanamo prison

President Barack Obama presented a long-shot plan Tuesday to shutter the Guantanamo Bay detention center, hoping to fulfill an elusive campaign promise before he leaves office next year.

22 Feb 2016

Pentagon due to submit Guantanamo closure plan

Military officials are poised to submit to Congress a much-anticipated report on how to close the US detention center at Guantanamo Bay, a spokesman said Monday.

15 Dec 2015

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11 Dec 2015

Killers of thousands on 9/11 can't stand female guards!

Muslim detainees at Guantanamo claim that physical contact with women outside their immediate families violated their religious beliefs.

07 Dec 2015

`9/11 Five` head back to court, though trial still distant

The five men accused of plotting the September 11, 2001 attacks -- including the alleged mastermind -- are this week due back in US military court, though their prospects for an actual trial remain elusive.

26 Nov 2015

US President Barack Obama signs defence bill despite Guantanamo shut down restrictions

US President Barack Obama signed a defence bill that includes restrictions on transfer of prisoners from Guantanamo Bay to Washington which will directly affect the shut down of the prison, the media reported on Thursday.

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