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In late 2008, the Department of Defense published a list of the Guantanamo captives who died in custody, were freed, or were repatriated to the custody of another country. [1] The list was drafted on October 8, 2008, and was published on November 26, 2008.
In these interviews, the detainees also extensively detailed the alleged abuse and neglect that they faced while in detention at Guantanamo Bay Prison. [243] The events described by these prisoners violated the Geneva Conventions standards of conduct with prisoners of war, yet the conventions were previously claimed to not protect members of ...
Naval Station Guantanamo Bay has been used by the U.S. since 1898, when U.S. forces used the area in the Spanish-American War. According to the Navy, a lease for 45 square miles of land and water ...
1 April 1941 – Naval Operating Base, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, established. 25 February 1948 – President Harry S. Truman visited Base. 18 June 1952 – Title of Naval Operating Base changed to Naval Base. 8 June 1993 – US detention of HIV-positive refugees at Guantánamo Bay declared unconstitutional.
The Department of Defense confirmed the arrival of the first 10 “high threat" migrant criminals to Guantanamo Bay, all of whom are members of the violent Venezuelan criminal group Tren de Aragua.
A prisoner who has been held at Guantanamo Bay since the day it opened over 20 years ago has been released, the Pentagon said.. Ridah bin Saleh al-Yazidi’s transfer back to Tunisia was approved ...
First edition (publ. Oxford University Press) The Least Worst Place: How Guantanamo Became the World's Most Notorious Prison is a 2009 book about the first several months of the operation of the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.
Executive Order 13492, titled Review and Disposition of Individuals Detained at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base and Closure of Detention Facilities, is an Executive Order that was signed by United States President Barack Obama on 22 January 2009, ordering the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba. [1]