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News Articles: Guantanamo

The Department of Homeland Security released photos of migrants as they boarded planes for Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

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The first group of migrants has been sent to Guantánamo, but legal challenges loom

President Trump aims to deport up to 30,000 migrant detainees to a holding facility there, despite the questionable legality of that move.

February 05, 2025
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By:
  • Sacha Pfeiffer
A U.S. Naval officer stands at the entrance of the U.S. prison at the U.S. Naval Station at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, on Oct. 22, 2016.

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  • National Security

Guantánamo Bay detainees continue to face 'inhuman' treatment, U.N. investigator finds

The United Nations report says 30 men remained detained at Guantánamo Bay — 19 of whom have never been charged with a crime. The investigator says the infamous site should be shuttered.

June 27, 2023
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  • Joe Hernandez
More than two decades after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, the five men accused have still not gone to trial, and four presidential administrations have wrestled with the Guantánamo problem.

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  • Investigations

A year after plea talks began, the 9/11 case is still in limbo, frustrating families

Settlement talks began a year ago in the 9/11 terrorism case. But little progress has been made, dragging out the future of the problem-plagued U.S. military court and prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

March 11, 2023
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By:
  • Sacha Pfeiffer
Majid Khan, a 42-year-old Pakistani man, was released from the U.S. military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, on Thursday. Pictured here in 2022, he was sent to Belize after suing for unlawful imprisonment.

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  • Investigations

A Guantánamo inmate was released to Belize after suing for wrongful imprisonment

A 42-year-old Pakistani man who spent nearly half his life in U.S. custody has been released from Guantánamo and resettled in Belize after suing the Biden administration for unlawful imprisonment.

February 03, 2023
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  • Sacha Pfeiffer
The entrance to Camp Delta where detainees from the U.S. war in Afghanistan live is shown April 7, 2004, in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

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  • National Security

The U.S. releases the oldest prisoner in Guantánamo Bay

Saifullah Paracha, 75, was held at the U.S. facility for 18 years without ever being charged. He arrived in Pakistan on Saturday.

October 29, 2022
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  • Juliana Kim
Insurrectionists climb the west wall of the the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.

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Jan. 6 detainees say a D.C. jail is so awful that they'd like a transfer to Guantanamo

A letter signed by 34 people held on charges related to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol complains of inhumane conditions behind bars, including mold, abusive guards, bad food and filthy laundry.

October 07, 2022
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Razor wire and a guard tower stands at a closed section of the U.S. prison at Guantánamo Bay on Oct. 22, 2016.

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  • Investigations

What Might Happen To Guantánamo Now That U.S. Troops Are Leaving Afghanistan

The U.S. military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, was created to hold people captured in Afghanistan and the broader war on terror. As the U.S. pulls out of Afghanistan, what happens to its detainees?

July 10, 2021
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By:
  • Sacha Pfeiffer

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