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News Articles: Guantanamo Bay

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth meets with Sailors assigned to Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Hudner (DDG 116) during his visit to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Feb. 25, 2025.

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ACLU and other advocates sue to block migrants from being sent to Guantánamo Bay

The lawsuit says there is no legitimate reason to send migrants to Guantánamo because the U.S. has ample detention facility.

March 01, 2025
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By:
  • Sacha Pfeiffer
Venezuelan migrants deported from US Naval Station Guantanamo Bay walk down from the Venezuelan Conviasa Airlines plane as they arrive at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela on February 20, 2025.

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  • National

Venezuelan men allege mistreatment while in detention in Guantánamo Bay

The men told NPR they were kept in the dark about why they were in Guantánamo Bay, and were denied access to an attorney or a phone call with loved ones.

February 25, 2025
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By:
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Yoiker David Sequera (left), Yoiner Purroy Roldán (center), and Mayfreed Durán Arapé (right) are part of the immigrants sent to Guantánamo Bay by the Trump administration.

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  • National

Venezuelan mothers organize on chat group to fight Guantánamo detentions

The mothers met in a Whatsapp group. They have vowed to fight until their sons, who they say have not committed crimes and do not have ties to gangs, are released.

February 20, 2025
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By:
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
In this photo reviewed by U.S. military officials, the Office of Military Commissions building used for Periodic Review Board hearings stands in 2019, in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba.

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  • National

Three migrants win temporary block from potential transfer to Guantanamo

It is the first legal hurdle thrown up to the Trump administration as it seeks to send thousands of migrants to a detention facility on the naval base near Cuba.

February 10, 2025
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  • Ximena Bustillo
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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  • Sacha Pfeiffer
In this photo reviewed by U.S. military officials, an Army soldier, right, and a Marine stand in front of the gates that separate the Cuban side from the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, June 6, 2018.

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Trump says U.S. will send 'worst criminal illegal aliens' to Guantánamo Bay

The president says up to 30,000 criminal migrants deported from the United States could be housed at the facility in Cuba, but it wasn't immediately clear how the plan would be implemented.

January 30, 2025
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  • Sacha Pfeiffer
In this handout photo provided by the U.S. Navy, U.S. Military Police guard detainees in orange jumpsuits on Jan. 11, 2002 at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

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  • National

Guantánamo Bay is still open. This week, pressure ramped up to close it

This week, a group of nearly 100 advocacy organizations sent a letter to President Biden urging him to finally close the facility.

January 11, 2024
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By:
  • Sacha Pfeiffer,
  • Christopher Intagliata,
  • and 2 more
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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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
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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By:
  • Sacha Pfeiffer
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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  • Sacha Pfeiffer
The Periodic Review Board, which uses this building for meetings, has recommended the release of a long-held prisoner from Guantanamo.

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  • National Security

U.S. Clears For Release Longtime Guantánamo Inmate Never Charged With A Crime

The Yemeni man, who is in his mid-40s and known by several names, has been held for more than 18 years. Although cleared for release, the U.S. has not found a place for him to go.

December 11, 2020
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By:
  • Sacha Pfeiffer

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