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February 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM

1st migrant flight lands at Guantanamo Bay, carrying 'worst of the worst'

The first flight carrying migrants to Guantanamo Bay arrived Tuesday evening, a U.S. Transportation Command official said.
February 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
A photo released by the Department of Homeland Security of the first flight of migrants who were part of Tren de Aragua, preparing to takeoff for Guantanamo Bay, Feb. 4, 2025.
1 month ago

US transfers Guantanamo detainee to Tunisia, leaving 26 at Cuba facility

The U.S. Department of Defense on Monday announced that Guantanamo Bay detainee Ridah Bin Saleh al-Yazidi had been repatriated to Tunisia.
1 month ago
In this April 17, 2019, photo, reviewed by U.S. military officials, the control tower is seen through the razor wire inside the Camp VI detention facility in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba.
2 months ago

US announces 3 transfers out of Guantanamo in 24 hours

The U.S. Department of Defense on Wednesday announced the transfer of two detainees held at Guantanamo Bay.
2 months ago
A view of the Pentagon on Dec. 13, 2024, in Washington, DC., which is home to the U.S. Defense Department and is one of the world's largest office buildings.
5 years ago

Inmates say interrogation was ‘torture,’ despite CIA psychologist's denial

Former CIA contractor Dr James Mitchell has declined to call their interrogation program torture. Detainees who experienced it disagree.
5 years ago
An image reviewed by the US military shows a "Camp Justice" in Guantanamo Bay, Dec. 8, 2008.
5 years ago

'Degrading': Aging detainees share health care woes at Guantanamo 18 years after 9/11

Aging detainees, attorneys and experts share their experiences of a medical crisis at Guantanamo Bay, at the authorities consider the need for hospice provisions.
5 years ago
A U.S. Army guard leans on a fence talking to a Guantanamo detainee, inside the open yard at Camp 4 detention center, at the U.S. Naval Base, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Jan. 21, 2009.
6 years ago

Commander of prison at Guantanamo is fired

The commander of the detention facility at Guantanamo has been fired for a "loss of confidence".
6 years ago
The watch tower of "Camp 6" detention facility at the US Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, April 8, 2014.
8 years ago

4 Detainees Transferred From Guantanamo on the Last Full Day of Obama's Presidency

They're the final transfers of the Obama administration.
8 years ago
An Army captain walks outside unoccupied detainee cells inside Camp 6 at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Feb. 6, 2016.