Jan 8, 2025 · WASHINGTON (AP) — After 23 years, the fate of the last remaining Guantanamo detainees swept up worldwide after al-Qaida’s shattering Sept. 11, 2001, attacks is reaching a pivotal moment this month.

Jun 26, 2023 · The first U.N. independent investigator to visit the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay said Monday, June 26, 2023, that the 30 men held there are subject “to ongoing cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment under international law.”

As of January 6, 2025, 15 detainees remain at Guantanamo Bay. [1] Convicted in 2008 of conspiring with al-Qaeda, soliciting murder and providing material support for terrorism, and sentenced to life imprisonment. However, all convictions except for conspiracy were overturned in 2013. Conspiracy conviction was upheld in 2016.

Feb 4, 2025 · The first migrants to be detained at Guantanamo Bay were set to arrive at the U.S. Navy base in Cuba on a flight Tuesday, according to Pentagon officials.. The 10 migrants were flown to the island ...

Jan 10, 2025 · Washington, DC – The detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, turns 23 on Saturday. For Mansoor Adayfi, a former inmate at the prison, the anniversary marks 23 years of “injustice,...

Jan 11, 2024 · It was 22 years ago this week that the U.S. opened a military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to hold suspected terrorists after the 9/11 attacks. That prison remains open today. It still holds...

Dec 31, 2024 · There are now 26 prisoners in the facility, the statement said. At its peak, about 800 were incarcerated at the site in the eastern tip of Cuba. The detention facility, run by the U.S. Navy,...

Jan 6, 2025 · In a major development, the Pentagon on Monday announced the transfer 11 Yemeni detainees at Guantanamo Bay to Oman, a move that now leaves only 15 detainees still at the detention facility.

Dec 18, 2024 · The men had been held by the U.S. since 2003 and imprisoned at Guantánamo Bay since 2006, for their ties to al Qaeda and an Indonesian extremist group called Jemaah Islamiyah.

3 days ago · Carol Rosenberg reports on the wartime prison and court at Guantánamo Bay. She has been covering the topic since the first detainees were brought to the U.S. base in 2002. More about Carol Rosenberg