President Barack Obama released a 17-minute statement on Tuesday and an official document outlining his plan for closing Guantanamo Bay prison. One of the President’s first foreign policy goals after taking office in January 2009 was to end the detentions at the facility on Cuban soil. Republicans in Congress have …
Read More »Military Leaders Black Out Information on Guantanamo Bay Hunger Strike
Statistics on hunger strikes and forced feeds through nasal-gastric tubes have long been a useful tool in measuring unrest at Guantanamo Bay detainment facility. At one point in 2013, the military disclosed that over 100 prisoners were on hunger strike and, at the height of their protest, 46 had been force-fed …
Read More »After 13 Years At Guantanamo, Man Cleared by Parole Board In Case of Mistaken Identity
Via Miami Herald: “The Guantánamo parole board on Thursday approved the release of a Yemeni “forever prisoner,” dismissing U.S. intelligence that imprisoned the man for 13 years at the Navy base in Cuba as “discredited.” The so-called Periodic Review Board heard the case of Mustafa al Shamiri, 37, on Dec. …
Read More »Defense Secretary Ash Carter writing plan to relocate remaining Gitmo detainees to U.S.
After about 10% of the remaining Guantanamo Bay detainees were moved to Oman last week, bringing the number down to 93, the U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter is planning for where to take the rest if they are unable to be relocated. He is planning his proposal to Barack Obama, …
Read More »White House Chief of Staff says Obama WILL Close Guantanamo Bay
104 detainees remain with one year to go in Obama’s presidency. On Sunday White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough revealed in an interview that Obama is preparing a plan to submit to Congress to close down the U.S. detainment facility in Guantanamo Bay for good, a promise he made in his …
Read More »Guantanamo Bay: An ex-prisoner released to the UK reports the most unbearable of his torture was the threat by his interrogators that they would rape his five-year-old daughter
“[…]That was completely inhumane. It was worse than the beating as well, worse than everything, just thinking of my daughter and I just sat there silent completely,” he said.
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