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 …
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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 …
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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. …
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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, …
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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 …
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“[…]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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