Immigrant detainees on hunger strike in Washington state
While advocates for the strikers put their numbers at 1,200, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said in a statement … Continue reading → The post Immigrant detainees on hunger strike in...
View ArticleNorthwest Detention Center detainees continue hunger strike over deportations
The Northwest Detention Center locked down areas holding violent offenders as a precaution amid a hunger strike by detainees protesting … Continue reading → The post Northwest Detention Center...
View ArticleUruaguay open to taking some Guantanamo detainees
Uruguay’s president indicated Thursday he’s open to taking some former terror suspects still held at Guantanamo, but the U.S. ambassador … Continue reading → The post Uruaguay open to taking some...
View ArticleU.N. worried about health of hunger-striking Palestinian detainees
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced concerns on Friday about the worsening health of Palestinian hunger strikers in Israeli detention and … Continue reading → The post U.N. worried about health...
View ArticleKerry: ‘Baloney’ that releasing Taliban detainees too risky to US troops
Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday the Taliban detainees released in a prison swap for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl … Continue reading → The post Kerry: ‘Baloney’ that releasing Taliban detainees too...
View ArticleUS announces release of 5 Gitmo detainees
The Department of Defense announced Wednesday the transfers of five Guantanamo Bay detainees after more than a dozen years of … Continue reading → The post US announces release of 5 Gitmo detainees...
View ArticleUS not sending Gitmo detainees to Yemen
In another challenge to President Barack Obama’s efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, a ban on transferring detainees to … Continue reading → The post US not sending Gitmo detainees to Yemen...
View ArticleSenator: Taliban detainees have spoken with members of Haqqani network, but...
Sen. Lindsey Graham said Thursday that the Taliban detainees released from Guantanamo Bay in exchange for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl have … Continue reading → The post Senator: Taliban detainees have spoken...
View ArticleQatar extends travel bans on ex-Gitmo detainees traded for Bergdahl as talks...
Qatar has agreed to temporarily extend travel bans on five senior Taliban leaders released last year from the prison at … Continue reading → The post Qatar extends travel bans on ex-Gitmo detainees...
View ArticleObama transfers six more Gitmo detainees, including alleged bin Laden bodyguards
Six detainees at the Guantanamo Bay detention center, including two alleged Osama bin Laden bodyguards, have been transferred to Oman, … Continue reading → The post Obama transfers six more Gitmo...
View ArticleSenate report ‘proves Lithuania hosted CIA jail’: detainee’s lawyers
A U.S. Senate report on CIA interrogations proves beyond doubt that Lithuania knowingly hosted one of the agency's secret detention … Continue reading → The post Senate report ‘proves Lithuania hosted...
View ArticlePentagon transfers 5 Gitmo detainees to United Arab Emirates
The Department of Defense announced late Sunday that five detainees at the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba have been … Continue reading → The post Pentagon transfers 5 Gitmo detainees to...
View ArticleWH: No release date on Pentagon report on US prisons for Guantanamo detainees
The White House has no imminent release date for the expected Pentagon report on where to relocate Guantanamo Bay detainees … Continue reading → The post WH: No release date on Pentagon report on US...
View ArticlePentagon proposing big release of Gitmo detainees
The Obama administration may be moving toward one of the biggest transfers of Guantanamo Bay prisoners in years, as part … Continue reading → The post Pentagon proposing big release of Gitmo detainees...
View ArticleFirst of 17 detainees to be released from Gitmo next week
The first of 17 detainees scheduled to be released from the Guantanamo Bay prison in January will be transferred next … Continue reading → The post First of 17 detainees to be released from Gitmo next...
View ArticleU.S. ‘stuck to its guns’ on Iran prisoner swap: freed detainee’s brother
(Reuters) – Iranian authorities "continued to manipulate" Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian until the moment he was released with four … Continue reading → The post U.S. ‘stuck to its guns’ on...
View ArticleU.S. sends Yemeni Guantanamo inmate to Italy, 78 detainees left
By Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Sunday it had transferred a Yemeni inmate from the … Continue reading → The post U.S. sends Yemeni Guantanamo inmate to Italy, 78...
View ArticlePentagon: Nearly half of remaining Guantanamo detainees slated for transfer
Nearly half of the detainees remaining at Guantanamo Bay are slated for transfer, a Pentagon official confirmed to Fox News. … Continue reading → The post Pentagon: Nearly half of remaining Guantanamo...
View ArticleReport offers details about Guantanamo detainees on way out
Following a lengthy tug-of-war with Capitol Hill, the Pentagon has given a senator the first-ever, unclassified report detailing the suspected … Continue reading → The post Report offers details about...
View Article15 Guantanamo detainees sent to UAE in major transfer
Fifteen prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention center were sent to the United Arab Emirates in the single largest release … Continue reading → The post 15 Guantanamo detainees sent to UAE in major...
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