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Guantánamo Bay prisoner released after being held for years without charge

December 31, 2024 10:55 am

This move is part of President Biden’s efforts to reduce the Guantánamo detainee population, which dropped from 40 prisoners at the start of his term to 26 following Yazidi’s departure.

US shuts once-secret Guantanamo prison unit, moves prisoners

April 05, 2021 10:25 am

Camp 7 opened in December 2006 for prisoners previously held in a network of clandestine CIA detention facilities, often referred to as “black sites,” where they were subjected to brutal interrogation techniques.

US sends Guantanamo prisoners to Georgia, Slovakia

November 21, 2014 3:44 am

Five prisoners have been released from Guantanamo Bay as part of a renewed effort to close the detention center.

Taliban video shows handover of US soldier Bowe Bergdahl

June 04, 2014 4:17 pm

Since his release, the 28-year-old from Hailey, Idaho, was reported to be in stable condition at a military hospital in Germany.

Osama bodyguard to be freed from Gitmo

January 11, 2014 4:14 am

Bin Laden was killed in a covert US raid in May, 2011, in Pakistan’s garrison city Abbottabad.

Some of Guantanamo's hardest cases to get new look

August 19, 2013 11:27 am

For the most part,they have been accused of being al-Qaida and Taliban fighters,couriers and recruiters.

Guantanamo gears up for 1st trial under Obama

August 09, 2010 8:44 am

Pentagon is holding military commission sessions this week for two detainees: a and an aide to Osama bin Laden.

Pentagon chief says 'tough' to meet Gitmo deadline

September 28, 2009 2:15 pm

US Defense Secy acknowledged that it would be difficult to meet Obama administration's Jan 22 deadline for closing Guantanamo detention camp.

US Embassy plans spur rumours,concern in Pak

September 08, 2009 4:25 pm

America's plans for a major expansion of its diplomatic presence in Pakistan,including the possible takeover of a bombed luxury hotel near the Taliban heartland,have heightened tensions.