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First military flight lands in Guantanamo Bay with migrants deported from US

February 05, 2025 11:03 am

President Donald Trump has eyed the facility as a holding center and said it has the capacity to hold as many as 30,000.

Guantanamo Prison, Guantanamo, security measures, security, 9/11 attacks

US revokes plea deals with three 9/11 suspects

August 03, 2024 9:13 am

A US official said they almost certainly involved guilty pleas in exchange for taking the death penalty off the table.

Russia is a longtime ally of Venezuela and Cuba, and its warships and aircraft have periodically made forays into the Caribbean. (AP)

US submarine pulls into Guantanamo Bay a day after Russian warships arrive in Cuba

June 14, 2024 12:38 pm

The stop is part of a “routine port visit” as the submarine travels through Southern Command's region, it said in a social media post.

Tougher security measures are causing upset at Guantanamo prison

April 03, 2024 5:50 pm

Through their lawyers, some of the 30 prisoners at Guantánamo Bay have complained that the military police officers who guard them recently resumed more stringent practices that had been abandoned over the years.

Suspected '9/11 hijacker' released from Guantanamo to Saudi Arabia

September 11, 2022 12:39 pm

With his release, there are now 38 prisoners left at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre.

20 years later, the story behind the Guantánamo photo that won’t go away

January 11, 2022 10:26 am

Newspapers and magazines routinely republish the image in articles about the prison, the base and the United States’ war on terrorism. Protesters don orange and reenact it. Islamic State fighters usurped it and put hostages in bright orange clothing, then executed them.

Guantánamo Bay: Beyond the prison

November 27, 2021 1:02 pm

With 6,000 residents and the feel of a college campus, Naval Station Guantanamo Bay has some of the trappings of small-town America, and some of a police state.

US military jury condemns terrorist’s torture, urges clemency

November 01, 2021 1:04 pm

Majid Khan became the first former prisoner of the CIA’s so-called black sites to publicly describe in detail the violence and cruelty that US agents used to extract information and to discipline suspected terrorists in the prison program that was set up after 9/11.

Biden administration transfers its first detainee from Guantánamo Bay

July 20, 2021 10:52 am

The transfer of the man, Abdul Latif Nasser, 56, was the first sign of a renewed effort under President Joe Biden to winnow the population of prisoners by sending them to other countries.