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The Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a detainment and interrogation facility of the United States military located within Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. The facility was established in January 2002 by the George W. Bush administration to hold detainees it had determined to be connected with opponents in the "war on terror" after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in the US.
- Mohamedou Ould Slahi claims that Canadian authorities provided false information concerning the period when he was a resident in Montreal, which led to his arrest
- Slahi, whose story was told in the hit film The Mauritanian, is seeking US$28 million for the damages he suffered
The Algerian was repatriated with assurances from the government that he would be treated humanely there; Biden administration is reducing those held at Guantanamo in an effort to close the facility.
The Indonesian accused of masterminding the 2002 Bali bombings has been held in Guantanamo Bay for the past 15 years. He remains one of a handful of high-value detainees at the US military prison still considered a high-risk threat to the US.
The 9/11 attacks prompted a US invasion of Afghanistan and the toppling of its Taliban rulers.
The three men – an Indonesian and two Malaysians – appeared in a secure courthouse encircled by razor wire in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba amid defence complaints about biased and unskilled interpreters.
Indonesian prisoner Encep Nurjaman, known as Hambali, and two Malaysians started their arraignment at a hearing at the US base in Cuba
Encep Nurjaman or Riduan Isamuddin, better known by his nom de guerre Hambali, has been held at Guantanamo Bay since 2006, alongside Malaysians Mohammed Nazir bin Lep and Mohammed Farik bin Amin.
Abdullatif Nasser, was cleared for repatriation by a review board in 2016 but remained at Guantanamo under President Trump
Aides involved in internal discussions are considering an executive action to be signed by the US president in the coming weeks or months.
‘We’re pausing the plan to move forward, as we review force protection protocols,’ Pentagon chief spokesman John Kirby said in a tweet.
The bombings of tourist nightclubs in Bali killed 202, while the attack on the JW Marriott hotel in Jakarta a year later left 12 dead.
Media in all wars engage in massive deception of the public, glorifying war and encouraging citizens to give up their lives for reasons conjured up by lying, immoral politicians and the corporate entities who stand to benefit
The five will be the first to go on trial in the military commissions established to handle the ‘war on terror’ detainees.
Second such case after an EU court ruled last year that Lithuania was involved in a covert US government detainment and interrogation programme.
At least one of the inmates has vanished in a terrorist-held part of Syria
Majid Khan, who became a government informant, used a made-up word coined by Donald Trump to describe his convoluted court proceedings.
Confessed al-Qaeda member Ahmed al-Darbi has been sent to Saudi Arabia, where he may remain for the rest of his 13-year sentence
Man accused of helping plot the attacks is said to be on hunger strike to protest against his treatment
