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U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay has a unique posture in the Western Hemisphere in that it is the oldest U.S. base outside the continental United States, and the only one in a country that does not enjoy an open political relationship with the United States.Located in the Oriente Province on the southeast corner of Cuba, the base is about 400 air miles from Miami, Fla.In February 1903, the United States leased 45 square miles of land and water at Guantanamo Bay for use as a coaling (fueling) station. The treaty was finalized and the document was ratified by both governments and signed in Havana in December of that same year.The most recent addition to the base is the Southern Command Joint Task Force Guantanamo. Following the attacks on New York and Washington on September 11, 2001, Joint Task Force Guantanamo was tasked to stand up the War on Terrorism detainee mission... [ USN ]
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Gates claimed some Guantanamo detainees posed release threat
May 8, 2012
On May 8, 2010, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates claimed that a number of the detainees housed at the Guantanamo Bay detention facilities would pose a new threat to the US if they were returned to their home countries. Though Gates advocated closing the facility at Guantanamo earlier in his tenure....... [more]
9/11 suspects arraigned at military tribunal
May 6, 2012
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four of his alleged co-conspirators were arraigned on Saturday at a military tribunal in Guantanamo Bay for their involvement in the 9/11 attacks. The hearing was prolonged by numerous interruptions from the defendants. The defendants face charges of conspiracy, murder i....... [more]
ACLU seeks access to 9/11 trial testimony
May 3, 2012
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Wednesday filed a motion in the Guantanamo Bay military court seeking access to hear what methods the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) used when interrogating the five alleged 9/11 conspirators. The ACLU acknowledged that the US government will likely as....... [more]
IACHR Guantanamo Case a Hallmark for Human Rights
April 27, 2012
JURIST Guest Columnist J. Wells Dixon, Senior Staff Attorney for the Center for Constitutional Rights, and attorney for Guantanamo detainee Djamel Ameziane, says that the IACHR's acceptance of his case is instrumental in promoting US responsibility for the well-being of detainees at Guantanamo Bay....... [more]
Attorney General Holder denied 'selective' interrogation memo release
April 23, 2012
On April 23, 2010, US Attorney General Eric Holder testified before the House Appropriations subcommittee that he was willing to release as much information as possible about interrogation techniques used on Guantanamo Bay detainees and defended the decision from accusations of political gamesmanshi....... [more]
Uighur Guantanamo detainees released to El Salvador
April 20, 2012
The Pentagon announced on Thursday that two Uighur detainees were released from the US detention center at Guantanamo Bay to be transferred to El Salvador, where they have chosen to resettle. They are being released pursuant to a 2008 order by the US District Court for the District of Columbia. An e....... [more]
Accused USS Cole bomber relegated to military court
April 20, 2012
On April 20, 2011, the US Department of Defense (DOD) announced that high-value Guantanamo Bay detainee Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri will be subject to capital charges and tried in a military court. Nashiri was charged under the Military Commission Act of 2009 for plotting the bombing of the USS Cole in....... [more]
Khadr requests transfer to Canada
April 19, 2012
Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee and convict Omar Khadr on Wednesday sent an application to the Canadian government requesting a transfer to his home state from the US military detention facility. In 2010 Khadr pleaded guilty to five charges in a military tribunal, including killing a US soldier in....... [more]
Chief Guantanamo judge sets trial date for 9/11 accused
April 11, 2012
The chief US military judge at Guantanamo Bay assigned himself on Monday to preside over the tribunals of five alleged plotters of the 9/11 terror attacks. Army Col. James Pohl scheduled the hearing for May 5, only a few days after the one-year anniversary of the death of Osama Bin Laden. The fiv....... [more]
DOD refers charges against 9/11 suspects to military commission
April 4, 2012
The US Department of Defense (DOD) referred charges to a military commission on Wednesday against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other alleged 9/11 conspirators being held at Guantanamo Bay. Mohammed, along with Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin 'Attash, Ramzi Binalshibh, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali and Mustafa A....... [more]
Human rights court agrees to hear Guantanamo detainee case
March 31, 2012
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on Friday agreed to hear the case of Guantanamo detainee and Algerian national Djamel Ameziane. The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), co-counsel for Ameziane, states that Ameziane ha....... [more]
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