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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 ]

Federal appeals court denies Guantanamo detainee al Odah's habeas petition
July 8, 2010

[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] released a partially redacted opinion [text, PDF] Wednesday denying habeas corpus relief to Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee Fawzi Khalid Abdullah Fahad Al Odah [JURIST news archive]. In its opinion....... [more]

Guantanamo detainee pleads guilty before military tribunal
July 8, 2010

[JURIST] A Sudanese terrorism suspect held at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] pleaded guilty [press release] on Wednesday before a military judge to charges of conspiracy and providing material support for terrorism. Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] admitted th....... [more]

Germany agrees to accept 2 Guantanamo detainees
July 7, 2010

[JURIST] German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere [official website, in German] announced Wednesday that Germany would accept two detainees from the Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detention facility. The announcement came after months of negotiations with the Obama administration, which ori....... [more]

Canada court orders government to remedy Khadr rights breach
July 6, 2010

[JURIST] The Federal Court of Canada [official website] on Monday ordered the Canadian government [judgment, PDF] to provide Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr [DOD Materials; JURIST news archive] with a list of remedies to ameliorate its breach of his constitutional rights. The court held that Khad....... [more]

DC Circuit rules detainees denied habeas must be 'part of' terrorist group
July 4, 2010

[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] released a redacted opinion [opinion, PDF] Thursday holding that evidence against Algerian Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee Belkacem Bensaya must be reviewed to determine if he was "part of" al Qaed....... [more]

Federal judge rules former Guantanamo detainee fit to stand trial
July 2, 2010

[JURIST] A federal judge on Thursday ruled that former Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Ghailani [GlobalSecurity profile; JURIST news archive] is not suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and is therefore fit to stand trial. The issue of Ghailani's psychological state arose after he req....... [more]

Guantanamo detainee to be repatriated to Yemen after judge orders release
June 27, 2010

[JURIST] A federal judge on Saturday ordered the release [opinion, PDF] of Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Odaini, who will now be transferred to his homeland of Yemen [JURIST news archives], despite the Obama administration's ban on repatriation to the Arab nation. In January, the administration s....... [more]

Saudi Arabia official reports 25 recidivism cases among ex-Guantanamo inmates
June 20, 2010

[JURIST] A senior Saudi official said Saturday that 25 former Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainees have rejoined Islamic extremist groups after going through a rehabilitation program in Saudi Arabia aimed at decreasing religious radicalism within the country. Abdulrahman al-Hadlaq, a top S....... [more]

Federal judge orders ex-Guantanamo detainee subject to strip searches
June 18, 2010

[JURIST] A ruling was released Thursday by Judge Lewis Kaplan of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) [official website] denying a request from former Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Ghailani [GlobalSecurity profile; JURIST news archive] to be exempt from prison strip sea....... [more]

DC Circuit denies Guantanamo detainee habeas petition
June 8, 2010

[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] on Wednesday denied [opinion, PDF] a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee Adham Mohammed Ali Awad, allowing for continued incarceration of the Yemeni nation....... [more]

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