Guantánamo

Indonesian prisoner seen for first time since 2003 CIA capture

The U.S. government says Encep Nurjamin — who’s better known as Hambali — was a leader of the Southeast Asia-based extremist group Jemaah Islamiyah. It is blamed for the 2002 bombings that killed 202 people in Bali. Hambali has been held for 13 years — first by the CIA and now by the U.S. military. He appeared for the first time Thursday at a hearing considering whether he might be allowed to leave the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

Parole panel declares Libyan too dangerous to leave Guantánamo

Ismael Ali Faraj Ali Bakush, 48, got to the detention center in Cuba in August 2002. He becomes the 18th uncharged captive at the prison to be declared a ‘forever prisoner’ by the interagency Periodic Review Board.

Afghan family excited their son released from Guantánamo

Reaction from an Afghan family about the release to the United Arab Emirates of the former detainee Obaidullah.

Guantánamo population plummets with transfer of 15 to UAE

The Defense Department has released 15 Guantánamo detainees to the United Arab Emirates. The prison camp population may dip into the 40s by summer’s end.

Guantánamo Periodic Review Guide

This Miami Herald guide, current as of Aug. 19, 2016, breaks down the status of the the last 61 Guantánamo detainees, starting with those who have been entitled to Periodic Review Board hearings. President Barack Obama ordered the hearings in 2011. Further down this chart we show prisoners who are gone, both with and without board review.

Who’s still held at Guantánamo

A list of the 61 detainees at Guantánamo

By the Numbers

Miami Herald Factbox | The captives, costs, court, and more

Guantánamo shows media cement block bunkhouse

This video shows a dormitory-style section of Camp Echo at Guantanamo, where the Pentagon prison says it has housed cleared-for-release captives for several days before the Air Force delivers them to repatriation or resettlement in other countries.

Trump: Americans could be tried in Guantánamo

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump addressed the Guantánamo Bay detention center, climate change and the Zika virus in a wide-ranging interview with the Miami Herald.

Parole board clears Guantánamo captive who wants to open a pizza parlor in Algiers

Sufiyan Barhoumi became the 35th of the remaining 76 detainees at Guantánamo now approved for release. Fourteen other captives await board hearings or decisions.

Report offers details about Guantánamo detainees on way out

Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., says 93 percent of the detainees still at Guantánamo as of late last year were high risk for re-engagement in terrorism.

War court grapples with Sept. 11 case communication control order

Guantánamo prosecutors want judge to rule that even unclassified material from defendants can be prevented from being disseminated — even a letter to President Obama. Defense attorneys call it a gag order for them and their clients.

After 13 years in Guantánamo, it takes longer to free Yemeni man’s soul

For a former Guantánamo captive, there’s nothing simple or easy about restarting your life in a new country.

Guantánamo parole board clears 34th detainee

The Guantánamo parole board announced Thursday that it downgraded the dangerousness of a Yemeni once thought to have plotted post- 9/11 attacks in Pakistan, meaning that more than half of the prison’s uncharged captives are now approved for release.

Half of Guantánamo’s uncharged captives are OK’d to go

Now, 33 of the last 76 captives at the U.S. Navy base in Cuba can go. With just 10 captives charged with war crimes, that means half of those long-held, uncharged detainees are approved for release.

Parole board says Saudi who went to U.S. flight school too dangerous to release from Guantánamo

A review board has decided that a Saudi prisoner who attended flight school in the U.S. and was trained to make explosives by al-Qaida should continue to be held without charge.

Guantánamo sailors eager for ‘liberty’ in Cuba

People on the U.S. Navy base bunkered behind a Marine fenceline and across from a Cuban minefield are eager to know when the gate to Cuba proper will open, the base commander says. Relations are good, but a Status of Forces Agreement is far from assured.

9/11 families at Guantánamo: Enough about the torture

Family members of 9/11 victims observed pretrial hearings this week at the war court and some said they don’t understand why side issues — including claims of torture by the defendants — are delaying the trial.

Parole board declines to release ‘20th hijacker’ from Guantánamo

The board reviewing the status of Guantánamo Bay prisoners has decided against releasing a Saudi captive who was allegedly chosen to be a hijacker in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack.

Missing ex-Guantánamo detainee reappears in Venezuela

A former Guantánamo prisoner who disappeared last month in Uruguay, setting off alarm bells in neighboring countries and recriminations in Washington, has reappeared in Venezuela.

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Guantánamo shows media cement block bunkhouse

Aug 15, 2016

This video shows a dormitory-style section of Camp Echo at Guantanamo, where the Pentagon prison says it has housed cleared-for-release captives for several days before the Air Force delivers them to repatriation or resettlement in other countries.

José A. Iglesias Miami Herald

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