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US carries out first Guantanamo prisoner transfer under Trump

The United States announced on Wednesday the first transfer of a prisoner from the Guantanamo Bay detention centre since Donald Trump was elected, lowering the prisoner population at a facility the president has signalled he would like to repopulate. The US military said Ahmed Muhammed Haza al-Darbi's transfer to Saudi Arabia brought the prisoner population down by one to 40 detainees. The last time a prisoner left the facility in […]

today3 May 2018

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UN expert says torture continues at Guantanamo Bay

An independent UN human rights investigator said on Wednesday that he had information about an inmate being tortured at the US Guantanamo Bay detention facility, despite Washington banning "enhanced interrogation techniques" almost 10 years ago. The US Department of Defence denied the allegation, saying there was no credible evidence to support it. Nils Melzer, the UN special rapporteur on torture, said he had information that Ammar al-Baluchi - accused of […]

today14 December 2017

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US plans to transfer 19 Guantanamo detainees before Obama leaves office

The White House on Tuesday pledged to move ahead with the transfer of 19 detainees out of the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, rejecting President-elect Donald Trump's demand for a freeze. With President Barack Obama set to leave office on 20 January, White House spokesman Josh Earnest put Trump on notice that more inmates would be moved. "I would expect, at this point, additional transfers," he said. There are 59 […]

today4 January 2017

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