Latest News on Guantanamo Bay

Supreme Court to hear Uighur case
Washington - The US Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it will hear the appeal of 13 Chinese Muslims seeking their release from the Guantanamo Bay prison camp. Also known as Uighurs, they have been held at Guantanamo for years even though the Penta...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ US (World) ]

Potential swine flu vaccines for Guantanano detainees
Washington - Guantanamo Bay detainees could receive swine flu vaccines but are low on the priority list, well behind soldiers deployed overseas and civilian personnel, the Pentagon said Wednesday. The possibility that detainees, including the alleged...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ Health ]

Sliding Guantanamo deadline reflects its complexities - Feature
Washington - With its own deadline for closing Guantanamo less than four months away, the Obama administration is downplaying the significance of beating the clock to shutter the infamous prison facility. United States officials have acknowledged rec...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ US (World) ]

EXTRA: British commander: No better option yet than Guantanamo
Geneva - A better solution to dealing with prisoners currently held at the US detention center at Guantanamo Bay on Cuba has yet to be found, making closing it a difficult task, a former senior British commander said Friday. Guantanamo Bay is far fr...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ US (World) ]

Report: Norway has no plans to accept Guantanamo inmates
Oslo - Norway has no plans to accept any inmates held at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp in Cuba, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store said in an interview published Monday. At present it is not on the cards, Store told the Oslo daily Verdens Gang, not...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

South Pacific provides homes for six Chinese Muslims
Sydney - Six Chinese Muslims detained at Guantanamo Bay since their capture by United States forces in Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2001 arrived Sunday in the tiny Pacific nation of Palau for resettlement, according to news reports. Australia was amon...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ Australasia (World) ]

Spain to take maximum of three Guantanamo inmates
Madrid - Spain will take a maximum of three inmates from the US prison facility in Guantanamo, Cuba, government sources said Thursday. Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero was due to inform US President Barack Obama about the number and identi...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

US transfers two Guantanamo detainees to Belgium, Kuwait
Washington - The United States has transferred two detainees who had been held at the Guantanamo Bay prison to the governments of Belgium and Kuwait, the US Justice Department said Friday. They were turned over to the two countries as part of Preside...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ US (World) ]

Zapatero, Obama discuss closing Guantanamo
Washington - Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero assured US President Barack Obama that Spain is willing to take some detainees held at Guantanamo Bay in a sign of friendlier ties between the two countries. Meeting with Obama at the W...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ US (World) ]

US House allows transfer of Guantanamo prisoners for trials
Washington - The US House of Representatives voted on Thursday to allow the transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainees to US soil but only to face trial. The House voted 307-114 in favour of the measure included in the bill for the Homeland Security Depart...

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