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US appeals court throws out plea deal for alleged mastermind of 11 September terror attacks

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, a close confidant of Osama bin Laden and widely regarded as the architect of the 9/11 attacks, was captured on 1 March, 2003 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, and transferred to the infamous Guantanamo Bay detention facility.

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Bill Kristol Is Alarmed That a President Would Ship Accused Foreign Enemies to an Overseas Prison

The hawkish defender of Guantanamo Bay and the post-9/11 security state worries President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown is threatening civil liberties.

Reason

ICE is now hunting for clergy members willing to work in Guantánamo Bay

Exclusive: The chaplain will earn between $28 and $32 an hour and will minister to ‘major Christian denominations,’ as well as ‘Islam, Hinduism, Rastafarian, Judaism, etc,’ according to an ICE solicitation reviewed by The Independent

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No Sealing of Opinion Related to Guantanamo Detainee (Now Released to Oman)

From Abdullah v. Trump, decided in March by Judge Emmet Sullivan (D.D.C.), and reaffirmed Sunday (with a comment that "in… The post No Sealing of Opinion Related to Guantanamo Detainee (Now Released to Oman) appeared first on Reason.com.

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U.S. Now Holding Detainees From 26 Different Countries At Guantanamo Base: Report

The Trump administration is now holding detainees from 26 different countries at its base in Guantanamo, Cuba, according to a new report

Latin Times

U.S. To Now Detain African, Asian, European and Caribbean Nationals At Guantanamo Center

The Trump administration is now holding detainees from Africa, Asia, Europe and the Caribbean in Guantanamo Bay

Latin Times

‘Not happening’: White House forced to deny Trump’s massive Guantanamo migrant transfer plan after backlash

Plans change quickly around here.

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Trump Plans to Send Thousands of Migrants to Guantanamo to 'Free Up' Space at Detention Facilities: Report

The Trump administration is moving forward with plans to house undocumented migrants at the U.S. military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay.

Latin Times

Trump preparing to send thousands of immigrants including Europeans to Guantanamo military prison: reports

Foreign nationals from the UK, Ireland, France and Germany could be transferred to notorious naval base

The Independent UK

Trump to send thousands to Guantanamo, because apparently detention centers weren’t nightmarish enough

"Who do you think they’re coming after they get the Hispanics."

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Housing migrants at Guantanamo Bay costs $100,000 per day per inmate, senator says

The astonishing figure may mean that President Donald Trump’s use of the naval base in Cuba costs almost 1,000 times more than housing people in U.S. immigration facilities

The Independent UK

Trump Admin Spent $21 Million on Flights to Guantanamo Bay: 'Every American Should Be Outraged'

The Pentagon revealed in new figures provided to Congress that it spent at least $21 million in transporting migrants to Guantanamo Bay since January.

Latin Times

Trump team spent a whopping $21 million on deportation flights to Guantanamo Bay. There are currently 32 people there

The Trump administration suspended the use of military aircraft for deporting migrants to Guantanamo Bay on March 1.

The Independent UK

U.S. Forces Are Taking Down Tents In Guantanamo As Trump's Plan To Hold Thousands Of Migrants Fades

U.S. forces have begun taking down tents set up as part of Donald Trump's plan to hold tens of thousands of migrants. Fewer than 500 people have been taken to the Cuban enclave

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Guantanamo Bay Guards Forced Trans Woman to Expose Herself to Male Detainees, Migrant Claims

A Brazilian transgender asylum seeker says she was held at Guantanamo Bay with little privacy, food or contact to family, an ordeal she described as "dehumanizing."

Al Jazeera

US judge limits Trump’s push to rapidly deport migrants in Guantanamo Bay

Judge says administration must give migrants opportunity to express concerns about safety of deportation destinations.

The Guardian - UK

Titus Andronicus review – Simon Russell Beale is sublime amid epic horrors

Echoes of Gaza and Guantanamo ripple through the violence of Shakespeare’s paradoxically poetic play, immaculately staged by the RSC

The Independent UK

Lawsuit says migrants endure isolation and intimidation at US' Guantanamo detention center

Civil rights advocates have renewed concerns that immigrants detained at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base on Cuba are being held in extreme isolation, cut off from meaningful access to legal counsel or candid communication with relatives

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Trump Admin Rules Allow Deportation Of Migrants With No Criminal Record To Guantanamo: Report

The Trump administration initially promised to take "the worst" criminals to Guantanamo Bay, but a memo shows broad discretion to decide who to send there

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Photo: Migrants Sent to Guantanamo

Donald Trump isn't the first president to send detained migrants to the U.S. detention center in Cuba.

The Independent UK

After a stint in Guantanamo Bay, a Venezuelan deported from the US adjusts to his homeland

Jhoan Bastidas is just starting to make sense of it all

The Independent UK

Judge rules against advocates trying to help migrants sent to Guantanamo and to stop more transfers

A federal judge has ruled against immigration and civil rights advocates attempting to help migrants who had been sent to the Guantanamo Bay military base and trying to prevent further transfers

Latin Times

Trump Admin Already Planning To Draw Down Personnel in Guantanamo As Initiative To Hold Thousands of Migrants Fizzles Out

Trump promised to use a facility at Guantanamo Bay that could hold up to 30,000 people. But as the administration faces legal and financial hurdles, those plans seem to be collapsing.

Latin Times

Trump Admin Returns All Migrants Detained In Guantanamo Back To U.S. As Logistical And Economic Challenges Mount

The Trump administration has flown all remaining migrants held at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Station back to the United States, a Defense Department official confirmed

Latin Times

Trump Said Guantanamo Bay Facility Could Hold 30,000 Migrants, But Right Now It's Fit For Less Than 1% Of That

Trump announced plans to open a detention center at Guantanamo Bay to house up to 30,000 migrants. So far it can hold 225

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