Of the 780 people ever detained at Guantánamo, 540 were released during the presidency of George W. Bush, who established the detention facility. Obama, who signed an executive order on his second day ...

Just 15 men remain at the prison, down from hundreds when it opened 23 years ago. But the costly operation could go on for years. By Carol Rosenberg Carol Rosenberg has been covering the prison at ...

With 15 inmates remaining, advocates urge Biden to release more Gitmo detainees before he leaves office on January 20.

The Iraqi prisoner had sued the Biden administration, saying he would be at risk for abuse at a prison in his homeland.

At its peak, Guantanamo held almost 800 Muslim men, who had been captured by the U.S. or its partners in the Middle East, Central Asia and elsewhere, and flown shackled and blindfolded or hooded to ...

President Joe Biden is set to leave office Monday as the third president to try — and fail — to close the U.S. military ...

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan The time has come to shutter the prison at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, where men are held far offshore the mainland U.S. in an extrajudicial hell.

Thursday's ruling came on the evening before the hearing, and as the Biden administration is racing to shrink Guantánamo's prison population before leaving office. Alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid ...

People in orange jumpsuits protest against Guantanamo military prison outside of the US Capitol in Washington, DC on April 5, 2023 [File: Reuters/Elizabeth Frantz] I was held in Guantanamo ...

After some initial momentum and a few successes, Biden leaves office like his predecessors, with the prison at Guantánamo Bay ...

The Pentagon said Monday it had repatriated to Tunisia one of the remaining detainees at the Guantánamo Bay military prison. Ridah Bin Saleh al-Yazidi was sent there the day it opened ...

If Republicans are serious about cutting unnecessary spending, they can start by closing the Guantanamo Bay prison — which ...