1 day ago ... President Barack Obama signed an executive order on January 22, 2009, to close the detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay within a year. Eight years later, the prison for terrorism suspects remains open, with 41 detainees as of January 2017. read more
The Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a United States military prison located within Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, also referred to as Guantánamo or GTMO (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ t m oʊ /), which is on the coast of Guantánamo Bay in Cuba. read more
Guantánamo Bay detention camp, also called Gitmo, U.S. detention facility on the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, located on the coast of Guantánamo Bay in southeastern Cuba. read more
He was found guilty of terrorism charges by a military panel at Guantanamo that sentenced him to life at the prison. But that conviction was overturned by a civilian court. Mohammed al-Qahtani has been held at the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, since 2002. read more