Timeline of the release and transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainees
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In late 2008, the Department of Defense published a list of the Guantanamo captives who died in custody, were freed, or were repatriated to the custody of another country.[1] The list was drafted on October 8, 2008, and was published on November 26, 2008. Subsequently almost two hundred more captives have been released or transferred, and several more have died in custody.
Consolidated list of October 2008
[edit]Changes since October 2008
[edit]Countries that have accepted non-citizen detainees
[edit]These are countries that have accepted the transfer of former Guantanamo detainees who are not their own citizens.
| Nation | First transfer | Notes |
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| Albania | 2006-05-05 |
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| Algeria | 2006-11-17 | Algeria has accepted many ex-Guantanamo prisoners |
| Belize | 2023-02-02 |
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| Bermuda | 2009-06-11 |
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| Bulgaria | 2010-05-03 |
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| Cape Verde | 2010-07-19 |
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| El Salvador | 2012-04-19 |
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| Estonia | 2015-01-14 |
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| France | 2009-05-15 |
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| Georgia | 2010-03-23 |
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| Germany | 2006-08-24 |
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| Ghana | 2016-01-06 |
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| Hungary | 2009-11-30 |
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| Ireland | 2009-09-27 |
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| Italy | 2009-11-30 |
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| Kazakhstan | 2014-12-30 |
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| Latvia | 2010-07-22 |
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| Montenegro | 2016-01-20 |
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| Oman | 2014-01-14 |
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| Pakistan | 2022-10-09 |
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| Palau | 2009-10-31 |
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| Portugal | 2009-08-28 |
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| Qatar | 2008-07-26 |
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| Saudi Arabia | 2007-07-15 |
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| Senegal | 2016-04-04 |
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| Serbia | 2016-07-11 |
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| Slovakia | 2010-01-24 |
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| Spain | 2005-07-18 |
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| Switzerland | 2010-01-26 |
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| United Arab Emirates | 2015-11-13 |
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| United Kingdom | 2007-03-30 |
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| Uruguay | 2014-12-07 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b OARDEC (2008-10-09). "Consolidated chronological listing of GTMO detainees released, transferred or deceased" (PDF). Department of Defense. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-12-27. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
- ^ a b "Measurements of Heights and Weights of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (ordered and consolidated version)" (PDF). Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas, from DoD data. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-13.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Inprocess date missing
- ^ Following his repatriation Al Ajmi became a suicide bomber in April 2008.
- ^ No inprocess date was recorded, but his weight was recorded in 2004.
- ^ a b c Transferred to Albanian custody, in an Albanian refugee camp.
- ^ a b GREGORY G. KATSAS (2008-10-31). "Guantanamo Bay Detainee Litigation: Doc 910 -- NOTICE OF TRANSFER OF PETITIONER AND WITHDRAWAL OF REQUEST FOR DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION AS PROTECTED INFORMATION" (PDF). United States Department of Justice. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
- ^ a b c d e f g h His date of arrival in Guantanamo was not published.
- ^ Carol Rosenberg (2008-11-04). "Pentagon transfers 3 from Guantánamo prison camps". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 2008-11-05. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
- ^ a b Carol Rosenberg (2008-11-11). "Guantánamo down to 250 detainees; future uncertain". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 2008-11-12. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
- ^ Carol Rosenberg (2009-01-17). "Six more detainees freed from Guantánamo". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 2009-01-19. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
- ^ a b c d Andy Worthington (2009-06-11). "Who Are the Four Guantanamo Uighurs Sent to Bermuda?". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
- ^ a b c d "Four Uyghur Detainees Released". Radio Free Asia. 2009-06-11. Archived from the original on 2009-06-14. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
- ^ a b c d "Breaking News: Premier's statement on Guantanamo Bay". The Royal Gazette. 2009-06-11. Archived from the original on 2009-06-16. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
- ^ a b c d Devlin Barrett (2009-06-11). "4 Chinese Muslims released from Guantanamo". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2019-12-20.
- ^ Mohamed Jawad faced charges before a Guantanamo military commission when his habeas determined he should be released due to the evidence against him being unreliable due to his torture.
- ^ His father remains in Guantanamo.
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Carol Rosenberg (2009-10-09). "Guantánamo detainees sent to Kuwait, Belgium". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 2012-09-16.
'The new facility will provide detainees with access to education, medical care, group discussions and physical exercise to help them recover from their long ordeal in Guantánamo,' said a statement issued by a Kuwaiti support group that announced Mutairi's repatriation.
- ^ Fouad Mahmoud al Rabiah was repatriated while he still faced charges before a Guantanamo military commission.
- ^ Carol Rosenberg (2009-09-17). "Judge: Free Kuwaiti engineer at Guantánamo". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 2009-09-20.
- ^ a b c d e f "Six Guantanamo Uighurs arrive in Palau: US". Agence France Presse. 2009-10-31. Archived from the original on 2012-05-24.
- ^ a b c d e f "6 Muslim Uighur Detainees From Guantanamo Arrive In Palau". Pacific News Center. 2009-11-01. Archived from the original on 2009-11-01. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
- ^ a b c d e f "United States Transfers Six Uighur Detainees from Guantanamo Bay to Palau". United States Department of Justice. 2009-10-31. Archived from the original on 2009-11-30.
- ^ a b c d e f David Johnston (2009-10-31). "Uighurs Leave Guantánamo for Palau". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2011-05-12.
- ^ a b c d e f "Guantanamo Uighurs sent to Palau". BBC News. 2009-10-31. Archived from the original on 2009-11-04.
- ^ Adel Ben Mabrouk is a former resident of Italy who is expected to be charged and tried on terrorism related charges in Italy.
- ^ a b "Algerian transferred from Guantanamo to France: lawyer". Agence France-Presse. 2009-11-30. Archived from the original on 2009-12-14.
- ^ a b "US transfers Guantanamo inmates". Agence France-Presse. 2009-11-30. Archived from the original on 2013-01-25. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
- ^ a b "Italy: 2 Guantánamo Detainees Arrive for Trial on Terror Charges". New York Times. 2009-11-30. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
- ^ a b Peter Finn; Julie Tate (2009-12-01). "4 from Guantanamo are sent to Europe". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2011-06-01. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
- ^ Riyad Bil Mohammed Tahir Nasseri is a former resident of Italy who is expected to be charged and tried on terrorism related charges in Italy.
- ^ a b Margot Williams (2008-11-03). "Guantanamo Docket: Mahrar Rafat al Quwari". New York Times. Retrieved 2017-05-05.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Carol Rosenberg (2009-12-19). "Guantánamo detention census drops to 198". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 2011-05-22. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
- ^ a b Carol Rosenberg (2010-01-22). "Pentagon frees 2 from Guantánamo to Algeria". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 2024-05-24.
- ^ a b Margot Williams (2008-11-03). "Guantanamo Docket: Rafiq bin Bashir bin Jalud al Hami". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2012-07-20. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
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Andy Worthington (2010-02-04). "Swiss Take Two Guantánamo Uighurs, Save Obama from Having to Do the Right Thing". Archived from the original on 2010-10-13. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
Not mentioned publicly was the fact that, until Jura accepted the men's asylum claims, one of them, Arkin Mahmud, appeared to stuck at Guantánamo, his only way out being to hope that the Supreme Court, which agreed to hear the Uighurs' case last year, would overturn last February's appeals court ruling, and allow cleared prisoners who cannot be repatriated into the United States.
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"Ex-Guantanamo detainees thank Jura". World Radio Switzerland. 2010-10-04. Archived from the original on 2011-09-10. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
They say that six months after their arrival in Switzerland, they are gradually acclimating to their new lives, but that the trauma of their experiences is still present.
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"Uighur brothers in jura six months later". World Radio Switzerland. 2010-10-04. Archived from the original on 2010-12-31. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
Switzerland granted Arkin and Bahtiyar Mahmud asylum on humanitarian grounds. The brothers now live in canton Jura and, a short while ago, met the media for the first time.
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"Uighurs adjusting to new life in Switzerland". SwissInfo. 2010-10-04. Archived from the original on 2013-01-01. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
The two Uighurs arrived in canton Jura on March 23 with one living in the town of Delémont and the other in Courroux. They were admitted to Switzerland on humanitarian grounds.
- ^ Margot Williams (2008-11-03). "Guantanamo Docket: Saleh Bin Hadi Asasi". New York Times. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
- ^ Margot Williams (2008-11-03). "Guantanamo Docket: Abdul Rauf Omar Mohammed Abu al Qusin". New York Times. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
- ^ a b Margot Williams (2008-11-03). "Guantanamo Docket: Assem Matruq Mohammad al Aasmi". New York Times. Retrieved 2017-05-05.
- ^ Margot Williams (2008-11-03). "Guantanamo Docket: Abdul al Ghizzawi". New York Times. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
- ^ a b Margot Williams (2008-11-03). "Guantanamo Docket: Abdul Haddi Bin Hadiddi". New York Times. Retrieved 2012-07-27.
- ^ a b c d Andy Worthington (2010-05-19). "Who is the Syrian Released from Guantanamo to Bulgaria?". The Public Record. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
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Carol Rosenberg (2010-07-13). "US sends Guantánamo captive home to Yemen". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 2010-09-20. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
The Pentagon Tuesday bowed to a federal court order and sent a captive home to Yemen -- the first transfer since the Obama administration halted detainee repatriations to the Arabian Peninsula nation over the botched Christmas Day bombing.
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Hillary Stemple (2010-07-20). "US transfers 2 Guantanamo detainees to Cape Verde, Algeria". The Jurist. Archived from the original on 2010-07-23. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
The US Department of Defense (DOD) [official website] announced [press release] Monday that two more detainees have been released from the Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detention facility. Abd-al-Nisr Mohammed Khantumani was released to Cape Verde, while Abdul Aziz Naji was repatriated to his native Algeria
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Peter Finn (2010-07-20). "Guantanamo detainee Naji sent back to Algeria against his will". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2010-09-27. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
The Obama administration has for the first time sent a detainee at Guantanamo Bay back home against his will. Aziz Abdul Naji, 35, an Algerian who had been held at Guantanamo for more than eight years, had appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to remain at the military detention center in Cuba. He argued that he would be tortured or killed in Algeria, either by the government or by terrorist groups that might try to recruit him.
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Andy Worthington (2010-07-31). "Who Are the Guantánamo Prisoners Released in Cape Verde, Latvia and Spain?". Archived from the original on 2013-04-19. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
Given that, at the start of the year, just two Uzbeks remained at Guantánamo, and that one of these men, Ali Sher Hamidullah, was reportedly the Uzbek rehoused in Switzerland on January 26, it seems likely that the man given a new home in Latvia is Kamalludin Kasimbekov, who was cleared for release in 2006 by a military review board under the Bush administration, but who continued to be held because of well-founded fears that he would be tortured if returned to his homeland.
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Carol Rosenberg (2010-09-16). "Camps census now 174: Germany takes in two Arab captives from Guantánamo". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
The Pentagon reduced its Guantánamo prison camps census to 174 foreign captives on Thursday, announcing that it had sent two Arabs to resettlement in Germany.
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"Two Former Inmates Arrive in Germany". Der Spiegel. 2010-09-16. Archived from the original on 2013-01-06. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
A spokesman for the Hamburg government confirmed that Ahmed Mohammed al-Shurfa, a stateless man of Palestinian descent born in Saudi Arabia, had arrived in the northern German port city.
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"US settles 2 Chinese Uighurs from Guantanamo to El Salvador amid diplomatic struggle". Uyghur Human Rights Project. 2012-04-19. Archived from the original on 2016-10-07. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
Two men from western China who had been held for nearly a decade without charge at the Guantanamo Bay prison amid a diplomatic struggle to find them homes, have been resettled in El Salvador, the U.S. military said Thursday.
- ^ "Guantanamo prisoner who died challenged his confinement, was rebuffed by Supreme Court". Newser. 2012-09-11. Archived from the original on 2024-05-26. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
- ^ "US says a prisoner has died at Guantanamo; investigation pending into cause". Washington Post. 2012-09-10. Archived from the original on 2012-09-11. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
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Andy Worthington (2013-06-01). "EXCLUSIVE: Two Guantánamo Prisoners Released in Mauritania". Retrieved 2013-06-01.
In news that has so far only been available in Arabic, and which I was informed about by a Mauritanian friend on Facebook, I can confirm that two prisoners from Guantánamo have been released, and returned to their home country of Mauritania.
- ^ a b "وصول ولد صلاحي و ولد عبد العزيز لنواكشوط" [Access Ould Salahi and Abdel Aziz in Nouakchott] (in Arabic). 2013-05-31. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
- ^ a b "عاجل: وصول ولد الصلاحي وولد عبد العزيز من غوانتنامو إلى نواكشوط" [URGENT: Born Salahi access and Ould Abdel Aziz, from Guantánamo to Nouakchott] (in Arabic). 2013-05-31. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
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"Guantanamo'daki 2 Moritanyalı Serbest Bırakıldı: Guantanamo'da 10 yıldır tutuklu bulunan 2 Moritanya vatandaşı, ülkelerine gönderildi" [2 Mauritanian citizen detained in Guantanamo for 10 years, was sent to the countries.] (in Turkish). Sondakika. 2013-06-01. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
Baza americana din Guantanamo Bay de peste 10 ani de închisoare și a fost eliberat două țări au fost livrate la cetățenii din Mauritania spus. Conform informațiilor de la rudele de două Moritanyalının lansat, forțele de securitate americane, Makhdoom Ould Ahmed Ould Salahi și Abdulaziz'i, autoritățile Novakșot din Mauritania predat la aeroport. Familiile au spus că se întâlnesc la petreceri.
- ^ Margot Williams (2008-11-03). "Guantanamo Docket: Nabil Hadjarab". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
- ^ Margot Williams (2008-11-03). "Guantanamo Docket: Mutij Sadiz Ahmad Sayab". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
- ^ Margot Williams (2008-11-03). "Guantanamo Docket: Djamel Saiid Ali Ameziane". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2013-01-30. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
- ^ Margot Williams (2008-11-03). "Guantanamo Docket: Bensayah Belkacem". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2013-01-30. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
- ^ Margot Williams (2008-11-03). "Guantanamo Docket: Said Muhammad Husyan Qahtani". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
- ^ Margot Williams (2008-11-03). "Guantanamo Docket: Hamoud Abdullah Hamoud Hassan Al Wady". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
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Hana Abdul Hai (2013-12-15). "Last Two Detained Sudanese in Guantanamo to Arrive in Khartoum Wednesday". Sudan Vision Daily. Archived from the original on 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
Foreign Minister Spokesperson, Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq said in press statements that the Sudanese detainees Mohammed Nour Osman and Ibrahim Osman Ibrahim who are the last Sudanese prisoners in Guantanamo Bay will be transported to Khartoum by an American Military Aircraft.
- ^ a b c Margot Williams. "Guantanamo timeline 2013". New York Times. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
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"U.S. sends three minority Chinese detainees to Slovakia". Reuters. 2013-12-31. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
The United States is sending the three remaining ethnic Uighur Chinese inmates at the Guantanamo Bay detention center to Slovakia, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, in the latest of a flow of transfers aimed at eventually shutting the controversial prison.
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Carol Rosenberg (2014-03-14). "U.S. repatriates once-resistant Guantánamo detainee to Algeria". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 2014-03-14. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
The U.S. sent home to Algeria on Thursday a long-held Guantánamo captive who was cleared for return years ago but for a time sought resettlement elsewhere rather than repatriation to his civil-war stricken homeland.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Margot Williams. "Guantanamo timeline 2014". New York Times. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
- ^ a b c d e Carol Williams (2014-11-20). "5 Guantanamo detainees sent to Europe; largest release in years". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2016-09-04. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
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"Detainee Transfer Announced". Department of Defense. 2014-11-22. Archived from the original on 2014-11-23.
The Department of Defense announced today the transfer of Muhammed Murdi Issa Al-Zahrani from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Andy Worthington (2014-12-08). "Who Are the Six Men Freed from Guantánamo and Given New Homes in Uruguay?". Retrieved 2014-12-08.
Back in March, President José Mujica of Uruguay — a former political prisoner — announced that he had been approached by the Obama administration regarding the resettlement of Guantánamo prisoners and had offered new homes to a number of men, cleared for release from the prison in 2009 by President Obama's high-level Guantánamo Review Task Force, who could not be safely repatriated.
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"Detainee Transfer Announced". United States Department of Defense. 2014-12-07. Archived from the original on 2014-12-07. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
The Department of Defense announced today the transfer of Ahmed Adnan Ahjam, Ali Hussain Shaabaan, Omar Mahmoud Faraj, Abdul Bin Mohammed Abis Ourgy, Mohammed Tahanmatan, and Jihad Diyab from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the Government of Uruguay.
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Helene Cooper (2014-12-20). "Four Afghans Released From Guantánamo Bay". New York Times. p. A27. Retrieved 2014-12-22.
The four men are not likely to be subjected to further detainment in Afghanistan, an Obama administration official said. The transfer brings the number of Afghans still held at the American military prison in Cuba to eight of the 132 detainees over all.
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Andy Worthington (2015-01-05). "Who Are the Five Guantánamo Prisoners Given New Homes in Kazakhstan?". Retrieved 2015-01-05.
As the New York Times described it, "Officials declined to disclose the security assurances reached between the United States and Kazakhstan," but a senior Obama administration official stated that the five "are 'free men' for all intents and purposes after the transfer."
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"Five Guantanamo Yemeni inmates sent to Oman and Estonia". BBC News. 2015-01-14. Archived from the original on 2015-01-15.
The five men - in their 30s and 40s - were cleared for release since at least 2009, but US officials ruled out their return to Yemen, where the government is battling al-Qaeda rebels.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Margot Williams. "Guantanamo timeline 2015". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2015-01-15.
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"IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Release No: NR-235-15, June 13, 2015, Detainee Transfer Announced". United States Department of Defense. 2015-06-13. Archived from the original on 2015-06-13.
The United States is grateful to the Government of Oman for its humanitarian gesture and willingness to support ongoing U.S. efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. The United States coordinated with the Government of Oman to ensure these transfers took place consistent with appropriate security and humane treatment measures.
- ^ Charlie Savage (2015-10-30). "Shaker Aamer Is Released From Guantánamo Prison After 13 Years". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
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Carol Rosenberg (2015-11-16). "U.S. sends 5 Guantánamo detainees to the United Arab Emirates". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 2015-11-16.
With Congress pushing stricter restrictions on prisoner transfers, the Pentagon this weekend released five Yemenis from the prison camps at Guantánamo to resettle in the United Arab Emirates, one of the Arab states of the Persian Gulf. None of the captives had ever been charged with a crime.
- ^ a b c Spencer Ackerman (2016-01-07). "US releases two Guantánamo detainees nearly six years after transfer approval". The Guardian (UK). Archived from the original on 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
- ^ Margot Williams (18 May 2021). "Guantanamo timeline 2016". New York Times.
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Carol Rosenberg (2016-01-11). "Saudi who protested Guantánamo groin searches goes home". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 2016-01-12.
Mohammed Shimrani, 40, became the fourth captive transferred in six days as the Pentagon edges towards releasing 17 prisoners this month. Two were sent to resettlement in Ghana and a third was repatriated to Kuwait.
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Charlie Savage (2016-01-14). "Guantánamo Population Drops to 93 after 10 Prisoners Go to Oman". New York Times. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
Oman, which shares a border with Yemen, also took in 10 lower-level detainees in 2015. Its acceptance of 20 men over the past 13 months has significantly aided the Obama administration's goal of repatriating or resettling all the men who have been recommended for transfer, most of whom have been languishing with that status since at least 2009 when a six-agency task force unanimously approved letting them go.
- ^ a b Margot Williams (2008-11-03). "Guantanamo Docket: Abdul Aziz Abdullah Ali Al Suadi". New York Times. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
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Charlie Savage (2016-04-04). "2 Libyan Guantánamo Inmates Are Transferred to Senegal". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2016-04-04. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
The United States military has transferred two Libyan detainees to Senegal from its wartime prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, government officials said on Monday, the first time Senegal has resettled a Guantánamo prisoner.
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"US sends nine Yemeni Guantanamo inmates to Saudi Arabia". Al Jazeera. 2016-04-16. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
The United States has transferred nine Yemeni men to Saudi Arabia from the US military prison at Guantanamo, including an inmate who had been on a hunger strike since 2007, US officials said.
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Steve Almasy, Tom Kludt (2016-04-16). "Nine Guantanamo detainees transferred to Saudi Arabia". CNN. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
It also comes ahead of Obama's planned trip to Saudi Arabia next week.
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"US transfers nine Yemeni inmates from Guantanamo to Saudi Arabia as closure programme accelerated". The Telegraph. 2016-04-16. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
Saturday's release marks the largest transfer since 10 Yemenis were sent to Oman in January. It is the first time Saudi Arabia has taken any former Guantanamo inmates.
- ^ While other sites state he was sent to Saudi Arabia, the New York Times reports his host country is unknown.
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Margot Williams (2008-11-03). "Guantanamo Docket: Tarek Ali Abdullah Ahmed Baada". New York Times. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
He was transferred to an undetermined country on April 16, 2016.
- ^ a b "Montenegro receives another person within humanitarian programme of re-socialisation of prisoners from Guantanamo". Government of Montenegro. 2016-06-22. Archived from the original on 2016-06-23.
- ^ a b Carol Rosenberg (2016-06-22). "Another Yemeni 'forever prisoner' at Guantánamo is cleared for release". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
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Carol Rosenberg (2016-07-10). "Guantánamo downsizes again — Yemeni goes to Italy for resettlement". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 2016-07-11. Retrieved 2016-07-10.
U.S. troops delivered a long-cleared Yemeni detainee to Italy over the weekend, the Pentagon disclosed Sunday, in a downsizing of the detention to 78 or fewer captives.
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"Guantanamo Bay: US transfers two detainees to Serbia, Pentagon says". Australian Broadcasting Network. 2016-07-11. Retrieved 2016-07-11.
US defence, homeland security and other officials determined late last year that continued imprisonment of al-Dayfi "does not remain necessary to protect against a continuing significant threat to the security of the United States".
- ^ a b c Margot Williams (2008-11-03). "Guantanamo Docket: Abdul Rahman Ahmed". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2012-07-13. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
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Camila Domonoske (2016-08-16). "15 Guantanamo Bay Detainees Transferred To United Arab Emirates". National Public Radio.
Two of the Afghan prisoners — Mohammed Kamin and Obaidallah, who only has one name — had been briefly charged in a military commission, The Miami Herald reports. The war crimes prosecutor dropped those charges.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Benjamin Wittes (2016-08-16). "A Big Guantanamo Transfer: Progress Towards the Site's Obsolescence". Lawfare.
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"'Guantanamo Diary' author released to Mauritania". Reuters. 2016-10-17. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
His departure reduced to 60 the number of prisoners held at the facility set up to hold terrorism suspects after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Nineteen of them have been cleared for release.
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Charlie Savage (2016-12-04). "Guantánamo Detainee Is Sent to Cape Verde in First Transfer Since Trump Victory". New York Times. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
Mr. Balzuhair is the second detainee that Cape Verde has resettled. In 2010, it took in a low-level detainee from Syria.
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Charlie Savage (2017-01-05). "4 Yemeni Detainees at Guantánamo Are Transferred to Saudi Arabia". New York Times. Washington DC. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
The Pentagon announced on Thursday that it had transferred four Yemeni detainees from the wartime prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to Saudi Arabia, beginning an expected flurry of transfers in the waning days of the Obama administration.
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"Vermont lawyer says client out of Guantanamo Bay prison". Washington Times. St. Johnbury, Vermont. 2017-01-17. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
Attorney David Sleigh said his client Abdul Zahir was transferred on Tuesday.
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Greg Myre (2017-01-16). "10 Guantanamo Prisoners Freed In Oman; 45 Detainees Remain". National Public Radio. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
The freed prisoners were not identified by name or nationality, though the Oman News Agency, citing the country's Foreign Ministry, reported that the 10 had arrived in the country on Monday for "temporary residence."
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