Where is guantanamo bay

Today 39 remain. Established during the presidency of George W Bush, the offshore jail was meant to hold suspected al-Qaeda members, captured during the invasion of Afghanistan in To date, of the detainees, have been released without charge, many after being detained for more than a decade without legal means to challenge their detentions.

Located on the eastern tip of Cuba, the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base is sq km 45 sq miles and has been under US control since the end of the 19th century. The base is a hotly debated issue between the US and Cuba.

According to the US military, all remaining detainees are in camps five and six. Since January 11, , at least detainees from 48 countries have been held in Guantanamo Bay. Only 16 were ever charged with criminal offences, according to Human Rights Watch. Tenant Commands. Installation Guide. Operations and Management. But analysts say he is not going to copy Obama's move, knowing it could be politically disastrous. Instead, with the Covid threat having eased with vaccinations, the military commissions resumed hearings in May and Biden has sought to quietly release those not facing trial.

The content you requested does not exist or is not available anymore. ON TV. On social media. Who are we? Fight the Fake. In , Cuba leased this bay on its southeastern end to the US to be used as a naval coaling station. In , it became a US enclave after a perpetual lease was signed. What is not guarded by the sea is guarded by steep hills on the Cuban side.

Today, even if someone managed to evade the motion and sound sensors on the US side, he would run into mines on the Cuban side. Not to forget the Cactus Curtain, the 13 kilometer-long 8 mi paddle-cactus fence planted by Cuba. Gitmo was divided into four prison camps for different types of captives. Camp Iguana, which once held juveniles as young as 12, also housed three Chinese prisoners.

Most of the detainees in Gitmo were held in Camps five and six. Camps seven and 15 house high-value detainees. Many detainees are unaware that they are so close to the coast. They were flown in blindfolded, and are taken out only for medical care or to meet with their lawyers.

Before they exit and enter the camp, they were subjected to a humiliating search. At Camp six, Nazakat saw three prisoners — two were seated and quiet, and the third, a man in his 50s with a long beard, was wandering around and chanting loudly. The poem, which appeared under the pen name Al-Rubaish, was withdrawn later. With the departure of US troops from Afghanistan, civil rights groups have been urging Biden to fulfill his pledge to close the prison.