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US releases names of 'indefinite detainees' held at Guantanamo

The Obama administration released details on 48 people held at Guantanamo but considered impossible to try (not enough evidence) but too dangerous to free.

Guantanamo shuts down Internet service after Anonymous threat

Protesters who support the prisoners' hunger strike gathered outside the prison as well as the White House.

5 things you didn't know about Guantanamo Bay

As the ongoing hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay draws attention to the lives of those held at the prison, GlobalPost takes a look at the lesser-known facts of "Gitmo."

Over a third of Guantanamo detainees on hunger strike, Pentagon says

Guantanamo Bay's Lieutenant Colonel Samuel House said in a statement that of the detainees refusing food, over a dozen are on "enteral feedings," or being force-fed via tubes.

Guantanamo prison hunger strike grows

Military spokesman Capt. Robert Durand said 10 of the 28 were being force-fed.

As Obama winds down Afghan war, what’s next for Gitmo?

WASHINGTON — Shaker Aamer has spent more than a decade imprisoned without charges in Guantanamo Bay. But America's war in Afghanistan is ending, shifting the fight against Al Qaeda beyond the traditional battlefield. That raises new questions about a gamut of Washington’s controversial actions committed in the war’s name — from drone bombings to locking up terror suspects, like Aamer, indefinitely at Guantanamo.

Guantanamo Taliban inmates agree to be transferred to Qatar

Five senior members of the Taliban government have agreed to be tranferred from Guantanamo Bay to Qatar as a part of a peace plan between the Afghan government and insurgents.

Guantanamo detainee reaches plea deal with prosecutors

US prosecutors have reached a plea deal with a former Maryland resident held at Guantanamo.

Somali is indicted in NYC on terrorism charges after secret detention by U.S. on Navy ship

The U.S. Congress hasn't allowed detainees to be moved from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the U.S. for trial.

Osama bin Laden's Asian disciples

BANGKOK — Guantanamo's only Asian prisoners and their failed plot are core to the CIA’s defense of an infamous interrogation technique: water boarding.
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