The United States has asked Germany to accept some Guantanamo prisoners when the facility is closed, the Interior Ministry said Sunday, confirming German media reports. An Interior Ministry spokesman, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with the ministry’s policy, confirmed a report in Der Spiegel magazine that the U.S. has provided a list of…
Some of the hundreds of people who were held by the US authorities at Guantánamo Bay detention camp in Cuba were British-based. Seven of them are starting a legal challenge to prevent the destruction of any alleged evidence of government collusion in their detention. The BBC has been speaking to several of those who were…
According to Attorney General Eric Holder, some of the Guantanamo Bay prisoners could be released into the United States, while others could be put on trial in the American court system. Holder, who was chosen by president Barack Obama to lead the administration’s efforts to close the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba…
European countries that have offered to help the Obama administration close the detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba by resettling 60 o the 241 detainees in Europe detainees have begun raising questions about the security risks and requirements if they accept any of the prisoners. The concerns, and a deep suspicion of whether the American…
The Bush administration is holding preliminary discussions with the British government to potentially ship additional inmates to the U.K. from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba, according to a senior U.S. official. The discussions come as European countries, particularly Portugal and Germany, are displaying a greater willingness to assist Washington in addressing the status…
