The Obama administration continues its push to close the Guantanamo Bay facility, despite running into several hurdles in closing the prison, including the suspension of detainee transfers to Yemen and a new law barring the transfer of Guantanamo detainees [JURIST reports] to the US for trial. Earlier this month, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) [advocacy website] used the death of a Guantanamo detainee to highlight what it claims are problems with the detention system [JURIST report] currently used by the US for dealing with suspected terrorists. In January, Human Rights Watch criticized Obama [JURIST report] for failing to shut down the facility as he promised during the 2008 presidential campaign. In an effort to reduce the population at the facility, the US has been transferring detainees to other countries. There are currently 178 detainees awaiting transfer from Guantanamo.