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A federal judge in New Mexico granted a temporary restraining order Sunday to block the US government from transferring three detained Venezuelan migrants to Guantánamo Bay. The three men, currently being held in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility, filed the restraining order earlier that day. Their request claims the risk of a [...]

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The US Department of Defense (DOD) announced the arrival of 10 migrants at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility on Wednesday, after they took off the day before on the first US military plane headed there for the new mission. The DOD’s statement said: “These 10 high-threat individuals are currently being housed in vacant detention facilities.” [...]

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Thousands of Los Angeles protestors shut down portions of a major LA freeway Sunday to oppose President Donald J. Trump’s immigration executive orders. Protestors shut down major parts of the freeway at about 9 AM, which the police called a “non-permitted demonstration.” According to the LAPD, the protestors exited the freeway shortly before 4 PM. As [...]

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US President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order Wednesday directing the secretary of Defense and secretary of Homeland Security to expand the Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay to full capacity. Trump ordered the expansion of the center to “provide additional detention space for high-priority criminal aliens unlawfully present in the United [...]

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The US Department of Defense (DOD) announced on Monday the transfer of 11 Yemeni detainees from Guantanamo Bay prison to Oman, marking a significant step in reducing the population of the detention facility. The DOD stated that the Periodic Review Board (PRB) “determined by consensus” that the detention of the Yemeni prisoners under the law [...]

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The Pentagon announced Monday that the US has repatriated Guantánamo detainee Ridah Bin Saleh al-Yazidi to Tunisia after more than two decades in detention. Al-Yazidi, identified as ISN 038, was transferred to Tunisia after Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin informed Congress on January 31, 2024, 11 months prior, about the agreement reached for his repatriation. [...]

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The US Department of Defense (DOD) announced on Wednesday the transfer of Mohammed Farik bin Amin and Mohammed Nazir bin Lep from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. According to DOD detainee profiles, bin Amin and bin Lep arrived in Guantanamo Bay in September 2006. The US accused both individuals of planning attacks in California and [...]

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The US Defense Department (DoD) announced on Saturday that it will appeal a military judge’s decision affirming the validity of plea deals for Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, the alleged mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks, and two of his co-defendants. This ruling, issued on Wednesday, effectively overturns Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s prior directive to discard the plea [...]

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