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Former Guantanamo detainee ends hunger strike after resettlement compromise

October 23, 2016 12:33:09 PM

Abu Wa'el Dhiab, a Syrian former Guantanamo Bay detainee, on Saturday ended his 68-day hunger strike. Dhiab was among a number of former detainees who were resettled in Uruguay in an effort to close down the detention center...

October 8, 2016 12:58:30 PM

Uruguay's Foreign Minister, Rodolfo Nin Novoa, on Friday urged a former Guantanamo prisoner, Jihad Diyab, to call off his hunger strike, stating that Uruguay is attempting to transfer him to another country. Diyab is a Syrian national who was held...

September 8, 2016 10:11:09 AM

A former Guantanamo detainee who was resettled in Uruguay was hospitalized and released on Tuesday after his engagement in a hunger strike left him weak. Following his release from the hospital, Abu Wa'el Dhiab resumed his hunger strike [AP...

January 22, 2016 10:59:04 AM

Two of three Guantanamo Bay detainees scheduled for release boarded a plane for transfer on Wednesday while the third detainee turned down the opportunity. Though the two released detainees were natives of Egypt and Yemen, they were resettled in...

October 30, 2015 02:52:55 PM

The US Department of Defense (DOD) on Friday announced that the last remaining British inmate, Shaker Aamer, has been released and returned to the UK after extensive review by the Guantanamo Review Task...

October 28, 2015 07:23:21 AM

A federal judge who had previously ordered the US to release a series of force-feeding videotapes from Guantanamo Bay on Tuesday denied a request by the government to reconsider the order. US District Judge Gladys...

October 5, 2015 07:37:48 AM

The last remaining British Guantanamo detainee is on a hunger strike, the Daily Mail reported Saturday. Shaker Aamer told the Daily Mail via his lawyer that he is still subject to physical abuse despite reports that he will...

September 15, 2015 07:17:16 AM

The US government, on order from federal judge Gladys Kessler , has released eight redacted videos showing forced feedings at Guantanamo Bay prison. The videos, released to the US District Court for the District of Columbia ...

August 16, 2015 11:11:36 PM

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday submitted a sealed document in opposition to the habeas corpus petition of Tariq Ba Odah, despite a 2009 government security review that cleared Ba Odah for...

July 1, 2015 09:35:27 AM

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday appointed Lee Wolowsky the new envoy to lead the Obama administration's efforts to close the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay . Wolowsky is...

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President Lincoln offered amnesty to Confederates

On December 8, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation offering amnesty to all citizens of the Confederacy who swore an oath to uphold the US Constitution. Because of confusion over who was to administer the oath, Lincoln issued another proclamation on March 26, 1864, empowering "any commissioned officer, civil, military, or naval in the service of the United States", as well as those persons in the territories which were "not in insurrection who were by the laws therefore qualified for administering oaths." Both Proclamations specified that military prisoners and others held for crimes against the United States were ineligible for amnesty, although Confederate deserters could volunteer to take the oath.

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On December 8, 2004, the leaders of all 12 countries in South America signed the Cusco Declaration, creating the Union of South American Nations. The organization is intended to evolve into a union similar to the European Union with a Presidency, Parliament, Central Bank and eventual single currency.