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Guantanamo Bay detention camp

People are seen in front of the Hospital Militar (Military Hospital), where six ex-inmates from Guantanamo Bay are being housed in Montevideo, on December 8, 2014.

Six men leave the ‘black hole’ of Guantanamo for new lives in Uruguay

December 8, 2014Global Politics

After 12 years in the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, six former inmates are now residents of Uruguay. The country’s president, José Mujica, hasn’t just allowed them in, either — he’s rolling out a red carpet for them.

Freed Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg stands outside the Home Office with his father, Azmat, after delivering a petition in London on March 14, 2005.

Former Guantanamo detainee says the UK rejected his offer to help save an ISIS hostage

November 19, 2014Justice

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