Guantanamo Bay detention camp

Detainees wearing orange jumpsuits crouch down within a barbed wire protected area.

5 things to know about Guantanamo Bay on its 115th birthday

Global Politics

The infamous naval base at Guantanamo Bay is quietly commemorating its 115th anniversary in the shadows of alleged torture that was “contrary” to American values, according to former President Barack Obama.

a boat made by a Guantanamo Bay detainee

The art made by Guantánamo Bay detainees

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Commander Stephen Gabavics

The Guantanamo release wasn’t a surprise. The timing was, however.

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Former Guantánamo Bay prisoner Abu Wa’el Dhiab in Buenos Aires on Feb. 13, 2015. He is one of six former inmates the US released to Uruguay in December 2014.

The truth about the former Gitmo prisoner ‘missing’ from Uruguay

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Lawyer Dennis Edney answers questions during a news conference after his client Omar Khadr was released on bail in Edmonton, Alberta, May 7, 2015.

Former Gitmo prisoner Omar Khadr freed on bail in Canada

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Supporters of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture attended a rally outside the White House in 2009.

CIA interrogators didn’t just break detainees’ bodies — they also attacked their souls

Belief

The record says that American interrogators frequently used the faith of Muslim detainees to abuse them. Now some Christian believers are speaking out about it.

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

Global 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

Justice

Moazzam Begg, a former prisoner at Guantanamo Bay prison, says he offered to help negotiate the release of British hostage Alan Henning. Instead, the British Foreign Office ignored him for months.

Marines take a smoke break at Camp America, Guantanamo Bay.

These photos capture Guantanamo’s double life as a tropical prison and an all-American oasis in Cuba

Arts

Images of Cuba are usually beautiful: bright pastel colors, warm tropical weather and the bright blue hue of the ocean. But prisoners at Guantanamo can’t see any of that, even though it’s right outside. Photographer Debi Cornwall went to the prison to capture those contradictions on film.

Carol Rosenberg

Nine things we’ve learned from Carol Rosenberg’s 13 years covering Guantanamo

Conflict & Justice

Even before the first detainee arrived at the US base in Guantanamo, Cuba, Miami Herald reporter Carol Rosenberg was on the story. After 13 years on the job, Rosenberg reflects on how the detention center came to be, snapshots of life there, and what Guantanmo was like for the five Taliban leaders recently swapped for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.Even before the first detainee arrived at the US base in Guantanamo, Cuba, Miami Herald reporter Carol Rosenberg was on the story. After 13 years on the job, Rosenberg reflects on how the detention center came to be, snapshots of life there, and what Guantanmo was like for the five Taliban leaders recently swapped for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.