The Pentagon transferred 11 Yemeni men to Oman after holding them for over two decades at Guantanamo Bay without charges. This release brings the total number of detainees at Guantanamo to 15, the lowest since 2002. The men were among those held at the base since the Sept. 11 attacks, with some enduring years of detention and torture in CIA custody before being transferred to Guantanamo.
The Pentagon said Monday it had transferred 11 Yemen i men to Oman this week after holding them for more than two decades without charge at the U.S. naval base inin its final weeks to clear Guantanamo of the last remaining detainees there who were never charged with a crime.
The men in the latest transfer included Shaqawi al Hajj, who had undergone repeated hunger strikes and hospitalizations at Guantanamo to protest his 21 years in prison, preceded by two years of detention and torture in CIA custody, according to the U.S.-based Center for Constitutional Rights. The Biden administration and administrations before it said they were working on lining up suitable countries willing to take those never-charged detainees. Many of those stuck at Guantanamo were from Yemen, a country split by war, with its capital held by the Iranian-allied Houthi militant group.
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