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Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp
Military detentionMaximummaleClosed 2002Under capacity (17%)ModerateHigh
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US military detention facility on a 45-square-mile US naval base in southeastern Cuba. Holds detainees from the post-9/11 'War on Terror'.
Background
Camp Delta is a permanent American detainment camp at Guantanamo Bay that replaced the temporary facilities of Camp X-Ray. Its first facilities were built between 27 February and mid-April 2002 by Navy Seabees, Marine Engineers, and workers from Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg, Brown and Root. It is composed of detention camps 1 through 6, Camp Platinum, Camp Iguana, the Guantanamo psychiatric ward, Camp Echo and Camp No. The prisoners, referred to as detainees, have uncertain rights due to their location not on American soil. There are allegations of torture and abuse of prisoners (§ Prisoner torture).
Operated several camps over time (X-Ray, Delta, Echo, Iguana). Currently operates Camp 7 (high-value detainees) and Camp 5/6 (general population). UN Special Rapporteur has repeatedly called for closure.
Visiting
No family visits permitted. Periodic ICRC monitoring access. Legal visits via approved counsel arrangements.
Mailing
Detainee correspondence routed via the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC); no direct postal address.
Practical info
Counsel access governed by 'protective order' approved by the Military Commissions.
Known issues
UN Special Rapporteur on Counter-Terrorism (Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, 2023) documented ongoing cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.
There are multiple individuals named Abdul Ghaffar.
Maulvi Abdul Ghaffar (1969 â September 25, 2004) was an Afghan who was held by the United States in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.
Mohammed Ahmad Ghulam Rabbani is a citizen of Pakistan who was extrajudicially detained by the United States military at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba from 2004 to 2023.
Lakhdar Boumediene (Arabic: Ùخضر بÙ٠دÙÙ; born April 27, 1966) is an Algerian-born citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina who was held in military custody in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba beginning in January 2002.
Boumediene was the lead plaintiff in Boumediene v.
Hamood Ullah Khan is a citizen of Pakistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.
His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 145.
He was repatriated on September 17, 2004.
Ravil Mingazov1967
Mohammed Ahmad Ghulam Rabbani1970
Lakhdar Boumediene1966