2009
USA
President Obama verifies that Guantánamo Bay will be closing
President Obama verifies that Guantánamo Bay will be closing
5th January, 2009: Barack Obama announced that the Yemen-linked plot to bomb an airliner over Detroit will not prevent the closure of the prison at Guantánamo Bay. The U.S. has suspended the repatriation of any Yemeni prisoners being held there. Nearly half of those remaining at Guantánamo Bay are from Yemen. Obama had originally set a deadline of January 22, 2009 to close the camp, but obviously this did not happen. On January 7, 2011, President Obama signed the 2011 Defense Authorisation Bill which contains provisions preventing the transfer of Guantanamo prisoners to the mainland or to other foreign countries, and thus effectively stops the closure of the detention facility. However he strongly objected to the clauses and stated that he would work with Congress to oppose the measures. Hmmmm we shall wait and see…
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