June 3, 2013: The government of Yemen issued a statement welcoming Barack Obama’s recent call to allow the release of Yemeni citizens who are detained at Guantánamo despite being cleared for release. The majority of the inmates currently being held at the detention facility have been unanimously cleared for transfer out of Guantánamo by a…

May 29, 2013: Navi Pillay, Chief of Human Rights at the United Nations, lambasted U.S. detention practices at Guantánamo, declaring that the site “has become an ideal recruitment tool for terrorists.” May 28, 2006: The Department of Defense acknowledged that 75 detainees were participating in a prolonged hunger strike. The protest began amid bleak prospects that…

May 23, 2012: In a major speech on counterterrorism policy, Barack Obama echoed his call to close the detention center at Guantánamo. While he announced an end to the order banning the transfer of detainees to Yemen, he also acknowledged that a solution does not yet exist for the detainees that “have participated in dangerous…

May 16, 2013:  One hundred inmates out of the 166 at Guantánamo are protesting their detention by refusing food, according to a U.S. military statement on Wednesday. It also reported that 30 inmates are regularly force fed. May 13, 1993: Haitian refugees detained at Guantánamo because they tested H.I.V. positive began their second prolonged hunger strike.…

May 7, 2013: In the midst of growing concern over the detention facilities established under the War on Terror, media outlets report the high financial costs of incarcerating a single inmate per year at Guantánamo. While it costs an average of $25,000 to incarcerate a person in a federal prison, it costs $904,000 to incarcerate…

April 28th, 2013: For the second time during his presidency, Barack Obama declares he will attempt to “close Guantánamo.” “The notion that we’re going to keep 100 individuals in no man’s land in perpetuity makes no sense,” he said. He later added: “All of us should reflect on why exactly are we doing this? Why are…

April 27th, 2013: The U.S. military has acknowledged that the number of inmates protesting their detention by refusing food has grown to 100. The development comes amid increasing concerns over the military’s methods of forced feeding. April 27th, 2002: The newly constructed 410-bed facility known as Camp Delta opens to replace Camp X-Ray. Inmates begin to…

April 17, 2013: After a guard force raided an inmate communal area in Camp 6 this past Saturday, the military released a statement saying the response was necessary for the safety of the detainees. U.S. officials claimed that since the beginning of the hunger strike on February 6, there have been two suicide attempts and inmates’…

April 9, 2013:  U.S. government officials have begun contacting the attorneys of inmates at Guantánamo that are being restrained and force-fed with a rubber tube inserted through their nostril. U.S. officials are scurrying to quell the growing hunger strike by restricting media access, inmate’s access to water, and by force-feeding detainees to ensure the strike…

April 4, 2013: As hunger strikes continue to spread throughout the detainee population, foreign governments and international human rights organizations are attempting to send envoys to Guantánamo to ensure prisoners are being treated humanely. Some reports claim as many as 130 out the 166 detainees at Guantánamo are participating in the hunger strike. April 4,…