US military relocated 11 Yemeni detainees from Guantanamo Bay

GUANTANAMO BAY: The United States (US) military has relocated eleven Yemeni detainees from the infamous Guantanamo Bay detention facility to Oman.

The transfer occurred as the Pentagon reported that only  15 people remain incarcerated at the site, with lowest figure since its establishment in 2002.

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Guantanamo Bay has been a focal point of controversy and criticism, with the US government facing ongoing scrutiny regarding the treatment of detainees and the legality of the facility itself.

The release of the eleven Yemeni prisoners from Guantanamo Bay to Oman is part of broader efforts to decrease the population of those held at the detention centre.

Information regarding the detainees gathered from different sources, such as the US Department of Defense (DoD) has attempted to redact detainee names from official records.

In 2006, the DoD published a list of 558 detainees, and in 2014, the Obama administration releaed facilitated the exchange of five prisoners for Sargent Bowe Bergdahl.

As of Tuesday, the Pentagon started that only 15 detainees remain at the infamous prison.

The detention camp has become emblematic of the US response to the September 11 (better known as 9/11) attacks, with the US government defending the detention of people without formal charges or trails as a ‘necessary’ measure for ‘national security’.

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However, the detention centre has been widely condemned by human rights advocates, legal experts and the global community for human rights violations, inhumane torture and treatment, and the absence of legal avenues for the detainees.