UK Guantanamo Network

29/05/2025

Every month we enjoin in the fight to close Guantanamo Bay prison. ✊⚖️ Thank you to everyone who was involved in the vigil! We will continue to raise our voices for justice.🗣️

21/02/2025

Trump hides migrant detention away at Gitmo

As Freedom of the Press Foundation Senior Advocacy Adviser Caitlin Vogus wrote in The Daily Beast, the government’s detentions at Gitmo are happening largely out of sight of the American people — seemingly by design

Detaining migrants at Guantánamo Bay helps the government shut out journalists and control the public narrative.

21/02/2025

Trump said Guantanamo would hold 'high threat' migrants -- but others have ended up there

As more migrants have been sent to Guantanamo, immigrant advocacy groups and some relatives of those detained claim the administration has provided no evidence that those detained are "high-threat" -- and that people are being sent to the military base without access to legal counsel or the ability to communicate with relatives

The Trump administration said that Guantanamo would house the most violent undocumented migrants -- but relatives of some detainees say they don't have criminal records.

21/02/2025

More than 170 migrants now detained at Guantanamo Bay

As of Tuesday, there were more than 120 of what the administration calls "criminal aliens" under guard at the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, according to a U.S. defense official

US officials tell VOA that 13 flights have brought more than 120 'high-threat' migrants and about 50 nonviolent migrants to the naval station in Cuba, where they await deportation

21/02/2025

Family of Venezuelan migrant demands release from Guantanamo Bay amid Trump-era crackdown

According to the family, Andrade was detained in November, prior to Trump's presidency, and transferred to Guantanamo Bay this month without notice. They claim they have been unable to contact him since his transfer

The family of Venezuelan migrant Jose Medina Andrade is calling for his release from Guantanamo Bay, where he was reportedly sent as part of President Donald Tr

21/02/2025

‘A human rights disaster’: immigrants sent into Guantánamo black hole despite no proof of crime

Homeland security chief Kristi Noem claims the US is shipping ‘criminal alien murderers’ to the Cuba naval base – but the immigrants’ true stories remain enigmatic

Homeland security chief Kristi Noem claims the US is shipping ‘criminal alien murderers’ to the Cuba naval base – but the immigrants’ true stories remain enigmatic

21/02/2025

U.S. Claims Immigrants Held at Guantanamo Are “Worst of the Worst.” Their Families Say They’re Being Unfairly Targeted

ProPublica and The Texas Tribune have identified nearly a dozen immigrants who have been flown to Guantanamo Bay. Government officials have refused to release the names of detainees or provide details about the crimes that landed them in detention.

ProPublica and The Texas Tribune have identified nearly a dozen immigrants who have been flown to Guantanamo Bay. Government officials have refused to release the names of detainees or provide details about the crimes that landed them in detention.

21/02/2025

Revealed: US firm running Guantánamo migrant jail accused over rights abuses

Corporate conglomerate Akima subject of critical audits and complaints over detainee treatment at facilities in US

Corporate conglomerate Akima subject of critical audits and complaints over detainee treatment at facilities in US