Guantanamo Bay detention camp

Commander Stephen Gabavics

The Guantanamo release wasn't a surprise. The timing was, however.

Veteran reporter Arun Rath long surmised that a big release of detainees from Guantanamo Bay was in the offing. What he didn't know was that 15 prisoners would be shipped to a third country while he was reporting from the base.

The Guantanamo release wasn't a surprise. The timing was, however.
Former Guantánamo Bay prisoner Abu Wa’el Dhiab in Buenos Aires on Feb. 13, 2015. He is one of six former inmates the US released to Uruguay in December 2014.

The truth about the former Gitmo prisoner 'missing' from Uruguay

The truth about the former Gitmo prisoner 'missing' from Uruguay
People are seen in front of the Hospital Militar (Military Hospital), where six ex-inmates from Guantanamo Bay are being housed in Montevideo, on December 8, 2014.

Six men leave the 'black hole' of Guantanamo for new lives in Uruguay

Six men leave the 'black hole' of Guantanamo for new lives in Uruguay
Freed Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg stands outside the Home Office with his father, Azmat, after delivering a petition in London on March 14, 2005.

Former Guantanamo detainee says the UK rejected his offer to help save an ISIS hostage

Former Guantanamo detainee says the UK rejected his offer to help save an ISIS hostage