Should the government use GTMO for refugees in the future?
Your Answers
34% Yes
66% No

yes Yes, it is a very good place for transitioning people. Not to be holding them as prisoners, of course, but providing safety while their eventual expatriation can be best ascertained.

Frederick Ward, Los Gatos, CA

no Definitely not

Submitted by SMS

yes Just until they are admitted and processed

Submitted by SMS

no This should be a question for CUBA's government.

Submitted by SMS

This project was made possible by contributions from participating universities, plus the Libra Foundation, the New York Council on the Humanities and the Open Society Foundations.

This Week in Guantánamo: 2015 and 2007

February 19, 2015: Former GTMO detainee David Hicks wins a legal challenge against a conviction of providing material support for terrorism. His ‘guilty’ finding is dismissed. Hicks describes ongoing medical problems as a result of his time at GTMO.

March 30, 2007: David Hicks becomes the first GTMO War on Terror detainee to be convicted. He is sentenced to 9 months in jail, to be served in his home country of Australia.