Biden administration transfers its first detainee from Guantánamo Bay

The transfer comes after NBC News reported in June that President Joe Biden had quietly begun efforts to close the detention facility at the U.S. enclave on the southeast coast of Cuba

-- NBC NEWS, --July 19, 2021

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The Biden administration has transferred its first detainee out of Guantánamo Bay, leaving 39 prisoners at the facility on the American base in Cuba. The Department of Defense announced the transfer of Abdul Latif Nasir to his native Morocco in a statement early Monday.-- More...

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