GUANTÁNAMO FACT SHEET
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Approximate number of people detained at Guantánamo since January 11, 2002: 775
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Number of detainees released: 520
Detainees who have died in custody: 5
Age when captured of Yasser Talal Al Zahrani, one of those prisoners who allegedly committed suicide: 16
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# of
trials
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Number of trials completed: 2
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Number of detainees who remain at Guantánamo as of October 31, 2008: 255
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255
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Years that OMAR KHADR has f been held at Guantánamo: 6 Age when he arrived: 15
Amount of Khadr’s life he has been held in Guantánamo: 1/3
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Incentive offered villagers for turning someone in:
Youngest known prisoner held at Guantánamo: Age of the oldest known prisoner:
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Percentage of detainees determined not to have committed any hostile acts against the U.S. or its allies:
Percentage of Guantánamo detainees actually captured by the U.S.:
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a http://web.amnesty.org/library/pdf/AMR511912006ENGLISH/$File/AMR5119106.pdf b http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/31/news/Guantanamo-Detainee-Death.php c http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/12/us/12gitmo.html?pagewanted=print d http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/30/AR2008103002849.html e http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=12326 f http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5il5LCDHbI5AJxB88NybC5-JGwgEgD9391LC00 g Id h http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3450687.stm i http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/030512/12gitmo.htm j http://www.psywarrior.com/afghanleaf40.html k http://law.shu.edu/aaafinal.pdf l Id m http://law.shu.edu/aaafinal.pdf
86
Percentage of Guantánamo detainees turned over to Coalition forces by an Afghan or Pakistani citizen: 86 m
UPDATED NOVEMBER 2008