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Documents and research related to the roughly 780 people who have been sent to the Guantánamo Bay prison since 2002.

DATA LAST CHANGED Data last changed Feb. 22, 2017

A History of the Detainee Population

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Jan. 11, 2002 First detainees
arrive at Guantánamo.
June 29, 2006 Supreme Court rejects Bush plan to try
detainees before military commissions.
Jan. 22, 2009 Obama orders Guantánamo
to close within a year.
2002
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'04
'05
'06
'07
'08
'09
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2017
StatusHeld
CitizenshipAfghanistan
Days in Detention420
41
Detainees Held
Citizens of
Afghanistan
Saudi Arabia
Pakistan
Yemen
Other (includes those
with dual citizenship)
730
Detainees Transferred
Citizens of
Afghanistan
Saudi Arabia
Pakistan
Yemen
Other (includes those
with dual citizenship)

41

730

44

Four detainees were transferred, but their identities were not revealed.
High-value detainees Detainees from NATO countries Died in custody

A Selection of Detainees

The men presented below were selected by The Times to provide a cross section of the government cases against the detainees. Click the  to read the government’s previously secret risk assessment of the prisoner.

Abdul Rahman Mohamed Saleh Naser

Hunger striker, history of major depressive disorder but refuses antidepressant, the report says.

Saifullah Paracha

American resident accused of offering to use his business to help Al Qaeda smuggle weapons into the United States.


Omar Hamzayavich Abdulayev

After consultation with Russian and Tajik intelligence officers, American military analysts remain uncertain who he is.

Yasser Talal al-Zahrani

One of three detainees who the Pentagon said hanged themselves in their cells on the same day.


Ahmed Umar Abdullah al-Hikimi

Bodyguard for bin Laden, with him at his Tora Bora mountain complex, according to the report.

Mohammed Ahmad Said al-Edah

Affected by hypertension, migraine headaches, asthma and schizoaffective personality disorder, the report says.


Abu Zubaydah

Was subjected to waterboarding in secret C.I.A. prisons.

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Andrei Scheinkman, Alan McLean, Jeremy Ashkenas, Archie Tse and Jacob Harris / The New York Times
Updates: Jeremy Bowers / The New York Times, Margot Williams / The Intercept