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Guantánamo Bay

American  

noun

  1. a bay on the SE coast of Cuba.


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The family of the last Afghan held at the US high-security prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba meanwhile renewed their call for his release.

From Barron's

Two Afghan former prisoners held in Guantanamo Bay until 2017 were welcomed home in February last year, more than 20 years after they were first arrested.

From Barron's

Not the kind that requires parcels of land to be annexed, such as Guantanamo Bay, in exchange for freedom.

From Los Angeles Times

Several men said the guards told them if they didn’t voluntarily deport, they would be sent to prisons in El Salvador, Africa or Guantanamo Bay.

From The Wall Street Journal

In 1993, while many Oscars attendees wore red ribbons to honor those living with HIV/AIDS and call for government assistance, then-couple Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins took it further, using their time as presenters to ask the U.S. government to allow HIV-positive Haitians being held at Guantanamo Bay to be let into the country.

From Los Angeles Times