Guantánamo Bay Naval Base

noun

1. a US naval base on Guantánamo Bay ; since 2002, a detainment camp for suspected al-Qaeda and Taliban operatives

Example Sentences

The George W. Bush administration went on to hold upwards of 800 men and boys in the U.S. military prison at the Guantánamo Bay naval base without charge, access to counsel, or judicial review.

From Salon

The US has dismantled large parts of a camp built to house migrants at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify show.

From BBC

The Trump administration has whisked away at least a hundred Venezuelan immigrants to the notorious Guantánamo Bay Naval Base detention camp, where they are in the custody of military guards and completely isolated from the outside world — a blatant violation of their civil rights, according to lawyers and advocates who spoke to Salon.

From Salon

Sitting on the front row of a war court on the US's Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, one of the world's most notorious defendants, appeared to listen intently.

From BBC

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, often referred to as KSM, is due to deliver his pleas at a war court on the Guantanamo Bay naval base in southeastern Cuba, where he has been held in a military prison for almost two decades.

From BBC