Indonesian detainees at Guantanamo Bay

The United States Department of Defense acknowledges holding two Indonesian detainees in Guantanamo.[1] A total of 778 detainees have been held in extrajudicial detention in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba since the camps opened on January 11, 2002, The camp population peaked in 2004 at approximately 660. Only nineteen new detainees, all "high value detainees" have been transferred there since the United States Supreme Court's ruling in Rasul v. Bush. As of January 2025, at least 780 people from 48 countries have been detained at the camp since its creation, of whom 756 had been released or transferred to other detention facilities, 9 died in custody, and 15 remain.[2][3]

On September 5, 2006, the only Indonesian in Guantanamo, Riduan Isamuddin, also known as "Hambali", was transferred to Guantanamo from the CIA's network of secret interrogation centers. Isamuddin is currently awaiting trial in a military commission.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ OARDEC (May 15, 2006). "List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-29.
  2. ↑ "The Guantánamo Docket". The New York Times. 18 May 2021. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 1 November 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  3. ↑ "The Cost of Running Guantánamo Bay: $13 Million Per Prisoner". The New York Times. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  4. ↑ Rosenberg, Carol (31 August 2021). "Three Guantánamo Detainees Charged in 2002 Bali Bombing". The New York Times.
  5. ↑ Fox, Ben (2021-08-30). "Bali bomb case starts in Guantanamo 18 years after capture". AP NEWS. Retrieved 2022-08-11.
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