Swiss confirm officials visited Guantanamo camp to examine taking in inmates due for release

October 9th, 2009 Former Guantanamo detainee arrives in BelgiumBRUSSELS — The Belgian government says a former detainee of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay has arrived in the country where he will be granted residency.

September 18th, 2009 Red Cross: Guantanamo inmates make video callsGENEVA — The international Red Cross says it has set up video links allowing Guantanamo Bay inmates to talk to their families and friends face-to-face. The International Committee of the Red Cross says more than 60 detainees registered to make calls when the initiative started Thursday.

September 4th, 2009 Belgium to take in 1 former Guantanamo inmateBRUSSELS — The Belgian government says it has accepted a U.S. request to take in one detainee from U.S.

August 13th, 2009 Ala. no longer bars HIV inmates from work releaseMONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama has shed the distinction of being the only state to bar inmates with HIV from work release programs.

August 8th, 2009 Yemen welcomes US detainee release, calls for moreSAN'A, Yemen —The Yemeni government welcomed on Saturday the release of two Yemenis jailed in the U.S. over terrorism charges, and called for the return of those still held in Guantanamo Bay prison.

July 29th, 2009 Ex-detainees launch Gitmo inmates' rights groupGENEVA — Former Guantanamo Bay detainees have launched an organization to help released inmates return to normal life and to lobby for the release or trial of those still held at the U.S. military prison, one of the founders said Wednesday.

July 29th, 2009 Ireland to take 2 Guantanamo inmatesDUBLIN — Ireland has agreed to accept two inmates from the Guantanamo prison camp in Cuba within the next two months, Irish Justice Minister Dermot Ahern announced Wednesday. Ahern said the two men belong to a group of about 50 prisoners who are "no longer regarded as posing a threat to security but who cannot return to their own countries." The United States has appealed to European Union countries to give most or all of those men sanctuary, but until now only France has stepped forward to accept a specific detainee.

June 18th, 2009 Tunisia rejects Gitmo inmate mistreatment fearsTUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisia condemned fears that Tunisians jailed at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay would be at risk of ill-treatment if they are sent back to their native country.

June 17th, 2009 US asks Spain to take 4 inmates from GuantanamoMADRID — The United States has asked Spain to accept four prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay prison for terrorism suspects, the foreign minister said Wednesday. Miguel Angel Moratinos said Spain will respond when it has studied the legal consequences of taking them in and the circumstances of those four people.

June 4th, 2009 EU expects to take 'several dozen' from GuantanamoLUXEMBOURG — European Union countries are likely to take in "several dozen" former prisoners from the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay, an EU official said Thursday.

May 30th, 2009 Italy: EU should decide on Gitmo inmatesROME — Italy's interior minister insisted Saturday that any decision to accept Guantanamo inmates must be unanimously made by members of the European Union and expressed worry the suspected terrorists might move easily through the union's loose borders. Minister Roberto Maroni said the detainees from the U.S.

April 27th, 2009 Britain would consider taking Gitmo detaineesLONDON — British Justice Secretary Jack Straw said Monday his country would consider taking Guantanamo Bay detainees if the United States asks for such help to close the detention facility. Before Straw met with U.S.

January 20th, 2009 MADRID - Spain Wednesday offered to help US President Barack Obama in closing the prison camp in Guantanamo in Cuba. Spain would, however, first want to be informed in detail about the legal situation of each of the Guantanamo inmates, Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos told the Punto Radio.

January 13th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Sixty-one detainees once held at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, prison are believed to have returned to terrorism after being released, the US Defence Department has said. Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said Tuesday intelligence officials have confirmed that 18 have returned to terrorism while 43 are 'suspected of returning to the fight'.

January 10th, 2009 SANA'A - Yemeni authorities have released the former driver of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden nearly two weeks after he was released from the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, a family source said Saturday. The source told DPA that Salim Hamdan, 40, was released from the intelligence prison in the capital Sana'a late Thursday.