Guantanamo: Tortured detainee released, transferred to Belize

March 1, 2023
Middle East Eye

...Khan's transfer is the first case under the Biden administration where a detainee has been transferred to a third country. He is also the sixth detainee to be transferred under the Biden administration.

"Majid's transfer is the culmination of decades-long litigation and advocacy by the Center for Constitutional Rights to challenge the worst abuses of the 'war on terror' and close the Guantanamo Bay prison," said Wells Dixon, a senior attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights who has represented Khan since his arrival at Guantanamo in 2006. ...

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March 6, 2023