Transfer of 11 Men from the Guantanamo Detention Center to Oman

8 January 2025

In response to news reports that the U.S. Government transferred 11 men out of the Guantanamo Bay detention center and to Oman, Daphne Eviatar, director of the Security with Human Rights program at Amnesty International USA, made the following statement:  

"We welcome the transfer of these 11 men to Oman by the Biden administration, as it was long overdue. The U.S. government now has an obligation to ensure that the government of Oman will respect and protect their human rights. "

"We welcome the transfer of these 11 men to Oman by the Biden administration, as it was long overdue. The U.S. government now has an obligation to ensure that the government of Oman will respect and protect their human rights. 

"We commend President Biden for taking this step before he leaves office and urge him to finally end the abhorrent U.S. practice of indefinite detention without charge or trial at Guantanamo by transferring the remaining detainees who have never been charged with crimes. This would be a tremendous achievement of his presidency."

Additional information

• The military detention facility at Guantánamo Bay is a glaring, longstanding stain on the human rights record of the United States. Today, it continues to hold 15 Muslim men, six of whom have never been charged with a crime.
  
• As one of its five asks to President Biden before he leaves office, Amnesty International USA has urged him to transfer all the detainees cleared for release out of Guantanamo, an important step toward closing the detention facility.  
  
• In 2021 Amnesty International released a report highlighting ongoing human rights violations at the Guantánamo Bay detention facility.