Guantánamo timeline
11 January 2002 First prisoners arrive at prison camp set up in the US naval base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Dressed in US prison-issue orange jumpsuits, the detainees enter Camp Xray.21 March 2002 New military tribunals for detainees are announced.
3 July 2003 President George Bush designates six suspected al-Qaida members as eligible for military tribunals, the first since the second world war.
7 July 2003 The Pentagon creates special military panels (Combatant Status Review Tribunals, or CSRTs) to determine "enemy combatant" status.
23 February 2004 Bush administration lays first charges against detainees. Ali Hamza al-Bahlul from Yemen and Ibrahim al-Qosi from Sudan are charged with conspiracy to commit war crimes.
29 March 2005 The CSRT process is completed. In all, 558 detainees complete the process, with 38 judged to be no longer enemy combatants and eligible for release.
15 February 2006 A UN report recommends closure of Guantánamo. Bush speaks in June of his desire to do so.
29 June 2006 The US supreme court rules the military commission system for Guantánamo violates US and international law, and that the Geneva conventions do apply to detainees.
16 November 2008 President-elect Barack Obama declares his intention to close the prison at Guantánamo.
22 January 2009 Obama orders closure of the prison in one year. New military commissions at the prisonare also suspended.
5 January 2010 After admitting in November 2009 that plans to close the prison by January of 2010 had been missed, Obama reaffirms plans to close the camp later in the year.
7 March 2011 In an apparent acknowledgment that the camp won't be shut down any time, Obama lifts a two-year freeze on new military trials there.
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