Guantánamo Bay
On 8 August, the US Department of Justice issued a motion opposing Majid Khan’s habeas petition filed in June at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, having not been released after he completed his sentence at Guantánamo Bay on 1 March. In response to Khan’s claims that “his detention is “arbitrary, indefinite and perpetual, and does not serve its ostensible purpose of preventing his return to the battlefield.””, the DoJ responded that “in addition to its “diligent” pursuit of diplomatic efforts to resettle Khan and its continued “prioritizing” of this effort, Khan’s petition also raised questions for which there currently exists no precedent and that there are constitutional questions that the court should refrain from reaching at this time”". Majid Khan is seeking that “the Biden administration approve Khan’s transfer anywhere outside of Pakistan, where Khan faces risk of persecution.” The US claims that it is urgently seeking a third state to host Majid Khan.
https://www.lawfareblog.com/us-responds-guantanamo-detainees-request-habeas-relief
The periodic review board has again refused to clear former CIA secret prison prisoner Abu Faraj al-Libi for release. He has never been charged or tried at Guantánamo.
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