Guantánamo Bay
Saifullah Paracha, 75, who was released to Pakistan in October has had a successful heart bypass operation in Pakistan; he had refused to have this operation carried out at Guantánamo. The oldest prisoner held at Guantánamo, there were many concerns about the medical treatment he received there as well as ongoing concerns about the medical facilities for the remaining 35 ageing prisoners.
Over the past month, the Pakistani government has announced that two further Pakistani prisoners may be returning to the country soon and that negotiations are underway with the US to this end.
The US military has also announced plans for a new $435 million medical facility at Guantánamo for its own personnel and not prisoners.
Pre-trial hearings in the case of five prisoners charged with involvement in the September 2001 attacks in New York, in which plea bargains are reported being considered and negotiated, set for January 2023 have now been put back to March.
