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More than 773 detainees of different nationalities, captured in different world countries, have been shipped to notorious Guantanamo detention center since 2002.
Six years on, about 275 detainees from more than 30 nationalities are still held at camp complex, which lies on a US military base occupying a small strip of land on the southern coast of Cuba.
2002
January 11
First group of 20 detainees arrives at Guantanamo, where they are housed in open-air cages with concrete floors.
January 18
US President George Bush designate the detainees "unlawful enemy combatants," denying them prisoner-of-war protection under the Geneva Conventions.
February 19
Center for Constitutional Rights files a habeas petition in the DC circuit court on behalf of detainees David Hicks, Shafiq Rasul and Asif Iqbal.
February 21
Federal judge dismisses a challenge to the detentions.
February 27
Almost two-thirds of detainees go on a hunger strike.
March 21
The Bush administration announces new military tribunal regulations.
April 25
Construction of the new 410-bed Camp Delta permanent detention center is completed.
April 28
Detainees are moved from Camp X-Ray to Camp Delta.
August 15
At least 30 detainees try to commit suicide.
June 11
Yasser Hamdi files a writ of habeas corpus.
October 27
Three Afghan and one Pakistani detainees are released.
December 31
By December 31, 5 detainees are transferred out of Guantanamo.
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2003
March 11
Federal Appeals Court rules that Guantanamo detainees have no legal rights in the US.
May 9
Guantanamo hits its peak population of 680, the largest number of detainees ever present at the detention at one time.
July 3
Bush designates six detainees eligible for military tribunals, the first since World War II.
September
Arrests become public of two translators and a Muslim chaplain who worked at Guantanamo on charges of alleged espionage and improper use of classified documents. The case against the chaplain later collapses.
October 9
The International Committee of the Red Cross criticizes "deterioration in the psychological health of a large number of detainees."
November 10
US Supreme Court agrees to hear the Guantanamo case.
December 3
Australian detainee David Hicks becomes the first detainee to get access to a lawyer.
December 31
By December 31, 83 detainees transferred out of Guantanamo.
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2004
January 12
Five military lawyers assigned to defend detainees criticize the rules drawn up for the military tribunals as unconstitutional.
March 19
Five British detainees are freed.
April 20
Supreme Court hears arguments on the Guantanamo detentions.
June 28
Supreme Court rules that Guantanamo detainees can use federal court to challenge their captivity.
July 7
Pentagon creates special military panels (Combatant Status Review Tribunals) to determine each detainees "enemy combatant" status.
August 13
The three-judge Combatant Status Review Tribunals start for the detainees.
August 24
First military commission is begun.
August 30
The first civilian attorney to meet with Guantanamo detainees.
November 8
US District Judge James Robertson orders halt to the trial of detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan, ruling that the military commissions are unlawful.
December 31
By December 31, 114 detainees have been transferred out of Guantanamo for the year.
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2005
January
US District Judge Joyce Hens Green criticizes the military for ignoring evidence in favor of detainee Murat Kurnaz and rules that his detention was illegal.
March 29
The Combatant Status Review Tribunals process is complete. Thirty-eight of 558 detainees were judged as No Longer Enemy Combatants and eligible for release.
May 11
Guantanamo detainees protest alleged abuse of the Qur'an.
July 15
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Court upholds Bush's powers to create military commissions.
July 22
Fifty-two detainees are on a new hunger strike.
November 7
The Supreme Court announces it will hear the Hamdan v. Rumsfeld case.
November 10
US Senate votes 49-42 to approve an amendment denying detainees the right to file habeas corpus petitions.
November 14
District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly blocks the Pentagon from resuming Hicks's military commission proceeding.
December 31
Fifty-four detainees transferred out of Guantanamo for the year.
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2006
February 15
UN recommends closure of Guantanamo.
March 28
The Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the Hamdan v. Rumsfeld case.
April 19
Pentagon releases the names of 558 people who have been held at one time at Guantanamo.
May 18
Two detainees attempt suicide.
May 28
Pentagon says 75 detainees were on a hunger strike joining a few who have refused food and been force-fed since August 2005.
June 10
Saudi Mani Shaman Turki al-Habardi al-Utaybi, 30, and Yasser Talal al-Zahrani, 22, and Yemeni Ali Abdullah Ahmed of Yemen, 29, allegedly commit suicide.
June 29
Supreme Court rules that the military commission violates US and international law, and that the Geneva Conventions apply to the Guantanamo detainees.
August 24
Murat Kurnaz released.
September 6
Fourteen so-called "high value" detainees are transferred to Guantanamo from secret CIA detention centers across the world.
September 26
International Committee of the Red Cross sends a delegation to meet the 14 detainees.
September 28
Congress passes newly crafted Military Commission Act.
October 17
Bush signs the Military Commissions into law.
November 17
US military announces a plan to build a new Guantanamo compound to hold the military commission proceedings.
November 17
Final three detainees ruled to be No Longer Enemy Combatants are released to Albania.
December 7
First detainees are transferred to the newly-constructed Camp Six.
December 13
A US court dismisses Hamdan detention challenge citing lack of jurisdiction because of the new Military Commission Act.
December 31
One hundreds and eleven detainees transferred out of Guantanamo for the year.
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2007
January 18
Pentagon announces the Military Commissions Manual.
March 9
Combatant Status Review Tribunal held for Abu Faraj Al Libi.
March 9
Combatant Status Review Tribunal held for Ramzi Binalshibh.
March 10
Combatant Status Review Tribunal held for Khalid Sheik Mohammed.
March 12
Combatant Status Review Tribunal held for Tawfiq Bin Attash.
March 13
Combatant Status Review Tribunal held for Mohamed Farik Bin Amin Zubair.
March 14
Combatant Status Review Tribunal held for Abd Al Nashiri.
March 17
Combatant Status Review Tribunal held for Ahmad Khalfan Ghailani.
March 20
Combatant Status Review Tribunal held for Mohammed Nazir Bin Lep.
March 21
Combatant Status Review Tribunal held for Hawsawi.
March 26
Abdul Malik Abdul-Jabbar, a Kenyan, is transferred to Guantanamo..
March 26
Australian David M. Hicks pleads guilty to one charge of material support for terrorism.
March 27
Combatant Status Review Tribunal held for Abu Zubaida.
March 30
Combatant Status Review Tribunal held for Ammar al Baluchi.
April 4
Combatant Status Review Tribunal held for Hambali.
April 15
Combatant Status Review Tribunal held for Majid Khan.
April 24
Military Commission charges referred for Omar Khadr.
April 27
Abd al Hadi Al Iraqi, another so-called "high value" detainee transferred from CIA custody to Guantanamo.
May 19
Pentagon announces the transfer of David Hicks to Australian custody.
May 30
A Saudi detainee allegedly commits suicide in Camp Five.
June 29
A US court agrees to admit Guantanamo cases.
December 5
US Supreme Court examines rights of Guantanamo detainees.
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2008
February 11
Pentagon announces charges against six Guantanamo detainees over alleged involvement in the 9/11 attacks in the US. Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for the six, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
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