Human rights organisations claim that many of its detainees were civilians who were arrested or kidnapped in the turmoil of the war in Afghanistan and sold to US forces for a bounty.
Lai gan ASV būtu ar mieru atbrīvot vairākus no Gvantanamo gūstekņiem, tos, atgriežoties dzimtenē, sagaidītu neapskaužams liktenis — spīdzināšana un vajāšana.