The US Department of Defense has announced the conditions under which it will reconsider sending terrorism suspects to the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba.
"The Department of Defense has sent the White House an amended proposal for criteria for sending individuals to serve their sentences at Guantanamo - those who pose a continuing and significant threat to the security of the United States," said Defense Department spokeswoman Sarah Higgins, Voice of America reported.
In 2009, Trump's predecessor, Barack Obama, signed an executive order to close the facility at Guantanamo, and during his tenure, the number of detainees was reduced from 242 to 41.
During the campaign, Trump promised to reopen the prison, and in January he signed an order giving the Secretary of Defense 90 days to amend the guidelines for how terrorists caught in the fighting will be treated.
Trump's decision was criticized by organizations for the protection of human rights, while Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said that he believes that the terrorists in Guantanamo will be treated humanely, while at the same time the US will be safe.
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