US Defense Department Lifts Ban on Release of Art by Guantánamo Prisoners — But Details Are Hazy
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- 24 Feb 2023
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Prisoners departing from Guantánamo Bay can now take artwork with them when they leave due to a recent policy change by the US Defense Department.
As a result of the new policy, detainees can take “a practicable quantity of their art” when they leave. However, the Defense Department still considers the artworks “property of the US government,” Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Cesar H. Santiago told ARTnews told the New York Times by email.
On Friday, Santiago told ARTnews in an email that “the practicable quantity is determined on a case-by-case basis based on the requirements of the transfer.” But there is still a lot unknown about the policy. The Pentagon did not reply to a request for clarification from ARTnews if the artwork will be allowed to be sold in the future to private collectors or museums, when exactly the new policy was or will be adopted, and what would happen to the artwork made by detainees still in the facility. Read More…
