Guantanamo Bay’s longest detainee finally released after 23 years in limbo

Taliban prisoners in orange jumpsuits in holding area under the watchful eyes of military police at Camp X-Ray at Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (Picture: Getty)

Guantanamo Bay’s earliest captive has finally been released after more than two decades in limbo.

Ridah bin Saleh al-Yazidi was repatriated to Tunisia from the US prison in Cuba, which has long been referred to as the ‘Gulag of our times’ for its legacy of torture, degradation and indefinite detention.

Yazidi has been...