The U.S. government has released the names of 46 detainees at its military prison in Guantanamo Bay designated by the government as too dangerous to free.
The names were revealed in response to a Freedom of Information Act filed by the Miami Herald and the list was unveiled in the newspaper.
Most of the indefinite detainees at the prison are from Yemen and Afghanistan, according to the paper.
The government said that it doesn't have any evidence but it was too risky to release the detainees.
President Barack Obama last month vowed to renew efforts to close down the prison and lawyer Clifford Sloan was appointed to oversee the closure.
The appointment was formally announced on Monday and Clifford will be tasked with releasing detainees who are cleared for transfer.
BBC News on Tuesday reported that out of the166 detainees, 86 have already been cleared for transfer including 56 from Yemen.
The list of the indefinite detainees was drawn up in 2010 but till date, had not been disclosed to the public.
The list of indefinite detainees includes 26 Yemenis, 12 Afghans, three Saudis, two Kuwaitis, two Libyans, a Kenyan, a Moroccan and a Somali. Out of the list of names disclosed to the public, two detainees were said to have died int the prison- one in a suicide and another of a heart attack.
More than 100 detainees have joined a hunger strike, which kicked off in early February, demanding an end to their detentions without charge. Many of them have been held for more than a decade.
President Obama had promised to shut down the prison after taking over the presidency in 2009 but failed due to fierce resistance from both parties in the U.S. Congress.
