SHUT IT DOWN
UN Calls on U.S. to Shut Down Guantanamo Bay Prison
Feb. 16 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. should close its anti- terrorism prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, immediately and try all of the detainees or release them, the United Nations said today in a report. The Bush administration rejected the idea.
Holding suspected terrorists at the military camp "amounts to arbitrary detention,'' the report said. It added that the executive branch of the U.S. is acting as judge, prosecutor and defense counsel for the prisoners "in violation of various guarantees of the right to a fair trial.''
The report summarizes findings by five UN human rights investigators who spent six months interviewing former detainees. Their report is also based on information provided by the U.S. and by defense lawyers for some of the detainees. The investigators decided not to visit the prison because the U.S. wouldn't allow private interviews with the detainees.
Feb. 16 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. should close its anti- terrorism prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, immediately and try all of the detainees or release them, the United Nations said today in a report. The Bush administration rejected the idea.
Holding suspected terrorists at the military camp "amounts to arbitrary detention,'' the report said. It added that the executive branch of the U.S. is acting as judge, prosecutor and defense counsel for the prisoners "in violation of various guarantees of the right to a fair trial.''
The report summarizes findings by five UN human rights investigators who spent six months interviewing former detainees. Their report is also based on information provided by the U.S. and by defense lawyers for some of the detainees. The investigators decided not to visit the prison because the U.S. wouldn't allow private interviews with the detainees.
posted by MW at Thursday, February 16, 2006
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