by Paddy McGuffin
Almost 200 prisoners remain in the former naval base on Cuba
Friday saw Barack Obama’s self-imposed deadline for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay concentration camp lapse.
The US administration pledged to shut the prison by January 22 at the latest but on Friday night almost 200 prisoners remained in the former naval base in the Caribbean amid new allegations of murder, torture and state cover-ups.
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Guantanamo: Still open for business
Almost 200 prisoners remain in the former naval base on Cuba
Friday saw Barack Obama’s self-imposed deadline for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay concentration camp lapse.
The US administration pledged to shut the prison by January 22 at the latest but on Friday night almost 200 prisoners remained in the former naval base in the Caribbean amid new allegations of murder, torture and state cover-ups.
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Tags: closing date of prison, Guantanamo Bay concentration camp, Paddy McGuffin, prisoners, Shaker Aamer, torture
This entry was posted on January 23, 2010 at 9:53 am and is filed under Commentary, Human rights, President Barack Obama, torture, Uncategorized, US policy. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.