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UN Report Calls on US to Close Guantanamo Bay Prison

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“Five independent investigators of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights are calling on the United States to close immediately the detention centre in Guantánamo Bay and bring all detainees before an independent and competent tribunal or release them.” (The report, 54 pages, PDF).

  • White House response to the report, Press Briefing by Scott McClellan, February 16, 2006: “First of all, the U.N. team that was looking into this issue did not even visit Guantanamo Bay. They did not go down and see the facilities. They were offered the same kind of access that congressional leaders, who are responsible for oversight of these matters, have been provided. Yet, they declined to go down there. I think that what we are seeing is a rehash of allegations that have been made by lawyers representing some of these detainees. We know that these are dangerous terrorists that are being kept at Guantanamo Bay. They are people that are determined to harm innocent civilians, or harm innocent Americans. They were enemy combatants picked up on the battlefield in the war on terrorism. They are trained to provide false information. And al Qaeda training manuals talk about ways to disseminate false information and hope to get attention.”
  • New York Times: U.N. Report Calls for End to Guantánamo Detentions
  • LA Times (reg. req’d): White House Rejects U.N. Report Calling for Guantanamo Closure
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