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Europe: Close the US Prison in Guantanamo
Strasburg, January 9, 2007.- The European Council has called for the closing of the prison at the illegally occupied US Naval Base of Guantánamo, calling it a violation of human rights and a shame for the US.
Just days before the fifth anniversary on January 11, of the opening of that detention center, the general secretary of the European Council, Ferry Davis, demanded that the prison be immediately closed and the prisoners either released or placed on trial.
Davis affirmed the war against terrorism cannot be won with secret prisons, torture or inhumane conditions, clearly alluding to treatment of prisoners in the Guantanamo prison.
Since the prison was opened, over 775 people, mainly captured in Afghanistan or Pakistan, have remained incarcerated there without due process. Experts say that 95% of the prisoners in Guantanamo were sold to US authorities. (Cubaminrex-RHC)
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