U.N. experts say Gitmo should be closed
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U.N. human rights investigators criticized the United States on Thursday for failing to take steps to close the Guantanamo Bay military prison for terror suspects, which they say facilitates torture and violates international law.
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U.N. human rights chief Louise Arbour on   Friday called on the United States to abolish secret detention   for terrorism suspects, saying transferring 14 of them to   Guantanamo Bay was not enough.
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The U.N. human rights chief expressed concern Wednesday at recent U.S. legislative and judicial actions that she said leave hundreds of detainees without any way to challenge their indefinite imprisonment.
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Former secretary of state Colin L. Powell said yesterday that he would close down the U.S. military prison for enemy combatants at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, "this afternoon" because it has become a major problem in "the way the world perceives America."
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President George W. Bush should stop flouting federal and international law over the legal status of detainees in US custody at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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The United States wants to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay but needs assurances that detainees won&#039;t pose a security risk or face torture when they&#039;re sent to other countries, a senior U.S. State Department official said Monday.
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Military tribunals are scheduled to begin Friday for 14 high-value foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but the hearings to determine whether they are enemy combatants will take place behind closed doors because of the risk that top-secret information could surface, defense officials said yesterday....
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Senior Bush administration officials are engaged in active discussions about closing the U.S. military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but deep divisions remain regarding the fate of the approximately 375 foreign detainees currently held there should the prison close, according to...
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The top U.N. official on torture said Friday that a bill before the U.S. Congress could deprive terrorism suspects of a fair trial and was especially troubling after the mistreatment of prisoners at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison.
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The United States has done too little to  improve treatment of prisoners at its Guantanamo Bay naval base  and risks doing more harm than good in the battle against  terror, U.N. human rights investigators said Friday.
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Suspected terrorists challenging their detention in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should have access to limited classified government material while the Bush administration seeks to stop their lawsuits in federal appeals court, a judge said Thursday.
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A U.N. human rights expert called for the immediate release of an estimated 725 Taliban fighters taken prisoner in Afghanistan in 2001 and access to hundreds of other detainees held by U.S. forces.
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As debate about the future of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay heats up, a leading defense lawyer questions whether closing Gitmo would make any difference as to the rights of the detainees.
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Militants holding three foreign United Nations workers in Afghanistan have threatened to kill them by Wednesday (November 3) if the government does not convince the United States to release all Taliban and al Qaeda prisoners.
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The top U.N. human rights official on Friday denounced the use of secret detention centers in the war on terrorism, and said governments must treat prisoners according to the law, avoiding torture and providing fair trials.
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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - U.S. military review panels have decided not to release 10 Guantanamo Bay detainees, concluding they were properly classified as "enemy combatants," a military official said Saturday...
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The torture of detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison and the treatment of those held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, dealt a blow to the United States' credibility as the world's leader on human rights and the fight against terrorism, a human rights group said Thursday.