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U.S. Rejects UN Call to Close Guantanamo |
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Friday, 17 February 2006 |
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The United States has rejected a recommendation in a UN report
for the U.S. military to close down a detention center for terror suspects at
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
White House spokesman Scott McClellan said the facility houses
what he called "dangerous terrorists."
In the report, the UN raised questions about the treatment
of the detainees and called on the United States to end torture and inhuman
practices.
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today that while he does
not agree with everything in the report, the detainees must be brought to trial
sooner or later, and the center closed.
The United States is holding around 500 detainees at Guantanamo
Bay -- most of whom were captured in Afghanistan in 2001 and 2002.
Source:
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
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