US should apologize to Guantanamo Bay inmates for treatment, UN expert says
- A United Nations expert has called for the US government to apologise and provide reparation for the treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay.
- Fionnuala Ni Aolain, who completed the first official UN visit to the facility, described the ongoing suffering of detainees after two decades of custody, citing practices of rendition, torture and arbitrary detention.
- While praising US authorities for granting access, Ni Aolain urged the government to provide resolution, apology and guarantees of non-repetition, having found that treatment of detainees was cruel, inhuman and degrading under international law.
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Guantánamo Bay detainees continue to face 'inhuman' treatment, U.N. investigator finds
The United Nations report says 30 men remained detained at Guantánamo Bay — 19 of whom have never been charged with a crime. The investigator says the infamous site should be shuttered.
US subjects Guantánamo Bay detainees to ‘cruel’ treatment, UN says after visit
First UN human rights investigator allowed to visit since camp was set up says men subjected to ‘inhuman and degrading’ treatmentThe US government continues to subject the 30 men held at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba to “cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment”, the first UN human rights investigator allowed to visit the camp since it was set up 20 years ago has concluded.Fionnuala Ní Aoláin was granted unprecedented access as an independent UN monitor,…
Conditions at Guantanamo Bay inhumane and cruel, UN investigator says
Conditions for Guantanamo detainees are cruel, inhuman and degrading, UN investigator says
UNITED NATIONS — The first U.N. independent investigator to visit the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay said Monday the 30 men held there are subject "to ongoing cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment under international law."
Conditions for Guantanamo detainees are cruel, inhuman and degrading, UN investigator says
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The first U.N. independent investigator to visit the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay said Monday the 30 men held there are subject “to ongoing cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment under international law.
Conditions for Guantanamo detainees are cruel, inhuman and degrading, UN investigator says
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The first U.N. independent investigator to visit the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay said Monday the 30 men held there are subject “to ongoing cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment under international law.
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