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UN Says United States Should Release Guantanamo Prisoners
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=10FE0FE:3919ACA Report also calls
on US to close down Guantanamo detention center and to refrain from
any practice amounting to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment





Sign at entrance of Camp DeltaThe United Nations says the United
States should either release all detainees at its detention center in
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba or bring them to trial.

A U.N. report issued Thursday also called on the U.S. government to
close down the Guantanamo detention center and to refrain from any
practice amounting to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment.

The report's findings were based on interviews with former detainees,
public documents, media reports, lawyers and a questionnaire filled
out by the U.S. government.

In a response included at the end of the report, the U.S. ambassador
to U.N. offices in Geneva said the investigation had taken little
account of evidence provided by the United States.  He added that U.N.
investigators rejected an invitation to visit Guantanamo. Some
information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.


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