USA: Close Guantánamo and end human rights hypocrisy

Headline Title: USA: Close Guantánamo and end human rights hypocrisy 22 January 2014 The continued operation of the US detention camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, is a prime example of the USA’s double standard on human rights, Amnesty International said today, almost five years after President Barack Obama signed an executive order to close the facility."On 22 January 2009, ordering the closure of Guantánamo within a year was among President Obama’s first official decisions after he came to office,” said Erika Guevara Rosas, Director of Amnesty International's Americas Programme.“Five…

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