US: Speed Transfers from Guantanamo

Email The Obama administration should increase detainee transfers from Guantanamo Bay following passage of a defense bill on December 12, 2014, that preserves fewer transfer restrictions. (Washington, DC) – The Obama administration should increase detainee transfers from Guantanamo Bay following passage of a defense bill on December 12, 2014, that preserves fewer transfer restrictions. President Barack Obama obtained loosened transfer restrictions from the US Congress in the December 2013 defense measure, but has not fully taken advantage of them in the past year.read more

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