Independent investigation urged into Guantánamo detainee death

19 May 2011 An independent and transparent investigation is needed into a new detainee death in the Guantánamo detention camp The US military must allow a fully independent, civilian-led investigation into the death of a detainee at the US Naval Base at Guantánamo in Cuba, Amnesty International said today. US military authorities said that guards at the detention centre yesterday found the body of Inayatollah, a 37-year-old Afghan national. He was “unresponsive and not breathing” after what the guards concluded was an “apparent suicide.”A Naval Criminal Investigation Service (NCIS) investigation…

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