Twenty years ago today, the first prisoners arrived at a U.S. military base on Guantanamo Bay in southeastern Cuba. Despite several presidents’ promises to close the prison, Guantanamo Bay remains open. But for how long? Amnesty International, a human rights group, has called on President Joe Biden to close the prison.
Injustice and torture
Sumit Bhattacharya told Amnesty International’s DPA news agency in Washington: “The Guantanamo Bay camp represents spontaneity, injustice and torture. But closing Guantanamo Bay is not easy for Americans. The Netherlands is also in demand at times.
Bush, Obama, Trump and Biden, they all planned: to close Guantanamo Bay. But it is not working yet. According to Peterson, the risks are high if the Biden camp is closed. “If a Guantanamo Bay prisoner were involved in an attack and attacked the United States, Biden’s turnips would be over,” Peterson said.
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Guantanamo Bay
A detention center was set up at Guantanamo Bay during the Bush presidency after the September 11, 2001 attacks. A total of 800 people have been detained in Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Pakistan. Most of the prisoners were released or sent to other countries, such as Slovakia and Albania, to serve their sentences. There are now 39 prisoners in the camp. ‘
A lot of money has been set aside to hold prisoners. “It costs $ 1 million a year for a prisoner in Guantanamo Bay, while it costs $ 80,000 a year for a prisoner in the United States.”
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