1/ Today marks 22 years of unlawful US detentions of foreign Muslim men at #Guantanamo. ~800 men and 15 boys were held; 30 remain. Biden should step up efforts to close this symbol of US post-9/11 abuses, and now: Call by 100+ groups including @hrw. cvt.org/statements/cvt…
2/ Among Guantanamo's many blights: no accountability for 3000+ victims of 9/11 due to torture and flawed trial system. "Fo 16 years, the case has been spinning its wheels haplessly - [a] rusty hamster wheel of injustice": Scott Roehm @CVTorg @NPR npr.org/2024/01/09/122…
@CVTorg @NPR 3/ Meanwhile, the conditions for the men at #Guantanamo are so cruel, inhuman, and degrading that even though US ended waterboarding and walling, they still "may meet the legal threshold for torture": former top @UN counterterrorism investigator @NiAolainF justsecurity.org/91156/accounta…
@CVTorg @NPR @UN @NiAolainF 4/ Here's the story of Sharqawi Al Hajj, a man held for 20 years without charge at #Guantanamo with no release in sight though he's long been cleared for transfer, as told by his longtime lawyer @PardissKebriaei: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
@CVTorg @NPR @UN @NiAolainF @PardissKebriaei 5/ Two years ago, I took a deep dive for @hrw @CostsOfWar into the tarnished legacy of #Guantanamo and the US "war on terror." At that time, the US still unlawfully held 39 foreign Muslim men at #GTMO. Only 9 have been released or transferred since. hrw.org/news/2022/01/0…
@CVTorg @NPR @UN @NiAolainF @PardissKebriaei @hrw @CostsOfWar 6/ @hrw, other rights groups urge #Biden to release men cleared to leave #Guantanamo. Provide genuine due process to the rest, freeing those acquitted. Provide proper medical care & redress. Prosecute US officials responsible for torture. #closeguantanamo hrw.org/news/2022/01/0…
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