From Guantánamo to where?
The decision by President Obama to move 100 detainees from Guantánamo Bay to the Thomson Correctional Centre in Illinois has drawn criticism from across the spectrum. But amid the controversy, the fact that one of the biggest barriers to closure of Guantánamo remains in place has been largely ignored.
Of the estimated 110 detainees who will be neither transferred to Thomson nor moved to New York to stand trial for the 9/11 attacks, many are stateless. These men remain in detention not because they are awaiting trial, but because the US authorities are unable to return them to their country of origin.… Seguir leyendo »