10 years on, concerns over Guantanamo and treatment of detainees persist

Fri, 09/09/2011 - 14:21
  • Year: 2011
  • Length: 6:24 minutes (5.86 MB)
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In the US, the September 11 attacks prompted debate over the government’s power of seizure and detention. And nowhere was the criticism more pointed than over the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba. Critics called attention to violations of human rights and international law. Despite pledges from President Obama to close the facility - and an executive order in January 2009 ending the CIA’s secret interrogation program - the prison remains open. Meanwhile, the US continues to bring detainees from around the world to another site: the secretive prison in Bagram, Afghanistan. FSRN’s Salim Rizvi has more.

 

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