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Amnesty International, the prominent human rights group, is demanding access to the prisoners currently held at the U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. TIME.com spoke with Avner Gidron, senior policy adviser at Amnesty International, about the organization's request, the U.S. government's response and growing global pressure to expose the conditions at the camp...
...Denis J. Berenschot, an assistant professor at UWG who teaches a course entitled “Cuba: Past, Present, and Future,” duplicated Dominguez’s outline verbatim on his UWG website...
...Denis J. Berenschot, an assistant professor at UWG who teaches a course entitled “Cuba: Past, Present, and Future,” duplicated Dominguez’s outline verbatim on his UWG website...
...AFGHANISTAN Detainees Airlifted The first of more than 300 Afghan war prisoners began a 12,800-km journey from Kandahar airstrip to a U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba, chained to their seats aboard a C-17 cargo plane. The operation was conducted amid heightened security after unknown attackers opened fire outside the airport perimeter fence as the first flight took off. The detainees included a handful of prominent al-Qaeda or Taliban leaders - but not those most sought by the U.S., or three former Taliban government officials who surrendered to the new Afghan government...
...Cuba, which rejects the continued U.S. presence on its territory at Guantanamo, has interestingly chosen to fudge the issue. A government statement carried in the official daily Granma noted that "Despite the fact that we hold different positions as to the most efficient way to eradicate terrorism, the difference between Cuba and the United States lies in the method and not in the need to put an end to that scourge." The statement says the Castro government is satisfied by assurances from Washington that the operation poses no threat to Cuba's security. Havana also offers cooperation in respect...