BIDEN - GUANTANAMO

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Biden promised to close to close Guantánamo Bay Prison, but has actually upgraded it.

“During the 2020 election campaign, Joe Biden followed Barack Obama in promising to close the prison at Guantánamo Bay, which had become an embarrassing symbol of human rights violations …

“Biden has not only failed to close the Guantánamo Bay prison but has upgraded it, financing a $4 million courtroom for secret military hearings …

“In June, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Fionnuala Ní Aoláin … issued a 23-page report which concluded that inmates at Guantánamo had been subjected to ‘cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment’ that ‘may meet the legal threshold of torture …’”

https://covertactionmagazine.com/2024/03/19/twenty-two-years-after-it-was-created-guantanamo-bay-prison-remains-a-monstrosity/
https://web.archive.org/web/20240309172929/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/29/us/politics/pentagon-guantanamo-secret-courtroom.html
https://int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/2023-06-26-sr-terrorism-technical-visit-us-guantanamo-detention-facility/1874fc8b8302dce5/full.pdf