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January 12, 2021

Guantánamo Bay Prison Starts 20th Year of Indefinite Detentions
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Yesterday marked 19 years since former President George W. Bush sent the
first post-9/11 prisoners to the U.S. naval base in Guantánamo Bay,
Cuba. The grim anniversary comes as human rights advocates continue to
demand the closure of the U.S. military prison, where 40 people continue
to be indefinitely detained - most without being charged or receiving a
fair trial.

In a statement, the Center for Constitutional Rights urged the Biden
administration to close the prison, saying, "Today marks the beginning
of the 20th shameful year of Muslim men being unlawfully imprisoned at
Guantánamo. Even in a national landscape of brutal and extreme
incarceration, the detentions of the men at Guantánamo … are
unprecedented and yet largely invisible by now."


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