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July 22, 2022

Guantánamo Prisoner Who Survived Torture and Arbitrary Detention for 20+ Years Cleared for Release
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The Biden administration has cleared another prisoner for release from
the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The United States has
imprisoned Khalid Ahmed Qasim of Yemen at Guantanámo since May of 2002
without charge or trial. The human rights group Reprieve says he was
severely tortured at Guantánamo - forced to sleep standing up, subjected
to freezing temperatures and left shackled and unable to walk for long
stretches. The United States continues to imprison 37 people at
Guantánamo. Twenty of those remaining have been recommended for
transfer. 


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