Amnesty International has called on US President Joe Biden to implement a promise to close the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba. Democrat candidate in the US presidential election last November and incumbent President Joe Biden promised to close the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba.
In a statement, Amnesty International called on Biden to honor its election promise to close the Guantanamo Bay prison. The prison was built at the country’s military base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba in 2001, following former President George W. Bush’s “war on terror.” During the two-decade-long US “war on terror,” foreign nationals held captive by the country’s military were detained.
But the U.S. government has been criticized around the world for its harsh treatment of detainees. Critics say the process of detaining detainees amounts to “torture” of detainees. In a statement, Daphne Aviator, director of Amnesty International’s security and human rights program, said: “As long as this detention center is open, it will call into question the credibility of the United States on global human rights.”
Since its inception in 2002, about 70 people have been detained there No official charges have been brought against many of the detainees. At present, 39 suspects are reportedly detained at the center Among them is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the Twin Towers attack.
