Amnesty International urges Biden to close Guantanamo, 20 years after it opened

Human rights group Amnesty International urged US President Joe Biden to close the 20-year Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba.

The organization’s US expert, Sumit Bhattacharya, told the dpa in Washington that the camp symbolizes tyranny, injustice and torture.

Bhattacharya urged President Biden to close the camp and bring those involved to justice in torture or illegal activity The camp is said to contain 39 inmates.

It was established during the reign of former Republican President George Bush Jr. to detain suspects without trial following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the opening of the camp, Amnesty plans to organize protests today (Saturday) in several cities in Germany and other countries.

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