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UN human rights chief slams failure to shut Guantanamo
Washington is breaking international law by holding detainees indefinitely at Guantanamo and must honour a pledge to shut the controversial jail, the UN’s human rights chief said Friday. “I am deeply disappointed that the US government has not been able to close Guantanamo Bay, despite repeatedly committing itself to do…
UN: More than 60,000 killed in Syrian conflict
More than 60,000 people have been killed in Syria since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime broke out in March 2011, a top UN official said Wednesday. Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said that an exhaustive analysis carried out by data specialists showed that 59,648…
U.S. flouts law at Guantanamo, despite Obama vow: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United States is still flouting international law at Guantanamo Bay, despite President Barack Obama’s election pledge to shut the facility, the United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay said on Monday. “It is ten years since the U.S. Government opened the prison at Guantanamo, and now…
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