Politicians unite in call to close Guantanamo Bay

US President George W Bush today faced demands from Parliamentarians on both sides of the border to shut its controversial Guantanamo Bay detention centre.

During protests in Dublin and Belfast marking the sixth anniversary of the detentions of people in the US-run prison camp, it emerged 35 TDs and 33 Stormont Assembly members and MPs from a range of parties signed an Amnesty International petition submitted to the US administration calling for its closure.