We should take in exonerated detainees

EVER since the 9/11 attacks on the USA hundreds of people have been unlawfully detained in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba in conditions that have amounted to cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment.

US officials have admitted their forces has used torture and other forms of ill-treatment in the name of countering terrorism. This is an offence against the Geneva conventions.

Guantanamo is not only a shame for the US, but for the whole western world. We in Europe have failed to protest against these human rights violations. We have failed to point the finger at the Bush administration and demand the closure of Guantanamo, an end to torture and so-called rendition.