Guantanamo still abusing human rights: Amnesty

The US government’s failure to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay naval base is leaving “a toxic legacy for human rights”, a charity said.

Amnesty International condemned the failing on the 10th anniversary today of the first detainees arriving at the American detention centre in Cuba.

In a new report, entitled Guantanamo: A Decade of Damage to Human Rights, the charity said the unlawful treatment of Guantanamo detainees underlines reasons why the detention centre continues to represent an attack on human rights.