Call for Releasing Gitmo Prisoners
In Yemen, people have held a rally outside the US embassy in the capital Sana’a to call for the release of prisoners held at the US Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba.
The protest rally held on Sunday comes days after a similar demonstration earlier this month.
On April 1, Yemeni activists and relatives of about 90 detainees being held at the Guantanamo Bay prison for more than 10 years, gathered outside the US Embassy.
The largest group of detainees being held at the Guantanamo Bay lockup in Cuba is Yemenis. Most were arrested inside Afghanistan following the 2001 US-led invasion of the Asian country.
Many of these detainees have been on hunger strike for months. The hunger strike started in protest against the desecration of the holy Quran by Guantanamo guards and their indefinite detention
International Red Cross inspectors and released detainees alike have described various acts of torture, including extensive use of waterboarding, sleep deprivation, beatings and confinement in small, cold cells at the Guantanamo Bay military prison.
Upon taking office, US President Barack Obama signed an executive order to stop military commissions in order to close down the facility by 2010. However, this has not happened yet.
The United States still holds about 166 inmates at its military prison facility.
Source: Press TV
On April 1, Yemeni activists and relatives of about 90 detainees being held at the Guantanamo Bay prison for more than 10 years, gathered outside the US Embassy.
The largest group of detainees being held at the Guantanamo Bay lockup in Cuba is Yemenis. Most were arrested inside Afghanistan following the 2001 US-led invasion of the Asian country.
Many of these detainees have been on hunger strike for months. The hunger strike started in protest against the desecration of the holy Quran by Guantanamo guards and their indefinite detention
International Red Cross inspectors and released detainees alike have described various acts of torture, including extensive use of waterboarding, sleep deprivation, beatings and confinement in small, cold cells at the Guantanamo Bay military prison.
Upon taking office, US President Barack Obama signed an executive order to stop military commissions in order to close down the facility by 2010. However, this has not happened yet.
The United States still holds about 166 inmates at its military prison facility.
Source: Press TV
