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Mexican Press Denounces Inhumane Treatment at U.S. Base in Guantanamo
The degrading treatment to which inmates are subjected at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where 100 of them are on hunger strike, was denounced by the press in this capital today.
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The degrading treatment to which inmates are subjected at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where 100 of them are on hunger strike, was denounced by the press in this capital today.
In an article published today entitled "Guantanamo: State terrorism and double standards," the Mexican newspaper La Jornada said that the situation there is a shameful example of the criminal network set up by the White House during the George W. Bush era.
Guantanamo and what happens there are indicative of the political, legal, and moral degradation from which the superpower has not been able to recover, the daily said.
The publication also added that such facts undermine Washington's moral authority to condemn acts of terrorism such as that occurred on Monday, April 15, during the Boston Marathon.
La Jornada quoted from a letter by Yemeni prisoner Samir Naji al Hasan Moqbel, published in The New York Times daily, where he said he had dropped more than 30 pounds since February 10 when the fast started.
The daily also denounced the inhuman practices by prison staff against those participating in the protest, (defense lawyers say there are as many as 100 while prison officials say there are only 40), who are being forcibly fed.
Today, even when U.S. President Barack Obama has said that 87 of 166 prisoners in Guantanamo do not represent a threat to his country, authorities have decided to keep them in captivity.
The same remains true of the shutdown of Guantanamo, promised by Obama during his first presidential campaign and never delivered.
In an article published today entitled "Guantanamo: State terrorism and double standards," the Mexican newspaper La Jornada said that the situation there is a shameful example of the criminal network set up by the White House during the George W. Bush era.
Guantanamo and what happens there are indicative of the political, legal, and moral degradation from which the superpower has not been able to recover, the daily said.
The publication also added that such facts undermine Washington's moral authority to condemn acts of terrorism such as that occurred on Monday, April 15, during the Boston Marathon.
La Jornada quoted from a letter by Yemeni prisoner Samir Naji al Hasan Moqbel, published in The New York Times daily, where he said he had dropped more than 30 pounds since February 10 when the fast started.
The daily also denounced the inhuman practices by prison staff against those participating in the protest, (defense lawyers say there are as many as 100 while prison officials say there are only 40), who are being forcibly fed.
Today, even when U.S. President Barack Obama has said that 87 of 166 prisoners in Guantanamo do not represent a threat to his country, authorities have decided to keep them in captivity.
The same remains true of the shutdown of Guantanamo, promised by Obama during his first presidential campaign and never delivered.