Guantanamo Bay: UN special rapporteur calls for closure of the facility | Oneindia News
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Guantanamo Bay: UN special rapporteur calls for closure of the facility | Oneindia News
In a strongly worded report, the UN Rights Experts have said that with nearly constant surveillance, gruelling isolation and limited family access, the treatment of the last 30 Guantanamo detainees is "cruel, inhuman and degrading.
This is for the first time, the US has allowed a UN investigator team to visit the Guantanamo detention facility in Cuba, which opened in 2002.
The UN Special Rapporteur Fionnuala Ni Aolain said that mistreatment at the prison on an American naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, amounted to violations of detainees’ fundamental rights and freedoms. The detainees, held close to two decades after being seized as suspects following the 2001 al-Qaeda attack on the United States, have endured a litany of abuse, including forced cell extractions, poor medical and mental healthcare, said Ni Aolain.
The detainees also have had inadequate access to family either by in-person visits or calls.
Introducing the team’s report, she said that Washington was yet to address the most glaring rights violation related to the detainees: their secret seizure and transfer - or rendition – to Guantanamo in the early 2000s, and, for many, enduring extensive torture by US operatives in the first years after the September 11 attacks.
Julian Assange , Reaches Plea Deal With , US Government.
'The Independent' reports that Wikileaks
founder Julian Assange has been released
from Belmarsh prison as part of a plea deal
with the United States Justice Department.
Assange will be flown out of the U.K. as part
of the deal before he makes a guilty plea deal
that could end the years-long legal battle.
On June 24, Assange boarded a flight at Stansted airport
ahead of a scheduled appearance later this week in the
Mariana Islands, a Western Pacific U.S. commonwealth.
The U.S. government has charged the
Wikileaks founder with conspiracy to obtain
and disclose national defense secrets.
The charges stem from one of the largest leaks of
classified information in U.S. history, disclosing tens of
thousands of reports regarding the war in Afghanistan.
The disclosure, which occurred between 2009 and
2011, included unfiltered diplomatic cables that
potentially endangered the safety of confidential sources. .
The leak also included significant
activity reports related to the war in Iraq
and information regarding Guantanamo Bay.
According to the latest DOJ filing, Assange is expected
to plead guilty and be sentenced to 62 months of time
already served, thus avoiding U.S. imprisonment. .
This is the result of a global campaign
that spanned grass-roots organizers,
press freedom campaigners,
legislators and leaders from
across the political spectrum,
all the way to the United Nations, Wikileaks statement, via X.
After more than five years in
a 2x3 metre cell, isolated 23 hours
a day, he will soon reunite with his
wife Stella Assange, and their children,
who have only known their
father from behind bars, Wikileaks statement, via X
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The Secretary-General of the United Nations called for international cooperation to meet climate targets and to better protect billions exposed to the effects of extreme heat.
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Hezbollah released a drone video allegedly showing Israel's Ramat David airbase, located 50km inside Israeli territory. The footage claims to reveal air defense facilities, planes, and fuel storage units. This is the third such video, demonstrating Hezbollah's surveillance capabilities. The release comes amid rising tensions between Hezbollah and Israel, linked to the ongoing Gaza conflict. The UN has warned that miscalculations along the Israel-Lebanon border could lead to wider regional conflict. Both sides have suffered casualties in cross-border exchanges.
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One in eleven people globally and one in five in Africa faced hunger in 2023 due to conflicts, climate change and economic downturns, according to the UN.
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A new report was released by UNAIDS on Monday saying the AIDS pandemic can be ended by 2030 if more is done to fund initiatives and protect human rights.
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Sunday that the Trinamool Congress-led state government would provide shelter to people fleeing violence in Bangladesh if they seek refuge in Bengal. Speaking at a mega 'Martyrs' Day' rally in Kolkata, Banerjee emphasized the humanitarian duty to aid those in need, referencing the United Nations' resolution on refugee protection. "I cannot speak anything about Bangladesh as it is another country. The Indian government will speak about that. But if helpless people (from Bangladesh) knock on Bengal's door, we will give them shelter. There is a resolution of the UN. Neighbours will respect refugees," Banerjee declared amid heavy rain.
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The arrival of the vessels comes just weeks after another squadron of Russian warships, including a powerful nuclear-powered submarine, visited Cuba as part of military exercises in mid-June.
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Russia's top-of-the-line nuclear submarine Kazan is about to dock in the port of Havana together with the Korshakov missile launcher frigate. The Kremlin's hazardous move in the Caribbean responds to the alleged US meddling in Eastern Europe.
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The Cuban and US governments have both denied a media report saying Havana and Beijing agreed to establish a Chinese electronic eavesdropping facility in Cuba, some 160 kilometers south of Florida. A..