Final Call News
A U.S. Sailor stands watch over a cell block at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Photos: MGN Online
WASHINGTONâTwenty years after the first detainees arrived at Guantánamo Bay Detention Center in Cuba, the United States is still holding 40 detainees, indefinitely, most without charge and none having received a fair trial.
âAfter 9/11 happened, I was kidnapped from Mauritania to Jordan, from there to Afghanistan and from there to Guantanamo Bay where I was tortured,â Mohamedou Ould Slahi told the virtual audience at the Rights or Rightlessness Event, to commemorate the 20thAnniversary of the first detainees arriving at Guantanamo Bay.