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Europe must open its doors to Guantanamo Bay detainees cleared for release

19/01/2009 Strasbourg

The closure of the United States military detention centre at Guantanamo Bay seems at last in sight. President-elect Barack Obama has indicated that closing the camp is one of his priorities. But questions remain as to how this will be done. Europe should offer its help and accept a number of the...

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Prisoners should be treated with dignity

05/03/2007 Strasbourg

Conditions in prisons are appalling in several European countries. In some cases the treatment of the inmates is clearly inhuman and degrading. This is not acceptable as prisoners also have human rights. It may not be popular to invest in the improvement of detention centres but governments have...

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