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US Called on To Let UN Monitors See Guantanamo Detainees

HeadlineApr 20, 2005

Human Rights Watch has called on the Bush administration to allow human rights monitors from the United Nations be allowed to visit detainees held at Guantanamo Bay. Meanwhile on Tuesday, the U.S. released 18 detainees, mostly Afghans, from the jail. One of the prisoners–Abdul Raheem — met with reporters after his release and called for the release of the other detainees. “Many innocent Afghans are in custody of the Americans in Guantanamo,” said Raheem. “They should be released, and we want the government of Afghanistan to decide on their fate not the Americans.”

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