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Report: U.S. Still Holding Minors At Guantananmo

HeadlineJun 13, 2005

In other news about Guantanamo, the New York Times is reporting that as many as six of the detainees still being held at the military prison are under the age of 18. One lawyer said his client was only 14 when he was captured. At Guantanamo the teen has said U.S. forces hanged him by his wrists for hours at a time and that an interrogator pressed a burning cigarette into his arm.

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