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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9203

2 June 2006
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/guantanamo
EU Presidency and large number of MEPs call for closure of Guantanamo detention camp

Brussels, 01/06/2006 (Agence Europe) - A large number of MEPs meeting on Wednesday and Thursday in the “mini” plenary session in Brussels, as well as the Austrian Presidency of the EU, called on the US authorities to close the detention camp in Guantanamo Bay and to treat each prisoner in accordance with the rules set out under international humanitarian law. It was initially foreseen that the EP should adopt a resolution on the subject on Thursday but a majority of MEPs (326 to 265 and...

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