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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9850

28 February 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha
NGOs urge EU to take in 60 Guantanamo detainees

Brussels, 27/02/2009 (Agence Europe) - The Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW) organisations launched an appeal on Tuesday 24 February to all European countries so that they provide hospitality for 60 of the 200 detainees to be released from the US prison in Guantanamo Bay by the end of the year. “The 60 detainees from countries like Algeria, China, Egypt and Libya, could be subject to torture or prosecution if they return to their own countries, despite being declared...

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