Voice of America: UN body says detention of Pakistani at Guantanamo had no legal basis

Voice of America: UN body says detention of Pakistani at Guantanamo had no legal basis
Guantanamo Bay detention camp road sign with directional arrow. (Shutterstock)
Updated 01 March 2018
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Voice of America: UN body says detention of Pakistani at Guantanamo had no legal basis

Voice of America: UN body says detention of Pakistani at Guantanamo had no legal basis

February 28: Voice of America states that a Pakistani man held at the US run Guantanamo Bay detention facility since 2006 should be released immediately and given a right to compensation, the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention said on Wednesday. The detention of Ammar al-Baluchi is arbitrary, breaches international human rights law and has no legal basis, according to a written opinion by the group of five independent experts, who report to the U.N. Human Rights Council.
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