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US opens new Guantanamo camp jail | US opens new Guantanamo camp jail |
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The US has begun moving terror suspects detained at Guantanamo Bay into a new $37m (£19m) maximum-security prison. | The US has begun moving terror suspects detained at Guantanamo Bay into a new $37m (£19m) maximum-security prison. |
Forty-two prisoners were transferred from another high-security facility on the US naval base in eastern Cuba, the Associated Press reported. | Forty-two prisoners were transferred from another high-security facility on the US naval base in eastern Cuba, the Associated Press reported. |
The new 178-cell prison will allow commanders to close the wire-fence camp originally built for early detainees. | The new 178-cell prison will allow commanders to close the wire-fence camp originally built for early detainees. |
The US holds some 430 men at Guantanamo Bay on suspicion of links to al-Qaeda or the Taleban, most without charge. | The US holds some 430 men at Guantanamo Bay on suspicion of links to al-Qaeda or the Taleban, most without charge. |
UN human rights investigators and foreign governments have called on the US government to close the entire detention centre. | UN human rights investigators and foreign governments have called on the US government to close the entire detention centre. |
But the new facility has been built to provide more permanent secure accommodation for those judged to be "enemy combatants" and detained by the US military. | But the new facility has been built to provide more permanent secure accommodation for those judged to be "enemy combatants" and detained by the US military. |
Guard security | Guard security |
The new facility is designed to limit contact between detainees and reduce the risks of attacks on staff, AP reported. | The new facility is designed to limit contact between detainees and reduce the risks of attacks on staff, AP reported. |
The individual cells contain long, narrow windows looking out towards communal areas furnished with metal tables and stools. | |
Designed as a communal living space, that area will now be off-limits. | Designed as a communal living space, that area will now be off-limits. |
"The new, climate-controlled camp is designed to improve quality of life for both detainees and the guard force," base Commander Robert Durand told AP. | "The new, climate-controlled camp is designed to improve quality of life for both detainees and the guard force," base Commander Robert Durand told AP. |
An open-air recreation area has been divided into smaller spaces, which will hold only one detainee at a time. | An open-air recreation area has been divided into smaller spaces, which will hold only one detainee at a time. |
There will be facilities for detainees to meet lawyers, plus medical facilities. | There will be facilities for detainees to meet lawyers, plus medical facilities. |
The triple suicides at Guantanamo Bay in June prompted fresh protests against the camp from lawyers and human rights activists. | The triple suicides at Guantanamo Bay in June prompted fresh protests against the camp from lawyers and human rights activists. |
A senior US state department official and a Navy admiral appeared to say the deaths were part of a co-ordinated attempt to discredit the US, calling them "a jihadi tactic" and an act of "asymmetrical warfare". | A senior US state department official and a Navy admiral appeared to say the deaths were part of a co-ordinated attempt to discredit the US, calling them "a jihadi tactic" and an act of "asymmetrical warfare". |
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