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| Call to relax Guantanamo regime | Call to relax Guantanamo regime |
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| A US defence department review of conditions at Guantanamo Bay detention camp has called for an easing of the isolation of prisoners there. | A US defence department review of conditions at Guantanamo Bay detention camp has called for an easing of the isolation of prisoners there. |
| The Pentagon report says inmates should be allowed more social interaction and opportunities for recreation. | The Pentagon report says inmates should be allowed more social interaction and opportunities for recreation. |
| It comes as new US Attorney General Eric Holder pays his first visit to the controversial facility in Cuba. | It comes as new US Attorney General Eric Holder pays his first visit to the controversial facility in Cuba. |
| Last month, President Barack Obama ordered the Guantanamo Bay camp to be closed within one year. | Last month, President Barack Obama ordered the Guantanamo Bay camp to be closed within one year. |
| About 250 prisoners are still held there, nearly all without charge. | About 250 prisoners are still held there, nearly all without charge. |
| Among them was a UK inmate, who returned from the camp to Britain earlier on Monday. | Among them was a UK inmate, who returned from the camp to Britain earlier on Monday. |
| Ethiopian-born Binyam Mohamed, 30, was held in Guantanamo for more than four years and says he was tortured. | Ethiopian-born Binyam Mohamed, 30, was held in Guantanamo for more than four years and says he was tortured. |
| He became the first Guantanamo prisoner released since Barack Obama took office. | He became the first Guantanamo prisoner released since Barack Obama took office. |
| 'Humane treatment' | 'Humane treatment' |
| The report, by Adm Patrick M Walsh, says conditions at the camp comply with the Geneva Conventions on the treatment of prisoners. | The report, by Adm Patrick M Walsh, says conditions at the camp comply with the Geneva Conventions on the treatment of prisoners. |
| However, it recommends allowing more socialisation among prisoners, many of whom are confined to their cells for 23 hours a day. | However, it recommends allowing more socialisation among prisoners, many of whom are confined to their cells for 23 hours a day. |
| The key to socialisation is providing more human-to-human contact Pentagon report Freed detainee 'happy to be home' | The key to socialisation is providing more human-to-human contact Pentagon report Freed detainee 'happy to be home' |
| Such interaction "is essential to maintain humane treatment over time", the report says. | Such interaction "is essential to maintain humane treatment over time", the report says. |
| "In our opinion, the key to socialisation is providing more human-to-human contact, recreation opportunities with several detainees together, intellectual stimulation, and group prayer," AFP news agency cited the report as saying. | "In our opinion, the key to socialisation is providing more human-to-human contact, recreation opportunities with several detainees together, intellectual stimulation, and group prayer," AFP news agency cited the report as saying. |
| Mr Holder is being briefed on the detainees and the charges they were facing before military trials were halted last month. | Mr Holder is being briefed on the detainees and the charges they were facing before military trials were halted last month. |
| The attorney general is making his visit away from the media glare, the BBC's James Coomarasamy in Washington says. | The attorney general is making his visit away from the media glare, the BBC's James Coomarasamy in Washington says. |
| It comes as the Obama administration wrestles with the legal, practical and security implications of its pledge to shut Guantanamo, he adds. | It comes as the Obama administration wrestles with the legal, practical and security implications of its pledge to shut Guantanamo, he adds. |
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