Guantanamo a 'travesty of justice’, says Amnesty

By IRNA,

London : Amnesty International has repeated its condemnation of the US holding hundreds of foreign nationals at Guantanamo Bay without charge or trial following the release of secret files on the concentration camp.

“The leaked Guantanamo files only confirm what was widely suspected: that Guantanamo is a travesty of justice,” said director of Amnesty International UK, Kate Allen.

Allen urged the UK to step up appeals for the only remaining British resident still being detained at the camp, Shaker Aamer to “either receive a fair trial or be safely released to his family here in Britain.”

US authorities at Guantanamo claims that Aamer 'refuses to participate in direct questioning, often citing imaginary or assumed mistreatment of himself', according to one of the documents obtained by Wikileaks.

But in a letter to the Guardian Thursday, Allen said that there is “nothing imaginary about the years of solitary confinement he's endured during his nine years without charge or trial at the camp.”

“There's nothing imaginary either about the fact that he's one of 172 Guantánamo detainees still being denied the opportunity to formally and fairly challenge accusations made in one-sided detainee 'assessments',' she said.

Middle East Minister Alistair Burt said on Wednesday that the UK government will use US President Barack Obama's state visit to Britain next month to appeal for the release of Aamer, who was supposed to have been cleared for release four years ago.