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Guantanamo Bay

Whatever Guantanamo Bay was meant to achieve, it isn’t working

September 16, 2016

Former detainees are taking up arms against America. The US's strategy appears to have misfired

Plan to close Guantanamo Bay leaves unanswered questions for campaigners

February 24, 2016

Religious advocates have questioned whether President Obama's plan for the detention centre will allow detainees a fair trial

Ghanaian bishops say former Guantanamo prisoners pose threat to country

January 13, 2016

The Ghana Bishops' Conference urged the government to "send these men back to wherever they came from"

Where Amnesty went wrong

October 15, 2015

When the charity decided to campaign for abortion it dramatically abandoned its Catholic founder’s vision

Kerry asks Vatican for help in relocating Guantanamo detainees

December 16, 2014

Cardinal Pietro Parolin met with Kerry for an hour

Whistleblowing in England is now honoured. So it should be in the US: Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden are not traitors, but patriotic Americans

August 02, 2013

Both have practised civil disobedience in the national interest: but that is in the highest traditions of their national culture

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