Pentagon to announce transfer of 15 Guantanamo inmates: Amnesty
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By Thomas Watkins (AFP) 1 hour ago in World
The Pentagon was expected Monday to announce 15 inmates have been transferred from the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba, in what would be the largest such release in years, Amnesty International USA said.
The Pentagon declined to comment, but if confirmed, the transfers would bring the number of detainees left at Guantanamo down to 61.
"It's a significant repudiation of the idea that Guantanamo is going to be open for business for the indefinite future," Naureen Shah, Amnesty International USA's security and human rights program director, told AFP.
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