WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The plan released by the Obama administration to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center fails to address a fundamental, precedent-setting issue of transferring detainees to the United States who may then be held indefinitely without criminal charges or trial, Amnesty International said in a press release.
"The possibility of a new, parallel system of lifelong incarceration inside the United States without charge would set a dangerous precedent," Amnesty International USA Security and Human Rights Director Naureen Shah stated on Tuesday. "If successfully mounted, it would be a devastating blow to basic principles of criminal justice."
In October, Amnesty International wrote Obama urging him not to allow any plan to close the facility but fail to address indefinite detention without charge or trial.
The administration’s plan released on Tuesday marks a final effort to persuade Congress to end its opposition to keeping Guantanamo Bay detainees from the United States. Such transfers have been outlawed since 2011.
Officials in the administration have said about ten detainees out of remaining 91 are too dangerous to ever be released.
