Gulf Guantanamo returnees may face torture-activists

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L18236599.htm

SANAA, June 18 (Reuters) - Human rights activists voiced concern on Saturday that Guantanamo Bay detainees could face torture if they are repatriated to Gulf Arab states.

"Hundreds of people face the threat of ending in another 'black hole' if they are transferred from Guantanamo to their countries," said activists, lawyers and relatives of detainees in a statement issued jointly with Amnesty International.

"We call on every government, particularly governments in the Gulf region, to guarantee that no detainee is subjected to torture and that all are offered a due legal process that meets international human rights standards," they said, following a meeting in the Yemeni capital Sanaa.

The U.S. government has released more than 200 detainees from its base in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, some of whom were transferred for continued detention in their home countries, including the Gulf states of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

[MichiDem]

1. So now we

shouldn't let them go? I'm confused.

[Rose Siding]

2. It IS confusing

The Rendition Program basically sent high value prisoners to countries where they might be tortured for info but a judge recently blocked the return of some Gitmo detainees because activists convinced him that a similar thing was happening.