The United Nations had tried for many years to send an independent investigator, but was turned down by the administrations of George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump. Ní Aoláin praised President Joe Biden's administration for allowing “critical voices” into the facility. But “there is really no population on Earth like this population that came to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in the circumstances in which they came, rendered across borders,” she said. In last week's interview with the AP, Ní Aoláin talked about what she saw on a personal level. “Many of them were young men when they were detained and rendered to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Source: ABC News July 06, 2023 13:08 UTC