Greetings,

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the US detention camp at Guantanamo Bay "should not exist", in an interview days before she meets George W Bush. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4590912.stm

(CBS) The story that Sgt. Erik Saar, a soldier who spent three months in the interrogation rooms at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, tells Correspondent Scott Pelley paints a picture of bizarre, even sadistic, treatment of detainees in the American prison camp.
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60 Minutes also reveals previously secret emails from FBI agents at Guantanamo that warn FBI headquarters that prisoners are being tortured.

"I think the harm we are doing there far outweighs the good, and I believe it's inconsistent with American values," says Saar. "In fact, I think it's fair to say that it’s the moral antithesis of what we want to stand for as a country." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4723512.stm

Archbishop Desmond Tutu has joined in the growing chorus of condemnation of America's Guantanamo Bay prison camp.
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The UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, said on Thursday that America must close the camp "as soon as is possible".
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/...in691602.shtml

Former prisoners have stated they were tortured there, and the ICRC last year accused the US military of using tactics "tantamount to torture" on Guantanamo prisoners. The military has denied torture has occurred.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exer...2703F80B57.htm

http://www.cageprisoners.com/article...ype=Interviews

Earlier this year, in March 2004, five British Muslims arrived home after being held hostage for two and a half years in Guantanamo Bay. As the men were released into the joyous arms of their families, a picture slowly began to emerge of the inhumane treatment they had experienced for the duration of their detention in the American Concentration Camp in Cuba.
http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=1611

Peace.