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THURSDAY, JULY 24, 2025
Guantanamo inmates showing signs of 'accelerated ageing,' Red Cross says

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Reuters
22 April, 2023, 07:05 pm
Last modified: 22 April, 2023, 07:11 pm

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Guantanamo inmates showing signs of 'accelerated ageing,' Red Cross says

Reuters
22 April, 2023, 07:05 pm
Last modified: 22 April, 2023, 07:11 pm
People in orange jumpsuits protest against the US prison at Guantanamo Bay, outside of the US Capitol in Washington, US, April 5, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
People in orange jumpsuits protest against the US prison at Guantanamo Bay, outside of the US Capitol in Washington, US, April 5, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo

Inmates who have been held for years in the Guantanamo Bay US detention facility in Cuba are showing signs of "accelerated ageing", a senior official of the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Friday.

"We're calling on the US administration and Congress to work together to find adequate and sustainable solutions to address these issues," said Patrick Hamilton, the ICRC's head of delegation for the United States and Canada.

"Action should be taken as a matter of priority."

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Hamilton's comments came after a visit to the facility in March following a 20-year hiatus. He said he was "struck by how those who are still detained today are experiencing the symptoms of accelerated ageing, worsened by the cumulative effects of their experiences and years spent in detention".

He called for detainees to receive adequate mental and physical health care and more frequent family contact.

The US Defense Department "is currently reviewing the report," a Pentagon spokesperson said.

The Guantanamo camp was established by Republican President George W Bush in 2002 to house foreign terrorism suspects following the 2001 hijacked plane attacks on New York and the Pentagon that killed about 3,000 people.

It came to symbolize the excesses of the US "war on terror" because of harsh interrogation methods that critics have said amounted to torture. There were 40 detainees when President Joe Biden, a Democrat, took office in 2021. The Biden administration has said it wants to close the facility but has not presented a plan for doing so.

The repatriation of two brothers to Pakistan occurred in February, and 30 prisoners remain. Hamilton urged Washington to resolve the fate of the detainees, urging action to transfer out those who were eligible.

Guantanamo prison / Red Cross

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