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Name	Three British residents to be released from Guantanamo
Description	US policy failure over Guantanamo and rendition exposed, as the Government announces British residents Jamil el-Banna, Abdennour Sameur and Omar Deghayes are to return home from Guantanamo Bay. Andrew Tyrie MP said: “The US administration’s efforts to reduce the number of detainees at Guantanamo Bay are a reflection of the bankruptcy of the policy that created Guantanamo in the beginning. Guantanamo Bay is a legal and moral black hole. I welcome the fact that the three British residents, Jamil el-Banna, Abdennour Sameur and Omar Deghayes, will now live in an environment with due process and the protection of the law.” “Many of the people at Guantanamo were kidnapped and taken there outside any due process of law. This would be disgraceful if committed by any country, but is outrageous in the case of a leading western democracy. The Intelligence and Security Committee found that in the case of Jamil el-Banna, information provided by the British may well have led to his subsequent kidnap and rendition to Guantanamo.” “After four years the Government finally got round to admitting Guantanamo Bay was wrong. A condemnation of the US policy of extraordinary rendition – whereby people have been kidnapped around the world and taken to places where they may be maltreated or tortured – is also long overdue. It makes combating terrorism more difficult, not less. It makes us more vulnerable to terrorism, not less. It is also morally repugnant.” “The Government must now do all it can to secure the release of British resident Binyam Mohamed, who is likely to face a Military Commission that our own Law Officers have concluded would not provide a fair trial.”
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