| On January the 11th, 2002, a US military
source reported that the first group of Taliban and Al Qaida war prisoners
from Afghanistan would arrive at the US military base at Guantanamo
Bay, located in the southern part of Cuba. Here the detainees would
be held in a kind of makeshift detention center. Since then, several
hundreds of detainees have arrived there under very tight security.
The actual fate of these detainees is not quite clear, but President
Bush has proposed a trial under a military tribunal. Concerns have
been raised about the kind of treatment these detainees have had in
spite of the promise by the officials at the Bay to ensure a humane
treatment. This concern has not been cleared even though some United
Nations and Red Cross inspectors have been there to assess the situation. |