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CCR requested the hearing. Other human rights groups were co-petitioners. They included the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), and Reprieve.
CCR attorney, Omar Farah, said the following:
"Today's hearing at the IACHR came at a critical moment in Guantà ¡namo's troubled history.""Our clients report that most of the men at the prison are now in the fifth week of a mass hunger strike to peacefully protest worsening prison conditions, religious provocation, and the crushing reality that after 11 years in indefinite detention, there is no end in sight to their suffering."
"In light of the humanitarian crisis unfolding at Guantanamo, it is indefensible that the US government failed to answer the Commission's simple questions about how it plans to close the prison camp."
Obama officials won't because no plan exists. Guantanamo symbolizes imperial lawlessness. So do other US torture prisons. They exist at home and abroad. Media scoundrels explain nothing. Coverup if official policy.
CCR and others gave expert testimony. They discussed how Guantanamo causes psychological harm, deaths, indefinite detentions uncharged, lack of fair trials, and "illegitimate US policies" restricting the facility's closure.
They reiterated demands, including:
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