Arnon Grunberg

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A snapshot

The International Herald Tribune published yesterday an update on Guantánamo Bay: ‘The number of detainees has steadily dropped to a little over 300, from its peak of more than 700, no more than 80 of whom are likely to face any kind of American prosecution. Not a single defendant has gone to trial, and only one has pleaded guilty.
It's time to take a close look at this system of detention and prosecution and establish viable alternatives. The following data provide a historical snapshot: Number of "high-value detainees" now at Guantánamo – 15’

As an expert on torture in the Netherlands recently wrote in a newspaper: we all speak about Gitmo but how about the detaining facilities on Bagram, a huge military base near Kabul?