Red Cross to inspect U.S.-run jail in Cuba

Posted on Sun, May. 23, 2004


Red Cross to inspect U.S.-run jail in Cuba

By Naomi Koppel
Associated Press


GENEVA - The international Red Cross will return to the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for another inspection at the end of this month, a spokesman said Friday.

The team of delegates and interpreters is expected to spend several weeks at the prison, checking on conditions and holding private interviews with detainees, said Florian Westphal, spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross.
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Red Cross delegates last visited Guantanamo in February and March. Afterward, the Swiss-run agency gave U.S. authorities a report on treatment of prisoners there. It has declined to make public any details of the report, in line with its usual practice.

"The fact that the ICRC doesn't comment publicly on what it sees in a place of detention can neither be interpreted to be an endorsement or a criticism," Westphal said. Confidentiality is necessary because "we want to ensure continued access," he said.
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...preparing the camp for a red cross visit or was it a different movie? And why is it that that is the first thing that pops into my head?

Color me beyond skeptical. :eyes:

She still has her connections and she uses them.

Do you honestly think that they wouldn't give them time to spruce the place up a bit.