Navi Pillay in 2009 , the told the Friday to close its prison camp at in . She argued the continuing indefinite detention without trial violates . Detainees arriving at Camp X-Ray, the forerunner to the current detainment regime, in January 2002. The Guantanamo Bay camp was opened in January 2002 by former US President  and currently holds 166 detainees. As of last month, 31 of the detainees were on hunger strike and eleven were being force fed, according to a (DoD) spokesperson. Of the hunger strikers, Pillay said: "given the uncertainty and anxieties surrounding their prolonged and apparently indefinite detention in Guantanamo, it is scarcely surprising that people's frustrations boil over and they resort to such desperate measures". President  pledged to close Guantanamo Bay but has thus far failed to do so. The US has cleared transfer of around half of the remaining Guantanamo Bay detainees to their home country or to a third country. Pillay urged those transfers to be acted on: "As a first step, those who have been cleared for release must be released."
Navi Pillay in 2009 , the United Nations , told the United States Friday to close its prison camp at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba . She argued the continuing indefinite detention without trial violates . Detainees arriving at Camp X-Ray, the forerunner to the current detainment regime, in January 2002. The Guantanamo Bay camp was opened in January 2002 by former US President George W. Bush and currently holds 166 detainees. As of last month, 31 of the detainees were on hunger strike and eleven were being force fed, according to a (DoD) spokesperson. Of the hunger strikers, Pillay said: "given the uncertainty and anxieties surrounding their prolonged and apparently indefinite detention in Guantanamo, it is scarcely surprising that people's frustrations boil over and they resort to such desperate measures". President Barack Obama pledged to close Guantanamo Bay but has thus far failed to do so. The US has cleared transfer of around half of the remaining Guantanamo Bay detainees to their home country or to a third country. Pillay urged those transfers to be acted on: "As a first step, those who have been cleared for release must be released."
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