European Parliament President Hans-Gert Pottering has become the latest high-ranking politician to call on EU states to take in prisoners from the US military base in Guantanamo, Cuba, once it is closed.
The EU had always been in favour of closing Guantanmo, because it is not in line with European principles for justice, Mr Pottering told the Hamburger Abendsblatt in an interview published on its website on Tuesday (20 January).
But "when demanding the closure of Guantanamo, one m...
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