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Since the U.N. Committee Against Torture's report against U.S. mistreatment of terror suspects, the European Union (EU) has also issued an informal request for the U.S. to close its Guantanamo Bay prison. This weekend, EU foreign ministers issued the internatinal criticism, stating that the Guantanamo prison undermines the global fight against terrorism and legal principles according to Danish Daily's Berlingske Tidende. Guantanamo will be a controversial topic when President Bush attends the EU- US summit on June 21.

According to Denmark's Radio (DR) news, Danish foreign minister Per Stig Moller said:

We agreed to a common line, which says that the US government must take steps to close the prison as soon as possible.We hold on to the fact that terrorism is a threat against our society. But in the fight against terrorism we cannot damage our own democracy and judicial institutions.

See "EU to pressure US on closing Guantanamo camp"

Tags: amnesty international | Guantanamo | UN Committee Against Torture | European Union

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