The Five Demands

Amnesty NI ha invitato il Primo Ministro nordirlandese Peter Robinson ed il Vice Primo Ministro Martin McGuinness, ad ospitare alcuni detenuti liberati da Guantanam.
“Il Primo e il Vice Primo Ministro dovrebbero appoggiare il Presidente  Obama nella chiusura del campo, offrendo protezione umanitaria ai prigionieri vulnerabili che hanno bisogno di un luogo dove andare”, ha dichiarato Patrick Corrigan di Amnesty NI, facendo leva sulla notevole esperienza acquisita in Irlanda del Nord in tema di reinserimento degli ex priginieri dopo la firma dell’Accordo del Venerdì Santo (probabilmente ci sarebbe parecchio da ridire su questo argomento).
Si tratterebbe di circa 60 uomini, che rischierebbero torture e persecuzioni se dovessero rientrare nei loro Paesi di origine, quali Cina e l’Uzbekistan.

NI ‘should take Guantanamo freed’ (BBC News Northern Ireland)
Northern Ireland should offer to take some prisoners freed from Guantanamo Bay by US president Barack Obama, Amnesty International has said.
Amnesty called on First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness to offer to help.
Patrick Corrigan, Amnesty NI director, said Ireland had already agreed to take a small number of freed prisoners.
“Northern Ireland is accustomed to asking the US for assistance with our political problems,” Mr Corrigan said.
“The first and deputy first minister should now assist President Obama in his moves to close the camp by offering humanitarian protection to vulnerable prisoners who need a place to go.”
He pointed to the considerable experience Northern Ireland had with prisoner release and reintegration following the signing of the Good Friday Agreement.
Some 60 men are said to be at risk of torture or persecution if returned to their home countries.
Mr Corrigan said Northern Ireland would be following the lead of the Republic.
Taoiseach Brian Cowen has said Ireland would take “a proportionate amount, a small number” of freed prisoners.
Mr Corrigan said people needed to be very clear about the prisoners that he was talking about.
“They are not suspects of any kind. These men, approximately 60 in number, have been cleared for release,” he added.
Those that remained in captivity were from countries like China and Uzbekistan and could not be sent home because of the human rights record of those countries, he said.