Sign up to The Irish Times Archive (1859 - 2008)My Account »
Fri 12 Dec 2008Refugee status urged for detainees
IRELAND SHOULD follow Portugal's lead in agreeing to grant refugee status to exonerated Guantánamo detainees who cannot return home due to the risk of torture or other mistreatment, Amnesty International has said.
Amnesty's Irish section was responding to Portuguese foreign minister Luis Amado's commitment to accept for resettlement Guantánamo inmates cleared for release. Mr Amado outlined the move in a letter to his EU counterparts to mark this week's 60th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Choose a Subscription type - required
