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Guantanamo trials to be moved to US
21.10.09
Barack Obama is a step closer in his efforts to close Guantanamo Bay as the senate voted to allow prisoners to be tried in the US.
Yesterday's 79-19 vote has passed the House of Representatives and will go to the US president to be made law. A transfer from the Cuban prison must have a certification that the prisoner is not a security risk and with 15 days' notice.
BARACK OBAMA is a step closer in his efforts to close Guantanamo Bay as the senate voted to allow prisoners to be shipped to the US for trial. The 79-19 vote yesterday is part of a larger $44.1billion budget for the Homeland Security Department. The measure already passed the House of Representatives and now goes to Obama to be signed into law.
The plan requires 15 days' notice before a transfer can occur and a certification that the prisoner does not represent a security risk.
Last week, House Democratic leaders had to press to defeat a Republican effort to block transfer of any of the Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United States, even to face trial.
