USA: THREE CLEARED TO LEAVE GUANTÁNAMO, STILL WAITING

Dear President Trump,

I urge you to ensure the transfer of the three people still at Guantánamo who have been approved to leave by the U.S. government, based on a unanimous determination by U.S. military, intelligence, and law enforcement agencies.

The three men are Muieen Adeen Abd al Sattar (Omar al-Farouq), an ethnic Rohingya; Guled Hassan Duran, a Somali national; and Ismael Ali Faraj al Bakush, a Libyan national. Distressingly, each has been in U.S. custody for over two decades and remain detained and in limbo despite being approved for transfer.

The Guantánamo detentions were from the outset, and to this day remain, incompatible with international human rights law. After almost 25 years since the first detainees arrived, the facility continues to generate significant concern around the world because of the principles that have been flouted: indefinite detention without charge or trial, military commission proceedings falling short of international fair trial standards, torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment, and impunity for crimes under international law.

You have a unique opportunity to go down in history as the President to finally end this shameful chapter of U.S. history.

You have the power to transfer these three men to countries that will respect, protect, and fulfil their human rights; end the indefinite detention and unfair trials of the other people still held; and ensure accountability for torture and other-ill-treatment, including by releasing the Senate Select Intelligence Committee report on the CIA detention and interrogation program.

Sincerely,

[YOUR NAME]