Gitmo Junior? UK Admits to Secret Detention of Afghan Men

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Baracks at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan. (Photo: Crown/ Defence Images/ Flickr)On Wednesday, UK Defense Minister, Philip Hammond confirmed that 80 or 90 Afghani men are being detained without charges at the UK-run Camp Bastion—a revelation that many are calling “illegal” with obvious parallels to the United States' Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility.

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This article originally appeared on: Common Dreams