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Granderson: Brittney Griner was a great start. How about freeing the 35 men at Guantánamo Bay?

Por: Los Angeles Times Opinion December 10, 2022

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Earlier this year a man by the name of Saifullah Paracha was released from prison. We had kept the now-75-year-old locked up since 2003 without ever charging him with a crime. Since about as soon as Guantánamo Bay was first used to hold people deemed “enemy combatants,” its existence has always been contrary to the principles we espouse abroad. Imagine continuing to criticize human rights violations by other nations when the entire world... + full article



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