Five years of shame at camp

Last week saw the fifth anniversary of a day of universal shame. For five years ago, on January 11, we saw detainees being transported to the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.

With men being hauled from planes landing at Guantanamo Bay in orange jump-suits, ear-muffs and blindfolds, the United States has created a travesty of justice.

Attempts to investigate reports of torture by Amnesty International are still blocked by the US government

Still worse, after five years of the detention camp being run, not a single person has yet been found guilty of any offence in an open and honest trial.

We support calls by Amnesty International for the immediate closure of Guantanamo Bay and for all other "war on terrorism" detention centres to be identified and closed.

Any detainees should be properly charged before fair courts or released to safe countries.

The UK Government should also come clean and reveal its part in the transportation of detainees outside international legal procedures

Councillor Steve Radford, President of the Liberal Party