..."Its place is in a broader conversation on decarceration and how the government uses money in what is a deeply flawed legal system. It should be part of a bigger conversation on civil rights and justice," Aliya Hussain, advocacy program manager at the Center for Constitutional Rights, tells The New Arab.

"The overarching theme is that our clients want to make sure people haven't forgotten about them," says Hussain, who travelled with her colleagues regularly to Guantanamo until the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic. ...

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