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The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights organization, on Wednesday submitted written testimony for a Senate hearing on the implications of closing the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
CAIR's testimony reiterates the organization's longstanding opposition to indefinite detention of Guantanamo detainees without charge or trial and outlines why lack of due process is a clear violation of the U.S. Constitution and damages American moral authority and international relations.
Some of CAIR's recommendations include: