Barack Obama, the US president, has ordered the closure of the Guantanamo Bay prison camp within one year and a review of the military tribunals set up by the Bush administration to try detainees.
Obama also signed an order ending the harsh interrogation of prisoners held by the US and the closure of any secret prisons run by the CIA.
On his second full day in office, Obama signed the three orders surrounded by retired military officers in the Oval Office at the White House in Wash . . . Details