[JURIST] Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheal Martin [official profile] has explained that Ireland would possible accept detainees [Irish Examiner report] released from the Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] military prison if US President-elect Barack Obama closed the facility. In an interview together with the Irish Examiner published Monday, Martin noted that Ireland supports closure of Guantanamo and said it was a "logical follow-through" for Ireland to accept the detainees to support inside the facility's closure,
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Office Standard 2010, and Portugal [JURIST reports] have explained they'd have a look at taking in introduced Guantanamo detainees, and have encouraged all EU member states to cooperate in formulating a program for accepting prisoners who cannot be returned to their homelands simply because of chance of torture. Britain and Australia [JURIST report] have said they would give some thought to accepting detainees on a case-by-case foundation. Poland and Spain [JURIST reports] have expressed reservations about accepting Guantanamo detainees,
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