In an interview on Spanish television on 11 February 2004, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said that the imminent repatriation of a Spanish national held in US military custody in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, was “the first of a number of turnovers that will be happening in the near future”. While Amnesty International has been calling for, and would welcome, releases of detainees from the Guantánamo base, it remains concerned that some detainees may face serious human rights abuses, including torture and execution, if returned to their countries.
