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by petesergeant 1187 days ago
> [Belmarsh] dubbed “Britain’s Guantánamo.”

Oh come the heck on, it’s a standard British Category A prison. Any comparison to Gitmo are prima facie ludicrous and makes the rest of the article suspect

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Not entirely:

"Between 2001 and 2002, Belmarsh Prison was used to detain a number of people indefinitely without charge or trial under the provisions of the Part 4 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001, leading it to be called the "British version of Guantanamo Bay"."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HM_Prison_Belmarsh

It’s 21 years later now
Perhaps there should be a time limit when people should forget that their government imprisoned people without trial or charges, however I suggest it should be greater than 21 years.
To be clear then, you think that the comparison between Belmarsh prison and Guantanamo Bay is an apt one?