Dozens of Democrats in the US House of Representatives call on the president to immediately close the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba. 75 lawmakers said the prison’s continued operation is a stain on the country's reputation. They stressed that the facility undermines US ability to advocate for human rights and the rule of law. The notorious prison was opened under Republican President George W. Bush after the September 11 attacks, some 20 years ago. Since then, most of the prisoners have been held without being charged or tried. In 2015, Congress passed laws barring transfers of Guantanamo inmates to prisons on the US mainland. The Central Intelligence Agency has been accused of subjecting the detainees to an assortment of torture, including sleep deprivation, beatings, water boarding and so on.