Obama extends law of indefinite detention of Americans without trial (VIDEO)

This year's National Defense Authorization Act, which upholds the previous year's indefinite detention of Americans by the government, as well as creating hurdles toward closing the Guantanamo Bay, was signed earlier this week by President Obama.

During the 2008 presidential election, then-Senator Barack Obama ran on a platform to close the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison and transfer its inmates to different facilities. Although he did sign an Executive Order to do this upon his presidency in 2009, four years later, the military prison still remains open.

Several rights and advocacy groups have spoken out against the law, whose provisions include indefinite detention. In addition to international human rights concerns, many believe the 2013 NDAA impacts Middle Easterners and Muslims specifically.

The NDAA also functions to apportion the Department of Defense's annual budget, which has been granted 633 billion dollars for the 2013 fiscal year.

Marjan Asi, Press TV, Washington