All would be transferred somewhere else under president obamas. Below is thomas joscelyns testimony to the house committee on oversight and government reform, subcommittee on national security, on the remaining detainees held at guantanamo bay. The guantanamo files is an important and disturbing work of contemporary history, which paints a grim portrait of guantanamo as a failed experiment in extrajudicial detention, unworthy of a country dedicated to the rule of law. The lowlands on the west side are adorned in mangroves. Thousands of pages of previously secret military documents about detainees at the guantanamo bay prison now put a name, a history and a face on hundreds of men in captivity there. A history of naval station guantanamo bay, cuba the origins of the u. Report on torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment of prisoners at guantanamo bay, cuba 1 preface the center for constitutional rights ccr is a nonprofit legal and educational organization dedicated to protecting and advancing the rights guaranteed by the u. We look back on the history of the guantanamo bay detention camp and the treatment of the people held there. I have been writing about guantanamo and the detainees held there for more than a decade and i visited the detention facility in 2008. Nov 25, 2003 guantanamo bay, where they await trial on capital charges by military tribunals.
Witch hunts are the products of intense fear and paranoia and the results are often terrible. About the guantanamo bay reader draft cover the guantanamo bay reader on 11 january 2021, the eyes of the world will focus on guantanamo bay, cuba, when the most longawaited, highprofile criminal trial in u. Today is my 4th scheduled trip to guantanamo bay, cuba, since january 2017, the month of the inauguration. The guantanamo bay detention camp is a united states military prison located within guantanamo bay naval base, also referred to as guantanamo, gbay, gtmo, and gitmo tmo. In 1903 the united states leased 45 square miles of land and water at guantanamo bay, from the newlyindependent cuban government, to be used for fleet sustainment by the growing us navy. Immediately after his election as president in 2009, barack obama promised that he would close the camp within one year. They created a website and traveling exhibit featuring audio portraits of people who worked, served or were. Alalwi is a yemeni citizen who was captured in pakistan in 2001 and has been detained at guantanamo bay since 2002. The bay sits on what was once oriente province, the very heart and soul of the independence. February 2018 guantanamo by the numbers updated october 10, 2018 the detainees detainees currently held at guantanamo. The mission of guantanamo naval base is to provide maintenance, refueling and security for watercraft in. The guantanamo valley lies west of the bay along the sierra maestra.
See more ideas about cuba, army medic and us naval bases. To pass these defendants a poisoned chalice is to put it. This report builds on our prior work by summarizing information that has since been made public about the role played by. But it is a recurring theme in history that in times of.
Islands, peninsulas, and coves can be found on the east side of the bay. The nearly 800 documents in wikileaks latest release of classified us documents are memoranda from joint task force guantanamo jtfgtmo, the combined force in charge of the us war on terror prison at guantanamo bay, cuba, to us southern command, in miami, florida, regarding the disposition of the prisoners. Guantanamo bay, where they await trial on capital charges by military tribunals. Apr 24, 2011 the guantanamo files articles based on a huge trove of secret documents leaked to the antisecrecy organization wikileaks and made available to the new york times by another source on the condition of anonymity. The sheer accumulation of detail in this book is stunning, and undermines claims by the us administration that. Bad men is an explosively personal account of the united states detention facility at guantanamo bay by a british lawyer. The stories of 774 detainees in americas illegal prison worthington, andy on. Naval station guantanamo bay congressional research service 2 figure 1. The details for every detainee will be released daily over the coming month. The campaigning lawyer clive stafford smith will be online at 1. Indefinite detention without trial and torture have led the operations of this camp to be considered a major. By understanding the long imperial history that fills the black hole of guantanamo, we can see how the court decision in rasul v.
Seven years on, the notorious detention centre remains open. Us marines raising the american flag over guantanamo bay in 1898. Constructed in stages starting in 2002, the guantanamo bay detention camp was used to. The stories of 774 detainees in americas illegal prison. In 2011, we brought together over a dozen universities to engage students in researching gtmos history and revealing it to the public. The history of guantanamo bay 1494 christopher columbus first sets eye on guantanamo bay. Apr 24, 2011 the guantanamo bay files spell out the americans suspicions about individual detainees involvement with terrorism, their intelligence value and the threat they are considered to pose if released. Stephen irving max schwab seeks to uncover and give voice to the complete history of the installation that is largely absent from historical scholarship and political debate. The naval base at guantanamo bay is the oldest existing u.
Text version below transcribed directly from audio good morning, everybody. Andy worthingtons the guantanamo files is an invaluable resource to anyone who wants the truth about the detainees i. Guantanamo bay naval base, often referred to as gitmo, is located at guantanamo bay on the southeastern end of cuba. Jan 22, 2015 us marines raising the american flag over guantanamo bay in 1898. Beatings, sleep deprivation, menacing and other brutal tactics have led to persistent mental health problems among detainees held in. Guantanamo bay detention centre a symbol of torture, rendition and indefinite detention without charge or trial is in its 15th year of existence. Democracies are entitled to try officers and soldiers of enemy forces for war crimes. Few, however, have any sense of the history of guantanamo bay, how the united states came to own a piece of cuba, and how that naval base has functioned over the past century. Chairman desantis, ranking member lynch, and other members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to testify today. Its flat nature makes it ideal for guantanamos airfield. Feb 26, 2017 page 1 gtmo bay fair trial manual vol i rights. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. It is the only us military installation located in a communist, nonallied country and the oldest overseas us naval base. This report builds on our prior work by summarizing information that has since been made public about the role played by us government.
On sunday april 24, 2011 wikileaks began publishing 779 secret files from the notorious guantanamo bay prison camp. Apr 29, 2011 students use the guantanamo files to find out more about who the detainees are, where they are from and where they are still being held at guantanamo bay, as well as how the detainees were assessed regarding the risk they posed or pose to the united states or its allies as well as what interrogation guidelines were used. Subscribe to the national to watch more videos here. The first three of these early 2017 war crimes pretrial hearings were cancelled, the last one just hours before our military flight was scheduled to depart andrews air force base. Constructed in stages starting in 2002, the guantanamo bay detention camp was used to house muslim militants and suspected terrorists. The bay itself is a 12mile long northsouth indentation and is six miles across. Address on closing guantanamo bay detention facility. In either case then, guantanamo is certainly not within the u.
Amr 511032011 3 amnesty international 16 december 2011 the answer is that the detentions at guantanamo, and the wider policies and practices of which they have been and remain a part, continue to inflict serious damage on global respect for human rights. Apr 24, 2011 thousands of pages of previously secret military documents about detainees at the guantanamo bay prison now put a name, a history and a face on hundreds of men in captivity there. Jan 21, 2020 the bay itself is a 12mile long northsouth indentation and is six miles across. Address on closing guantanamo bay detention facility delivered 23 february 2016, white house, washington, d. Guantanamo and its aftermath in partnership with center for constitutional rights international human rights law clinic university of california, berkeley human rights center university of california, berkeley u. A great compilation of information and biographical stories. Jul 25, 20 in either case then, guantanamo is certainly not within the u. In our fight against terrorists like al qaeda and isil, we are using. Instead, it is an ambiguous territory located in the gap betweena schism opened up by empire. May, 2015 we look back on the history of the guantanamo bay detention camp and the treatment of the people held there. Media in category guantanamo related documents via wikileaks the following 7 files are in this category, out of 7 total. By this time, the revelations of torture at abu ghraib had helped to force the first u. The guantanamo bay gazette is the official publication of the guantanamo bay naval base.
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