Complete guide to the controversy over joint task force. Guantanamo detainee who wrote a book about his torture to be. The guantanamo valley lies west of the bay along the sierra maestra. After september 11, 2001, the united states began a global campaign to eliminate terrorists and their support networks. But, as an outside observer, the history of what happened in guantanamo seemed to loom everywhere. Originally intended to be an island outside the law where terrorism suspects could be detained without process and interrogated without restraint, the prison and military commissions at guantanamo bay are catastrophic failures. Jan 30, 2018 donald trump has signed an executive order to keep the guantanamo bay prison camp open, reversing the policy of the obama administration in his state of the union address on tuesday night.
Guantanamo bay detention camp, also known as gitmo or gtmo, is a group of high security prisons or detainee centers, run by the us military and located in cuba at the guantanamo bay naval base. As a solution to these modernday difficulties, a detention facility was created on the guantanamo bay naval base. Feb 11, 2019 the guardian s julian borger recently spent a week at the guantanamo bay detention facility, at the 33rd pretrial hearing of five 911 suspects. List of books and articles about guantanamo bay detention. Islands, peninsulas, and coves can be found on the east side of the bay. Guantanamos first 100 days oxford university press, 2009, which was selected as one of the best books of 2009 by the washington post and. Selected fulltext books and articles the least worst place. The guardian s julian borger recently spent a week at the guantanamo bay detention facility, at the 33rd pretrial hearing of five 911 suspects. Through the prisoners stories he explores the steep human costs of fighting terrorism previous edition. Barack obama issued a plan to close the guantanamo bay terrorist detention camp on tuesday, saying it was time for america to close this chapter in our history. Feb 21, 2019 there is little doubt that a number of the islamic state fighters now held in syria would make excellent candidates for detention at guantanamo bay, marc a. The first detainees arrived at the guantanamo bay detention facility on january 11, 2002. Will the guantanamo bay prison become a 2020 issue. Located on the southeast corner of cuba, in the oriente.
Barack obama announces plan to close guantanamo bay. Guantanamo bay museum of art and history 2012, a fictional museum created by the artist ian alan paul that is premised on the idea that the museum has replaced the shuttered prison facility. Guantanamo bay is known for how they torture and interrogate terrorist, guantanamo bay is a military ran prison located at the gitmo naval base in cuba, guantanamo bay is also known as gitmo. One of the most tortured men in the history of guantanamo bay has. Jun 27, 2018 on january 11, 2002, the united states brought 20 prisoners to the us naval base at guantanamo bay, cuba, the beginning of the longterm detention of hundreds of individuals apprehended in. What a convoluted history had gone into the making of the base and the odd little township that had developed along with the naval facility. Its flat nature makes it ideal for guantanamos airfield. A brief history of guantanamo bay, americas idyllic prison. Constructed in stages starting in 2002, the guantanamo bay detention camp was used to house muslim militants and suspected terrorists. We now know what books and movies are in the guantanamo bay.
The twoway camp 5, built in 2003 when it seemed the guantanamo bay facility was there to stay, will be converted, in part, into a. Jan 22, 2009 by the authority vested in me as president by the constitution and the laws of the united states of america, in order to effect the appropriate disposition of individuals currently detained by the department of defense at the guantanamo bay naval base guantanamo and promptly to close detention facilities at guantanamo, consistent with the national security and foreign policy interests of. Guantanamo bay prison detainees not an option for donald. Vice news reporter gianna toboni is granted a rare tour of the guantanamo bay detention center gtmo in cuba, offering a look inside the most notorious prison in the world. Since it opened, 780 detainees have been held there. List of books and articles about guantanamo bay detention camp. She is director of the center on national security and is the author of the least worst place. Torture still being carried out at guantanamo bay despite us. Inside gitmo and millions of other books are available for instant access.
We now know what books and movies are in the guantanamo bay prison library the harry potter series and its brutal, fictional jail azkaban have. Sep 09, 20 read cnn s guantanamo bay naval station fast facts and learn more about its detention facility, sometimes called gitmo. Closure of guantanamo detention facilities whitehouse. Guantanamo bay detention camp project gutenberg self. Background on guantanamo bay prison human rights first. Will the guantanamo bay detention facility ever be closed.
As of may 1, 2018, 40 detainees remain at guantanamo bay, according to the federal government of the united states. The bay itself is a 12mile long northsouth indentation and is six miles across. The politics of the guantanamo bay detention camp bartleby. Mohamedou slahis harrowing story is the first time a serving gitmo inmate. Guantanamo bay detention camp american civil liberties union. Greenberg is a noted expert on national security, terrorism, and civil liberties. Five years after the 2010 deadline passed and even as relations between the u. The united states leases the land beneath the guantanamo bay detention facility from cuba, for four thousand and eightyfive dollars a year, under an agreement signed after the spanishamerican war. We now know what books and movies are in the guantanamo.
This list of guantanamo prisoners has the known identities of prisoners at the guantanamo bay detention camp in cuba, but is compiled from various sources and is incomplete. Detainees at the camp delta detention facility at guantanamo bay. Donald trump signs executive order to keep guantanamo bay. Divorced from the detention facility, guantanamo bay will remain a symbol for cuban expatriates and conservatives who see the base as a planted flag against communism the last gasp of the. Strauss has composed the most comprehensive analysis to date of the legal status of guantanamo bay and its detention centers. The knowledge that camp xraythe infamous detention facility in guantanamo where detainees were initially tortured following the attacks on september 11 th is just a few miles away hung over. Arabic translations of the harry potter book series are one of the most. Jan 30, 2019 what a convoluted history had gone into the making of the base and the odd little township that had developed along with the naval facility. The pentagon doesnt let journalists talk to prisoners in the guantanamo bay detention camp, where more than half of the 166 detainees are. This article offers an overview of guantanamo bay, cuba, and of issues that have come into the public discourse because of it, in the over five years since detention began in january 2002. An oral history of the guantanamo bay detention center. More than just a history, the leasing of guantanamo bay masterfully untangles the threads of law, politics and power that have made guantanamo one of the strangest parcels of land on earth. Guantanamos camp 5 closes as detainee population shrinks.
Yet the crucial enabling factorthe lease that gave the u. This is about closing a chapter in our history, obama said at a press conference in the white house. The library made available to detainees held in extrajudicial detention in the united states guantanamo bay detention camps, in cuba, is notable for the controversy it has stirred. President obama on tuesday unveiled a plan to close the detention facility at guantanamo bay, cuba, making a moral, economic, and strategic case for a longdelayed campaign promise that is likely to be opposed by the republican congress. Obama unveils plan to close guantanamo buzzfeed news. A glimpse into guantanamo bays library books the guardian. Discover librarianselected research resources on guantanamo bay detention camp from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic. Guantanamo bay illustrations 20, in 20 the artist molly crabapple visited the guantanamo bay detention facilities and did a series of portraits and sketches of the detainees and the prison complex. Founded in 1903, the naval station has been used for training and a variety of u. Of course, the presidents ultimate pretext for closing the guantanamo bay detention center is that it inspires terrorism, against the u. The lowlands on the west side are adorned in mangroves. Guantanamo bay was constructed in different phases in two thousand and two. Cgtn america examines the history, present, and possible future of the guantanamo bay detention center.
Sep 04, 20 divorced from the detention facility, guantanamo bay will remain a symbol for cuban expatriates and conservatives who see the base as a planted flag against communism the last gasp of the. Bad men is an explosively personal account of the united states detention facility at guantanamo bay by a british lawyer. Guantanamo bay illustrations 20, in 20 the artist molly crabapple visited the guantanamo bay detention facilities and did a series of portraits and. There is little doubt that a number of the islamic state fighters now held in syria would make excellent candidates for detention at guantanamo bay. The base was first used in the early 70s to hold refugees of haiti and cuba who were discovered trying to enter the us via the waters around florida. Intended to home the greatest active terrorist threats, it is instead known for imprisoning foreigners at random and subjecting them to dehumanizing conditions. Detainees are shown to their living quarters in a medium security facility at guantanamo bay. Constructed in stages starting in 2002, the guantanamo bay detention camp was used to. Guantanamo bay detention camp, also called gitmo, u. Guantanamo bay detainee releases book detailing torture 04. Constructed in stages starting in 2002, the guantanamo bay detention camp often called gitmo, which is also a name for the naval base. It is the largest harbor on the south side of the island and it is surrounded by steep hills which create an enclave that is cut off from its immediate hinterland. Inside guantanamo bay cgtn america examines the history.
He is also the author of two books on modern british social history, and is the co director, with polly nash, of the new documentary film, outside the law. At home and around the world, guantanamo has become a symbol of injustice, abuse, and disregard for the rule of law. Access to books, particularly the harry potter series, is widely described as a. The politics of the guantanamo bay detention camp 2056 words 9 pages the united states gained control of the guantanamo bay area in the 1903 cubanamerican treaty in which the united states gained the right to control the cuban territory while at the same time recognizing the cuban state sovereignty nofi, 112. But the pentagon denied melzers claims the practice has continued at guantanamo bay, the controversial detention center opened in 2002 by former president george w. The united states government has held as many as 770 men from over 45 countries in the u. An oral history january 11, 2012, marks the 10th anniversary of the arrival of the first detainees at the u. Digital reporter yasmeen alamiri and videographer andrew smith were in guantanamo october of 2016, exploring this controversial facility and the fate of the detainees who remain there. The narrative concerns four guantanamo marines, officially known for the time as signalmen, whose duty it was to lie in the trenches of camp mccall, that faced the water, and, by day, signal the. The guantanamo bay detention camp, also referred to as guantanamo, gbay or gtmo pronounced gitmo, is a united states military prison located within guantanamo bay naval base, which fronts on guantanamo bay in cuba.