The detainees and the stories they told me premium ebooks. Imagine my surprise to see my name and those of my classmates in the. The legal status of the guantanamo bay detainees ten. Feb 23, 2016 the number of detainees held at the u. The sheer accumulation of detail in this book is stunning, and undermines claims by the us administration that. My guantanamo diary the detainees and stories they told me. Photographs by charlie savage, carol rosenberg, ryan reilly, jason leopold, and robert johnson.
The military commissions at guantanamo bay were created by the bush administration in 2001 to try foreign terrorism suspects in proceedings that lack the due process protections of us federal courts. The legal status of the guantanamo bay detainees ten years later agnieszka szpak the article aims at exploring the status of the guantanamo detainees ten years after the first arrivals at the guantanamo bay camp. Cully stimson talked about the current detainees trials at guantanamo bay, cuba and the release of a justice department inspector generals report on interrogation techniques at the cuba facility. Naval station at guantanamo bay, cuba, and its latest role in housing al qaeda and taliban prisoners. Detainees at guantanamo bay president barack obama has signed an executive order closing the prison that houses suspected terrorists picked up mostly on the battlefields of afghanistan and iraq. Bush transferred more than 500 and, so far, president barack obama has transferred. Detainees convicted by military commission and still held at guantanamo. The sage encyclopedia of surveillance, security, and. Detainees were informed that they could keep a limited number of pieces, and that excess art would be discarded. Order code rs22173 updated july 20, 2005 crs report for congress.
Summary of the reengagement of detainees formerly held at. Summary of the reengagement of detainees formerly held at guantanamo bay, cuba the director of national intelligence submits this summary consistent with direction in the fiscal year 2012 intelligence authorization act, section 307, which states. With final detainee transfer, obamas guantanamo policy. Consequently, some prisoners have been detained at guantanamo bay for.
Over 500 men have been released from guantanamo bay since 2002. Facts about the transfer of guantanamo detainees human. Guantanamo litigation history the authorization for use of military force aumf, signed a week after the hijacked planes crashed into the twin towers, congress granted the president the power to use all necessary and appropriate force against the nations, organizations, or persons he determined had played a role in those attacks. Dec 28, 2016 the obama administration has informed congress of its plans to resettle as many as 19 detainees held at guantanamo bay, cuba, in a final sprint to pare down the inmate population at the military. The stories of 774 detainees in americas illegal prison. On 19 january 2017, the day before the end of president obamas 2nd term in office, dod announced the transfer of three detainees to the united arab emirates. Only american lawyers have been allowed to visit detainees at the guantanamo bay detention camps, in cuba. Guantanamo and its aftermath berkeley law university of. Naval station guantanamo bay history and legal issues regarding its lease agreements. As of december 16 2008, the detention facility at guantanamo bay, cuba held 248 detainees see appendix i.
The author will answer questions about whether the detainees are entitled to combatant and prisoner of war. If the long history of guantanamo bay proves anything, its that, though regimes and. Detainees trump administration is currently trying in military. The art of the guantanamo bay detainees pbs newshour. I can attest to the 19561958 period and the coral reef yearbook. How do they comport with international hu manitarian. Aug 03, 2004 afghanistan to guantanamo bay the story of three british detainees. The aclu fights in courts and advocates with congress and the executive branch to secure the release of detainees who have never been charged with a crime. A comprehensive definition of the legal status of those detained at guantanamo bay and elsewhere by the united states during the war on terror is extremely difficult to reach. Guantanamo detainee who wrote a book about his torture to be.
Guantanamo bay, cuba, by the department of defense. This book, although entitled the detainees speak has gone through various filters to ensure that we do not see the full picture of the horrors of guantanamo bay. February 2018 guantanamo by the numbers updated october 10, 2018 the detainees detainees currently held at 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. A senior pentagon official said wednesday that the release of detainees from the u. The department of defence at first kept secret the numbers and identity of the individuals held in guantanamo bay.
The obama administration has informed congress of its plans to resettle as many as 19 detainees held at guantanamo bay, cuba, in a final sprint to. The vast majority of guantanamo detainees were transferred or released to other countries before 2009. Guantanamo was only supposed to be used to detain nonamericans. As of may 1, 2018, 40 detainees remain at guantanamo bay, according to the federal government of the united states. Bop inmates with a history of or connection to terrorism by facility security level as of august 2012 37. Andy worthington is the only person to have analysed every page of these transcripts. Some former detainees who were held by the us at guantanamo bay detention camp have engaged in terrorism or militant activity since their release according to the office of the director of national intelligence, as of january 2017, 714 detainees have been transferred from guantanamo bay. Guantanamo bay has been seeped in controversy for the greater part of the century.
Elsea legislative attorney american law division summary in rasul v. Boumediene decision for detainees at guantanamo bay, cuba before the house armed. The exhibit, art from guantanamo, will run through january. Order code rs22173 updated july 20, 2005 crs report for congress received through the crs web detainees at guantanamo bay jennifer k. 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. This figure represents only a fraction of the 779 detainees who have passed. As early as 2004, the us government claimed that detainees released from guantanamo bay detainment camp had returned to the battlefield. Jan 22, 2015 the decision to house alqaeda detainees at guantanamo was reached shortly after 911 and. Of the roughly 780 people who have been detained at the united states military prison at guantanamo bay, cuba, 731 have been transferred and 40 remain. During the obama administration, 197 detainees were transferred, repatriated or. Selected reports and media accounts of detainee treatment 93.
In official documents, the united states department of defense dod continues to make intermittent. Detainees at guantanamo bay are held there because the u. The legal status of the guantanamo bay detainees ten years. A total of 780 detainees have been held at guantanamo bay since the detention center was opened in 2001. For information historical and current published by the u. W has been used by the united states navy for more than a century. During the obama administration, 197 detainees were transferred, repatriated or resettled in. Jan 11, 2002 shackled detainees arrive in guantanamo. By my reading, the plight of the guantanamo bay detainees is less an outcome of. How many former guantanamo bay detainees have engaged in terrorist activities or other criminal acts after release.
The decision to house alqaeda detainees at guantanamo was reached shortly after 911 and. Not only could they do anything to any of us, but we could see them doing it to other detainees. As of may 1, 2018, 40 detainees remain at guantanamo bay, according to the federal. Pdf actions and reactions to the evacuation of guantanamo. The stories of 774 detainees in americas illegal prison worthington, andy on. The detainees and the stories they told me download online. Order code rs22173 updated july 20, 2005 crs report for.
It is long past time for this shameful episode in american history to be brought to a close. The center for constitutional rights has coordinated efforts by american lawyers to handle the habeas corpus, and other legal appeals, of several hundred of the guantanamo detainees. Facilities and factors for consideration if detainees were brought to the united states why gao did this study. Actions and reactions to the evacuation of guantanamo bay detainees to ghana.
Lists of former guantanamo bay detainees alleged to have. Summary of the reengagement of detainees formerly held at guantanamo bay, cuba. When cuba becomes independent from spain the united states of america leases guantanamo bay to establish a naval. List of american detainees at guantanamo bay wikipedia. Detention and trial at guantanamo bay and other us detention centres. List of american detainees at guantanamo bay jump to navigation jump to search. Pdf the case of the guantanamo bay detainees in united. Jul 20, 2016 guantanamo detainee who wrote a book about his torture to be released. A history of naval station guantanamo bay, cuba the origins of the u. Guantanamo and its aftermath human rights center university of california, berkeley international human rights law clinic university of california, berkeley, school of law in partnership with center for constitutional rights u. Now, as presidentelect, shutting down the infamous prison camp he referred to as a sad chapter in american history is shaping up as one of his first priorities. Had the book contained the original, uncensored versions of the poems, it would have been a best seller. Not only could they do anything to any of us, but we could see them doing it.
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of presentday guantanamo bay, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included presentday guantanamo bay. Guantanamo bay was setup by the us in january 2002 for the indefinite detention of men without trial. Nov 12, 2008 as president, i will close guantanamo, barack obama promised in 2007. He was eventually repatriated to saudi arabia, provided he agreed to renounce his u. Since the terrorist attacks of september 11 and the united states subsequent declaration of a global war on terror, a law of military detention has been emerging through habeas corpus petitions from detainees held at guantanamo bay naval base. Guantanamo bay detention camp american civil liberties union. With final detainee transfer, obamas guantanamo policy takes. Guantanamo bay the story of three british detainees world. He was eventually repatriated to saudi arabia, provided he. A content analysis of daily graphic online reporting article pdf available march 2019 with 98 reads how we.
Initially, government spokesmen claimed relatively small numbers of former guantanamo captives had returned to the battlefield. Naval station at guantanamo bay, cuba, and its latest. Released guantanamo detainee struggles in his new home are former detainees still a threat or just desperate to rebuild their lives. In may 2018, the first prisoner was transferred during trumps term. In 2006, four years after the illegal prison in guantanamo bay.
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