The campaigning lawyer clive stafford smith will be online at 1. Doc 161 status report 18 july, 2008 guantanamo bay detainee litigation. The guardian has obtained a mass of files relating to detainees at americas infamous guantanamo bay. Download premium images you cant get anywhere else. 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. The tribunals were held last year to determine who should remain in prison. Outraged that her country was illegally imprisoning people at guantanamo, she volunteered to translate for the prisoners. Bbc news americas us releases more guantanamo files.
The us defence department has released a second batch of documents relating to detainees being held in guantanamo bay. Hogans order 2 july, 2008 guantanamo bay detainee litigation. Joint resolution to authorize the use of united states armed forces against those responsible for the recent attacks launched against the united states, passed by the united states congress on september 14th, 2001 detention, treatment, and trial of certain noncitizens in the war against terrorism, from george w. Guantanamo detentions to more current issues such as prison conditions at camp 7 and the u.
Detainees are treated at a dedicated medical facility with equipment and an expert medical staff of more than 100 personnel. Instead, it is an ambiguous territory located in the gap betweena schism opened up by empire. It is an attempt to be transparent, pentagon spokesman bryan whitman said of the publication of transcripts of tribunals held at the camp in cuba. We write regarding the forcefeeding and restraint of guantanamo bay detainees currently on hunger strike.
In its latest release of classified us documents, wikileaks is shining the light of truth on a notorious icon of the bush administrations war on terror the prison at guantanamo bay, cuba, which opened on january 11, 2002, and remains open under president obama, despite his promise to close the muchcriticized facility within a year of. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. 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. In 2006, four years after the illegal prison in guantanamo bay first opened, the pentagon finally released the names of the 773 men held there, as well as. It was one of the new presidents first acts in office. The stories of 774 detainees in americas illegal prison. 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 stories of the 774 detainees in america s illegal prison pdf. The iachr reiterates its finding that the continuing and indefinite detention of individuals in guantanamo, without the right to due process, is arbitrary and constitutes a clear violation of. On january 22, 2009, president obama issued an executive order calling for the guantanamo bay detention facility to be closed within one year. Download full book in pdf, epub, mobi and all ebook format.
After four years of resisting disclosure of information on guantanamo detainees, the. On sunday april 24, 2011 wikileaks began publishing 779 secret files from the notorious guantanamo bay prison camp. In 2006, four years after the illegal prison in guantanamo bay. The secret files also document examples of prisoners who should never have been at guantanamo in the first place.
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 non. For example, one of the first men to arrive at the camp was an 89yearold afghan. Those three files unlike the other 70 files released in 2006 had the captives isns redacted, and their names in the clear. Important files missing in wikileaks guantanamo release. Wikileaks and the prisoners released in 2007 part four of ten 22. She spoke their language, understood their customs, and brought them starbucks chai, the closest available drink to the kind. The naval base itself is divided into two functioning areas on either side of. Tor is an encrypted anonymising network that makes it harder to intercept internet communications, or see where communications are coming from or going to in order to use the wikileaks public submission system as detailed above you can download the tor browser bundle, which is a firefoxlike browser available for windows, mac os x and gnulinux and preconfigured to connect using the. Prisoners indexed by their internment serial number isn. Getting away with torture 2 following four senior officialsformer president george w. Wikileaks ujawnil zmiany w procedurach postepowania w obozie metadata this file contains additional information such as exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. 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 stories of the 774 detainees in americas illegal prison 1st by worthington, andy isbn. Freelance investigative journalist andy worthington continues his 70part, millionword series telling, for the first time, the stories of 776 of the 779. Index to transfer and release decision for guantanamo detainees. Some light postholiday reading from our friends at wikileaks. On march 3, 2006 the dod released three pdf files that contained 121 arb summary of evidence memos. The guantanamo bay detention camp is a controversial detainment and interrogation facility of the united states military located within guantanamo bay naval base, cuba. The complete guantanamo files the wikileaks files, afghans in guantanamo, american torture, bahrainis in guantanamo, david hicks, guantanamo, military commissions, saudis in guantanamo, wikileaks, wikileaks and the guantanamo prisoners released in 2007. In either case then, guantanamo is certainly not within the u. Andy worthingtons the guantanamo files is an invaluable resource to anyone who wants the truth about the detainees i. In 1964, fidel castro cut off the bases water supply in response to the u. Major funding for frontline is provided by the john d.
After being held without charge or trial for fourteen years years of torture and abuse mohamedou ould slahi has been freed. Apr 04, 2006 the us defence department has released a second batch of documents relating to detainees being held in guantanamo bay. Guantanamo bay, cuba a stateoftheart xray machine located in the detainee hospital in camp delta. Download closing guantanamo or read online books in pdf, epub, tuebl, and mobi format. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Documents related to the former detention and interrogation. The details for every detainee will be released daily over the coming month. Today is my 4th scheduled trip to guantanamo bay, cuba, since january 2017, the month of the inauguration. Closing guantanamo download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. The stories of 774 detainees in americas illegal prison worthington, andy on. The medical facility is equipped with 20 inpatient beds expandable to 30, a physicaltherapy area, pharmacy, radiology department, central sterilization area. Bush, vice president dick cheney, defense secretary donald rumsfeld, and cia director george tenet.
By understanding the long imperial history that fills the black hole of guantanamo, we can see how the court decision in rasul v. The guantanamo bay files leak also known as the guantanamo files, or colloquially, gitmo files began on 25 april 2011, when wikileaks, along with several independent news organizations, began publishing 779 formerly secret documents relating to detainees at the united states guantanamo bay detention camp established in 2002 after its invasion of afghanistan in 2001. 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. Normal text size larger text size very large text size.
Reengagement of former guantanamo bay gtmo detainees as of 15 january 2016 total pre22 january 2009a post22 january 2009 detainees transferred 676 532 144 confirmed of reengaging 118 of 676 17. This page was last edited on 29 january 2016, at 22. In 2006, four years after the illegal prison in guantanamo bay first opened, the pentagon finally released the names of the 773 men held there, as well as 7,000 pages of transcripts from tribunals assessing their status as enemy combatants. As a result, guantanamo bay is selfsufficient and produces its own water and electricity. Slahi was one of two socalled special projects the brutal treatment of whom donald rumsfeld personally approved. It is absent from zero hour, its function merged into the strategy center. Find highquality guantanamo bay stock photos and editorial news pictures from getty images. Our opensource library houses the thousands of documents, periodicals, maps and reports released to the public. Bush, president of the united states, november, 2001. The stories of the 774 detainees in americaas illegal prison.
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