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Torture, Suicide and Imprisonment: A Look Back at Five Years of Guantanamo
Today is the fifth anniversary of the first prisoners being sent to the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Since then, more than 750 men and boys from 40 countries have been imprisoned at there. Not one of them has been put on trial. Hundreds have been released without charge and sent home. Three have committed suicide at least 40 others have tried to do so. We look back at some of our coverage over the years, including interviews with former Guantanamo detainees and interrogators, attorneys, human rights activists and more.
Today is the fifth anniversary of the first prisoners being sent to the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. On January 11, 2002, twenty men in handcuffs, shackles and wearing hoods, arrived at Guantanamo in a plane from Afghanistan.
The Bush administration created a new category of "enemy combatant" for these men captured in the so-called "war on terror." Since then, more than 750 men and boys from 40 countries have been imprisoned at Guantanamo. Not one of them has been put on trial. Hundreds have been released and sent home. Meanwhile, three have committed suicide at least 40 others have tried to do so and there are concerns about the mental health of most of the 400 or so remaining prisoners. Accounts of prisoner abuse and torture have been condemned around the world.
Today, people are coming together across the country and across the globe in an international day of action to shut down Guantánamo. In a few minutes we will speak with a former Guantanamo detainee who is currently in Cuba as part of an international delegation calling for the closure of the prison camp as well as the brother of a Guantanamo detainee who has been held there since 2002.
But first, let's go back to some of our coverage of Guantanamo Bay. Over the past five years, Democracy Now! has closely followed the story. We have interviewed former Guantanamo detainees and interrogators, dozens of attorneys, human rights activists and more. These are some of their voices:
LISTEN ONLINE:
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/11/1536252
The Bush administration created a new category of "enemy combatant" for these men captured in the so-called "war on terror." Since then, more than 750 men and boys from 40 countries have been imprisoned at Guantanamo. Not one of them has been put on trial. Hundreds have been released and sent home. Meanwhile, three have committed suicide at least 40 others have tried to do so and there are concerns about the mental health of most of the 400 or so remaining prisoners. Accounts of prisoner abuse and torture have been condemned around the world.
Today, people are coming together across the country and across the globe in an international day of action to shut down Guantánamo. In a few minutes we will speak with a former Guantanamo detainee who is currently in Cuba as part of an international delegation calling for the closure of the prison camp as well as the brother of a Guantanamo detainee who has been held there since 2002.
But first, let's go back to some of our coverage of Guantanamo Bay. Over the past five years, Democracy Now! has closely followed the story. We have interviewed former Guantanamo detainees and interrogators, dozens of attorneys, human rights activists and more. These are some of their voices:
LISTEN ONLINE:
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/11/1536252
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