Guantánamo The United States has been openly violating international and domestic law as well as fundamental principles of human rights in its treatment of people it deems to be suspect of terrorism or other undefined crime. Almost five hundred prisoners are held in Guantanamo base in Cuba under no charges and with no time frame for gaining back their freedom. There, they have been tortured and had their fundamental human rights violated. The great majority of the prisoners have no involvement with Al-Qaida and were handed over to the US by bounty hunters. They face no charges and have no way of proving their innocence.

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Reports

Situation of detainees at Guantánamo Bay Report by 5 UN Special Rapporteur, Feb. 2006 A Profile of 517 Detainees through Analysis of Department of Defense Data Report by the Counsel to two Guantanamo detainees, Feb. 2006 Guantánamo: Lives torn apart The impact of indefinite detention on detainees and their families Amnesty International, Feb. 2006 Days of adverse hardship in US detention camps Testimony of Guantánamo detainee Jumah al-Dossari Amnesty International, Dec. 2005 Guantánamo and beyond: The continuing pursuit of unchecked executive power Amnesty International, May 2005 Human dignity denied Torture and accountability in the ‘war on terror' Amnesty International, October 2004 The right of Guantánamo detainees to judicial review of the lawfulness of their detention Amnesty International, June 2004 Conduct Unbecoming: Pitfalls in the President's Military Commissions ACLU, March 2004

News

News and Articles from the USA Watch Archives European Parliament resolution on Guantánamo Calling for closing the base, Feb. 2006 Red Cross to renew Guantanamo call. BBC Online, London, UK, 15Jan04 The Guantanamo "Black Hole": The Law of War and the Sovereign Exception. By Scott Michaelsen and Scott Cutler, Middle East Report Online, 11Jan04 Guantanamo Bay: a Global Experiment in Inhumanity. Tehran Times, 11Jan04 U.S. Will Free British Detainees. NY Times Online, NY, 09Jan0 US fires Guantanamo defence team. The Guardian, London, UK, 03dec03 An image of U.S. lawlessness. By Richard Gwyn, The Toronto Star, 30Nov03 Guantanamo cases go to top court. BBC News, World Edition, London, UK, 11nov03 Overview of the ICRC's work for internees in Guantanamo Bay ICRC, 25Aug03 US military to expand Guantanamo Bay camp. AP, 26Aug03 National security vs due process. By Edward Alden, Financial Times, 15jul03 The ICHR reiterates its request that the US take the urgent measures necessary to have the legal status of the Guantanamo detainees determined by a competent tribunal. Communication of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. 18Mar03 The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals denies the petition for habeas relief on behalf of the Guantanamo detainees. Argued December 2, 2002. Decided March 11, 2003. Request For Precautionary Measures under Article 25 of the Commission's Regulations on Behalf of Unnamed Persons Detained and Interogated by the US Government. Center for Constitutional Rights, International Human Rights Law Group, FIDH and others, Washintong, 13feb03 U.S. Detainees at Guantánamo Bay: The Inter-American Human Rights Commission Responds to a "Legal Black Hole" by Richard J. Wilson, Washington, 17feb03 ICHR requests for the US to have the legal status of the Guantanamo detainees determined by a competent tribunal. Communication of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. 23Jul02

Prisoners

Who are the Guantánamo detainees? In Their Own Words: Detainees Tell of Degradation of Religious Beliefs at Guantanamo HRF, May 2005 Guantanamo: Detainee AccountsHRW, Oct. 2004

Legal Documents

Office of Military Commissions Briefing on U.S. Military Commissions HRW, Nov. 2005 Military Commissions Documents by Human Rights First Detentions at Guantanamo Bay Documents by Human Rights First Brief of Amicus Curiae International Human Rights Organizations Supreme Court of the United States, January 6, 2006 Rasul v. Bush case Habil v. Bush case Report by the UN Special Rapporteur, Mr. Leandro Despouy, on the question of Human Rights and States of Emergency.

Take Action!

Guantánamo Bay - What can you do? by Amnesty International Guantánamo detainees: 4 years without justice Guantanamo Reading Project Shut Down Guantánamo by the Center for Constitutional Rights Ongoing Amnesty International Action

Links

Guantanamo Action Center - Center for Constitutional Rights Guantánamo Bay - a human rights scandal - Amnesty International Guantanamo Bay Reports - from The Guardian Guantanamo Detainees - Human Rights Watch

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