Case Study: The Absence Of Justice At Guantanamo Bay
The Absence of Justice at Guantanamo Bay
In the aftermath of September 11 2001, in order to protect American citizens from any further terrorist attacks, a Presidential military order gave the Department of Defense and Central Intelligence Agency the power to kidnap and detain anyone suspected of a connection to terrorists or terrorism and to classify them as enemy combatants. This status meant they could not be tried in our regular federal courts. The “enemy combatants” were taken to secret prisons around the world where information could be obtained by any means necessary without any outside interference. The prison which has caught the most public attention is the one located in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Senior counter terrorism counsel at Human Rights Watch, Jennifer Daskal said, “Over 200 detainees who have not even been charged with a crime are being warehoused in conditions that are in many ways harsher than those …show more content…
7 Jun. 2008
“Canada: Supreme Court Rules Ottawa Complicit in Abuse of Omar Khadr.” Human Rights Watch (2008). 23 May 2008
Daskal, Jennifer. “US: Improve Prison Conditions at Guantanamo.” Human Rights Watch (2008). 10 Jun. 2008
“Fact Sheet: The Military Commissions Act of 2006.” (2008). United States, the White House, George W. Bush. 17 Oct. 2008
Glaberson, William. “Former Prosecutor to Testify for Detainee.” The New York Times (2008). 28 Feb. 2008
Shane, Scott. “China Inspired Interrogations at Guantanamo.” The New York Times (2008). 12 Jun. 2008.
Sullivan, Stacy. “Osama bin Laden’s Media Director Puts on a Show at Guantanamo.” The Huffington Post. (2008).
Reid, Tim. “Guantanamo Bay trials in disarray after US Supreme Court ruling.” The Times (2008). 13 Jun. 2008
Roth, Kenneth. “After Guantanamo.” The Huffington Post (2008). 5 May 2008
“US: Don’t Railroad 9/11 Case through Military Commissions.” Human Rights Watch (2008). 4 Jun.
In the aftermath of September 11 2001, in order to protect American citizens from any further terrorist attacks, a Presidential military order gave the Department of Defense and Central Intelligence Agency the power to kidnap and detain anyone suspected of a connection to terrorists or terrorism and to classify them as enemy combatants. This status meant they could not be tried in our regular federal courts. The “enemy combatants” were taken to secret prisons around the world where information could be obtained by any means necessary without any outside interference. The prison which has caught the most public attention is the one located in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Senior counter terrorism counsel at Human Rights Watch, Jennifer Daskal said, “Over 200 detainees who have not even been charged with a crime are being warehoused in conditions that are in many ways harsher than those …show more content…
7 Jun. 2008
“Canada: Supreme Court Rules Ottawa Complicit in Abuse of Omar Khadr.” Human Rights Watch (2008). 23 May 2008
Daskal, Jennifer. “US: Improve Prison Conditions at Guantanamo.” Human Rights Watch (2008). 10 Jun. 2008
“Fact Sheet: The Military Commissions Act of 2006.” (2008). United States, the White House, George W. Bush. 17 Oct. 2008
Glaberson, William. “Former Prosecutor to Testify for Detainee.” The New York Times (2008). 28 Feb. 2008
Shane, Scott. “China Inspired Interrogations at Guantanamo.” The New York Times (2008). 12 Jun. 2008.
Sullivan, Stacy. “Osama bin Laden’s Media Director Puts on a Show at Guantanamo.” The Huffington Post. (2008).
Reid, Tim. “Guantanamo Bay trials in disarray after US Supreme Court ruling.” The Times (2008). 13 Jun. 2008
Roth, Kenneth. “After Guantanamo.” The Huffington Post (2008). 5 May 2008
“US: Don’t Railroad 9/11 Case through Military Commissions.” Human Rights Watch (2008). 4 Jun.