Guantanamo Bay detainment camp

conflict, to a “succeed at all cost” mentality. A perfect example of this is Guantanamo Bay. Guantanamo Bay was not created after the September 11th attacks. It was established as a Naval base long before that in 1898. This base became operational after the United States assumed control of Cuba following the Spanish-American War. Following the 9/11 attacks, the base began to receive a great amount of publicity after news…

First-hand accounts of torture are described in the book “The Guantánamo Diary”, and the 115 page report on the “Tipton Three”, which was turned in to the documentary drama “The Road to Guantánamo Bay.” (Branigan) These bring up harsh realities for the people who face judgment just because of who the United States is in war with at that time. Guantánamo Bay has been proven to be a harsh environment for detainees, do these new real life occurrences change the way people see the use of the…

Human rights refer to the rights which every single individual is merited to by the virtue of being human (United Nations, 2016). It is regarded as a keystone which universally empowers people to live with dignity, freedom and equality (The Advocates For Human Rights, n.d.). These rights are inherent to and inalienable from all human beings (United Nations, 2016). Unfortunately, there have been countless instances when human rights have been infringed and gone unnoticed (). The infringement of…