Guantanamo Bay detention 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…

refuse to abide with the 1949 Geneva Convention. The United States explained the prisoners taken from Afghanistan and Pakistan were not prisoners of war, but they were “unlawful combatants.” The first prisoners arrived in the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on January 11, 2002. The prisoners were hooded and shackled during the flight to Cuba. And the United Stated defended these practices by saying they were for security measures. Not only were the prisoners shackled and hooded, they…

discovered from the site of Abu Ghraib in Iraq and leaked to the public. In the camps, these photos were used to humiliate prisoners, frighten other detainees, and to intimidate the prisoners’ families and communities; some prisoners felt degraded to the point of depression and some became suicidal (McClintock 59). If events like this occurred in Abu Ghraib, it was possible that they were occurring at Guantánamo Bay and other detention sites as well. After these photos became public, many…

The Affordable Care Act took almost a year to pass through Congress. It sparked heated debate and resistance from Republicans. Republican leaders argued the bill infringed upon American liberties while Democrats said the bill improved social justice and the lives of the citizenry, especially the 45 million uninsured. People who once could not find an insurance provider because they suffered from a previously diagnosed illness or people who were dropped by a provider due to an illness, now had…

In the documentary “Inside Guantánamo,” the filmmakers at National Geographic shot a documentary about one of the most famous prisons in the world, Guantánamo Bay. Guantánamo Bay is a military naval base in Cuba. Guantánamo Bay is an American detention camp that detains insanely dangerous war criminals for interrogative purposes. It is known for its inhumane treatment of prisoners. National Geographic captured the daily life of the struggle between young military personnel and prisoners, many of…

the individual as well. As George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty­ Four predicts, a perpetual war is uprising. In the Torture articles, the United States of America built a detention center in Caimanera, Cuba called Guantanamo Bay that is used to detain extraordinarily dangerous people who are suspected to be terrorists. The concentration camp interrogate prisoners in an optimal setting by using several torture and cross-examining techniques, and prosecute prisoners for atrocities. This has been on a…

Columbus first landed in Guantánamo Bay in 1494, naming it Puerto Grande. US Marines didn’t set foot on Guantánamo until 1898 during the Spanish-American war. The Marines were seeking refuge from a Hurricane. Guantánamo Naval Station was erected in 1903 (National Geographic). The site was originally a refugee camp but later would become a detention center known for its intelligence operations In 2002 under the bush administration Guantánamo began to use torture techniques claiming these…

justification for their detention” be provided (Legal Information Institute). The court could order the individual’s release if evidence was not brought forward. This concept was adopted by the United…

Omar Ahmed Sayid Khadr born september 19 1986 is a canadian citizen who attracted numerous attention when his childhood story was reviled. Omars was sent to various prison camps like guantanamo bay, millhaven institution, bagram air base and many others. Omar was detained at age 15 and is now 31 When omar was young his dad practically brainwashed him with his poor role modeling and bad behavior and into thinking wrong was right. Over the years he got lost and didn't know what oh what to…

Act and as a result nearly 23000 Japanese-Canadians were put into internment camps. Adult males were separated from their families and put into work camps. This forced relocation subjected Japanese Canadians to government-enforced curfews and interrogations, in addition to job and property losses. The internment of Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II was the forced relocation and incarceration in camps in the interior of the country of between 110,000 and 120,000 people…