Politics of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp Guantanamo Bay, also known as Gitmo, is a United States Detention Camp located in the Guantanamo Naval Base in South Eastern Cuba. The United States gained control of the Guantanamo Bay area in the 1903 Cuban-American treaty in which the United States gained the right to control the Cuban territory while at the same time recognizing the Cuban state sovereignty (Nofi, 112). In the year 1970, the United States began to use part of the Guantanamo Naval Base
The Guantanamo Bay detention camp was created with unilateral, realist ideals. The American government attempted to assert order through the usage of military power and force by detaining individuals without proper due process and tried them in military tribunals instead. The inherent fear caused by the threat of terrorists resulted in the U.S. hastily applying aggressive methods to prove that they were still a strong country that was to be feared . Therefore, they acted in the heat of revenge and
In “Bush’s War of Terror, Cover Up,” Deanna Spingola explains how Bush and his administration had knowledge, maybe involvement, within the 9/11 attacks. Spingola states, “There were procedure failures on 9/11 that could only have occurred if there was complicity from the highest levels of government.” With all that negligence from the government, no one was ever disciple for the intelligence failure. After 9/11 there were more promotions seen within the government. Prior to the attack, air traffic
Guantanamo Bay is located at the southeastern tip of Cuba; it is a United States owned territory dating back to the Spanish American war. The territory contains a high security military detention center and a functional base. The detention center houses high priority Al Qaeda operatives and conspirators to the September 11th attacks on the world trade center. Guantanamo bay is an important asset to keeping the United States safe. In recent years the operation of the base has been slowed down due
The United States military base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been occupied by over 700 Middle Eastern men suspected of terrorism since 2002. It has been home to some of the most heinous suspected terrorist to ever walk on this Earth. What to do with this military base, has been a major source of conflict within our nation and with other nations for over a decade, with no real reasoning substantial enough to close the base. Although our government has come forward and declared that interrogation
From: Densil Alias Date: 4/1/13 Subject: Guantanamo Bay Detention Center Guantanamo Bay is where we detain and interrogate some of the most important and valuable prisoners. Some have become to disagree if that is such a good, since the detention center is not even on US lands. It is a couple miles off shore in a place, where OUR center shouldn’t be: Cuba. One of the issues raised is that if the detaining of these individuals is legal, since the detention center is not located inside the United
Journalists Should Investigate Castro's Prisons Instead of Gitmo The recent hysterics in the press over the treatment of al Qaeda prisoners give the impression that Cuba is some idyllic bastion of human rights save for that American eyesore Guantanamo Bay. The overzealous reporters en route to the communist isle are hell-bent on discovering some form of torture or mistreatment of the prisoners. Upon discovering that the envisioned inhumanity of "Gitmo" in reality is nothing more than conditions
Bush's War On Terror and the Erosion of Civil Liberties Nearly all the amendments in the Bill of Rights have been reduced since the beginning of the war. The fourth through eighth amendments have been especially hit hard by this “war.” Search & seizure, due process, a speedy and public trial with a jury, and cruel & unusual punishment have all been disregarded as part of the current administration’s policy. The “War On Terror” has effectively eroded the civil liberties that Americans fought
1948 was quite a terminal year for the strained relation of America and the U.S.S.R. The Berlin airlift was in full-course and the Soviet Union was trying their hardest to obstruct the foreign aid. Tensions were high, and many people the world over felt that war was imminent. 1984 jumps 36 years in the future and proclaims that the world is divided into three super-nations. So large that one nation cannot topple another. In a constant state of war. Never at peace because dictatorships cannot exist
Guantanamo Bay Over 12 years of injustice have been given to the inmates at Guantanamo Bay prison. Guantanamo Bay prison is unfair and unjust for many reason and should be closed.The first reason is nasal feeding enforced even though it is painful and harmful. The second reason is inmates are subject to cruel punishments .The third reason is prisoners have no way of proving that they are innocent.This is just the tip of the iceberg on why Guantanamo Bay prison should be closed. Guantanamo Bay has
The Guantanamo detention facility has caused a major controversy between the White House and the Republican-Controlled Congress in recent years (Marshall 795). The upcoming election does not look hopeful in finding a resolution for this issue because both candidates completely disagree. Keeping Guantanamo open is not ideal for America’s financial, national security, or international relations interest; therefore, the facility should be shut down. The Guantanamo detention facility is expensive
In the recent days, the court and law not only recognize that prisoners have rights but respect the rights of the prisoners. In the case Monroe vs. Pape in the year 1961, the ruling of the court allowed suits against government officials under section 1983 of the American law or Civil Rights Acts of 1871. In this particular case, it was ruled that any person who limits or deprives another person of his or her constitutional rights will be held liable. This law or Act also prohibits the states unusual
military to resist enhanced interrogation techniques if they were to be captured and tortured, in order to avoid making a false confession. However, in 2002, Bruce Jessen, a SERE psychologist started using SERE tactics to use by interrogators against Guantanamo detainees (US Congress,
Apart from the other laws in Canada’s constitution, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is an important law that affects every Canadian’s rights and freedoms. It was created in 1981 by former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau to provide legal protection for the most important rights and freedoms. These rights include fundamental freedoms, democratic rights, mobility rights, and legal rights. Most but not all articles included in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights are protected in the constitution
2nd century BC - Records found at many Egyptian and Mesopotamian archeological sites proved the existence of the earliest prisons in the world. 600 BC - The remains of the oldest known prison can be traced to the Ancient Rome and their "CarcereMamertino" (Mamertine Prison). Originally designed as a cistern for water, this ancient prison was used for more than half millennia. One of its most famous prisoners was Gallic chieftain Vercingetorix (executed at 46 BC). 200 AD - At the beginning of the new
Terrorism has been affecting the world for many years, but most especially since September 11th. Countless amounts of time and money have been spent; many soldiers and American resources have gone out try to stop the problem, but what happens to the terrorists after they have been captured? A basic level of humane treatment needs to be given to all people even those suspected of or convicted of terroristic offences. Using torture to attempt to find more information is not the most helpful or effective
punishment that is meted out under the order of the state or some other official authority without the permission of a court or legal authority. The United States of America has several camps outside their territory in which suspected terrorists are subjected to inhumane forms of punishment, such as those in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. These detainees who are locked up there are tortured and interrogated and then
Futility of Coercive Interrogation Techniques The US military base in Guantanamo Bay, which was used as detention facility and interrogation activities of suspected terrorists apprehended by US sequel to 9/11 attack in 2001, during the period, terrorist suspects witnessed a wide range of coercive interrogations and inhuman acts ratified by US government and termed “Enhanced Interrogation Techniques”. The joint armed forces and both intelligence agencies of US (CIA ad FBI) where deployed to Guanatanmo
H.L.A Hart said that judges have a strong discretion in deciding cases especially in ‘hard cases’. Hard cases are a general name for those cases where the law is unclear or ambiguous as to whom the judge should rule due to a lack of relevant precedent. The ideal of the so called "hard case" defined by H.L.A Hart depose the pure positivists doctrine that judicial decisions cannot be the mechanical "slot machine". Boumediene v Bush was a hard case because habeas corpus was a rule in United States
created by the Bush Administration post 9/11. Another implicit reference to the American government is the secret state police, who “black-bag the heads of their victims Abu Ghraib-style,” as well as the torture scenes in prisons reminiscent of Guantanamo Bay (Shepard,