April 05, 2013

Most of the detainees at Guantanamo have been imprisoned by the U.S. government for close to a decade without charges and with no end in sight to their captivity. Salon

The UN has said that the policy of indefinite detention at Guantanamo Bay amounts to torture, while prisoners not formally accused of a crime have hoped to finally be brought before a court. Although half of the Guantanamo detainees have received papers from the U.S. government clearing them for release, they are still being held at the camp. RT 

In January, 2012, U.N. human rights Chief Navi Pillay said the United States was still flouting international law at Guantanamo Bay by arbitrarily and indefinitely detaining individuals. The Economic Times

Human rights organizations have reported hundreds of suicide attempts, at least seven of which were successful. Last September, a Yemeni detainee took his life after spending more than a decade at Guantanamo. Adnan Latif had been cleared for release by both the Bush and Obama administrations, but was never freed. RT 

Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainees and human rights officials have reported over 100 detainees are engaged in a hunger strike, protesting mistreatment and the confiscation of Qur’ans. Antiwar

More than four years ago, President Obama pledged to close the Guantanamo prison, recognizing that it symbolized the U.S. government's violation of human rights and the best of American values in the name of "global war." Not only has President Obama failed to close it, he has embraced two fundamental violations of human rights that make Guantanamo a stain on the United States' credibility worldwide: unfair trials and indefinite detention. The Huffington Post

The United States Southern Command has requested $49 million to build a new prison building at Guantanamo Bay for “special” detainees on top of other renovations it says are necessary since Congress has decided to keep it open indefinitely.

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