Andy worthington guantanamo files

The prison, as I have long explained, is a legal, moral and ethical abomination, and every day that it remains open ought to be a source of shame to anyone with any respect for the law — or, for that matter, with any common decency. In countries that respect the rule of law, the only way to be stripped of your liberty is as a criminal suspect or as a prisoner of war protected by the Geneva Conventions. And despite legal challenges over the last 20 years, that is still fundamentally the situation that prevails today.

Nine men have died at the prison , all held without charge or trial, and all slandered by military after their deaths, just one man was successfully transferred to the US court system, where he was tried and convicted and is serving a life sentence in a Supermax prison, and men have been released. Of particular concern are many of those who, for a variety of reasons, could not be safely repatriated, and who have ended up in third countries, based on confidential agreements between the US and their host countries that are not publicly disclosed, and that have often failed to provide them with any basic protections or support.

Email Andy Worthington. The Four Fathers on Bandcamp. The Battle of the Beanfield. Follow guantanamoandy. Would you like a dedication? Log in. Search Please support Andy Worthington, independent journalist:. GTMO Clock. He has been researching and writing about Guantanamo since , and has worked with the United Nations, WikiLeaks, Reprieve and Cageprisoners.

He is the author of The Guantanamo Files Pluto, We have recently updated our Privacy Policy. This outlines how and why we collect, store and use your personal data when you use our website. Like most websites, we use cookies to improve our service and make your user experience better. See our updated Privacy Policy to find out more about cookies and how we use your data. Andy Worthington is the only person to have analysed every page of these transcripts and this book reveals the stories of all those imprisoned in Guantanamo.

Deprived of the safeguards of the Geneva Conventions, and, for the most part, sold to the Americans by their allies in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the detainees have struggled for five years to have their stories heard. Looking in detail at the circumstances of their capture, and at the coercive interrogations and unsubstantiated allegations that have been used to justify their detention.

Stories of torture in Afghanistan and Guantanamo are uncovered, as well as new information about the process of 'extraordinary rendition' that underpins the US administration's 'war on terror'.

Who will speak for the men who have been held in Guantanamo? This passionate and brilliantly detailed book brings their stories to the world for the first time. If you care about our Government's complicity in these illegal and horrific acts then this book provides the evidence.