Guantanamo Bay Prisoners' Pictures

Current government policy allows foreign nationals to be held in a US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba as "enemy combatants," without charges and with no legal rights. The government plans to try them before military tribunals, where they can be sentenced to imprisonment or even death with virtually no review.

For what this means in practice, see the photos below of men captured in Afghanistan being transported, hooded and hog-tied, in military aircraft to Guantanamo Bay.

Le Monde Diplomatique article, United States: the Black Hole of Guantanamo
A description of the physical setup of the prisons at Guantanamo

The Observer, March 14, 2004
British Muslims describe how they survived capture in Afghanistan, massacres and imprisonment by the Northern Alliance, transport to Guantanamo, and detention there. See pictures below.

Approximately 660 men from Arab, Muslim, and South Asian countries continue to be held incommunicado at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay. The Bush administration says they are not covered by the Geneva Convention, which would entitle them to refuse interrogation.

Some are being questioned up to 16 hours a day, with basic comforts withheld if they refuse to cooperate. Nor are they entitled to fundamental American legal rights, because they are imprisoned on Cuban soil. Only 64 of them have been sent home, among them three children held for almost two years who were between the ages of 13 and 15 on release. The total number of prisoners under 18 is not known, as the military classifies 16 and 17 year old prisoners as adults.

Until the middle of 2003, thirty-two attempted suicides were reported. The military authorities then reclassified attempted suicide as "manipulative self-injurious behavior," of which there have been 40 incidents in the last six months. More than a fifth of the inmates are on antidepressants, some involuntarily. The grim reality of the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay is causing mounting outrage by defense lawyers, legal scholars, and human rights activists around the world

Other SF Gray Panthers articles relating to Guantanamo:

SF Gray Panthers Blog articles on Civil Liberties

Seymour Hersch: Decision to use torture in Iraq prisons was taken at high level

American Psychological Association OKs Its Members' Participation in Interrogations.

San Francisco 8 page

With Liberty and Justice .. for some.

Political Activists / Political Prisoners

Why Habeas Matters

History of the Patriot Act

Violations of Civil Liberties

About the SF Gray Panthers

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	Current government policy allows foreign nationals to be held in a US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba as "enemy combatants," without charges and with no legal rights. The government plans to try them before military tribunals, where they can be sentenced to imprisonment or even death with virtually no review. For what this means in practice, see the photos below of men captured in Afghanistan being transported, hooded and hog-tied, in military aircraft to Guantanamo Bay. Le Monde Diplomatique article, United States: the Black Hole of Guantanamo A description of the physical setup of the prisons at Guantanamo The Observer, March 14, 2004 British Muslims describe how they survived capture in Afghanistan, massacres and imprisonment by the Northern Alliance, transport to Guantanamo, and detention there. See pictures below. Approximately 660 men from Arab, Muslim, and South Asian countries continue to be held incommunicado at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay. The Bush administration says they are not covered by the Geneva Convention, which would entitle them to refuse interrogation. Some are being questioned up to 16 hours a day, with basic comforts withheld if they refuse to cooperate. Nor are they entitled to fundamental American legal rights, because they are imprisoned on Cuban soil. Only 64 of them have been sent home, among them three children held for almost two years who were between the ages of 13 and 15 on release. The total number of prisoners under 18 is not known, as the military classifies 16 and 17 year old prisoners as adults. Until the middle of 2003, thirty-two attempted suicides were reported. The military authorities then reclassified attempted suicide as "manipulative self-injurious behavior," of which there have been 40 incidents in the last six months. More than a fifth of the inmates are on antidepressants, some involuntarily. The grim reality of the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay is causing mounting outrage by defense lawyers, legal scholars, and human rights activists around the world Other SF Gray Panthers articles relating to Guantanamo: SF Gray Panthers Blog articles on Civil Liberties Seymour Hersch: Decision to use torture in Iraq prisons was taken at high level American Psychological Association OKs Its Members' Participation in Interrogations. San Francisco 8 page With Liberty and Justice .. for some. Political Activists / Political Prisoners Why Habeas Matters History of the Patriot Act Violations of Civil Liberties About the SF Gray Panthers