Marines transport a detainee in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, in 2002. Nearly 800 detainees have passed through the prison since it opened that year. Today, 39 men are still being held there.

39 detainees remain at Guantanamo Bay. This list of Guantánamo prisoners has the known identities of prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba, but is compiled from various sources and is incomplete.

Nearly one in five guards in the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay is a woman. Their job is the same as the men, to guard detainees who don’t see them as their equals.

GitMo twist (GuanTanaMO bay Naval Base)- Even though the most northern part of Cuba is only about 90 miles from Florida, the U.S. is not allowed to fly over it, which requires them to around the eastern edge of the Cuban shoreline until getting to the south-southeastern part of the Island, where Gitmo is situated, in …

When Spanish settlers took control of Cuba, the bay became a vital harbor on the south side of the island. They chose Guantánamo because of its excellent harbor. U.S. Marines landed with naval support in the invasion of Guantánamo Bay in June 1898.

The United States assumed territorial control over the southern portion of Guantánamo Bay under the 1903 Lease. The United States exercises jurisdiction and control over this territory, while recognizing that Cuba retains ultimate sovereignty.

water torture
Waterboarding, or “water torture,” is a brutal practice whereby an interrogator straps a prisoner to a board, places a wet rag in his mouth, and by pouring water through the rag induces controlled drowning.

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Another reason to close Guantanamo is that abuses committed in the name of counterterrorism have aggravated the terrorist threat. International counterterrorism cooperation has weakened, as courts in places as varied as Spain, France and Kuwait have condemned Guantanamo and refused to accept information obtained there.

Guantanamo Bay doesn’t need to be closed, it needs to be reformed. There is no suitable solution for dealing with many current prisoners if Guantanamo Bay were to close. Closing Guantanamo Bay is politically unpopular. The alternatives to Guantanamo Bay are both less safe for the United States and less humane for terror suspects.

Why Guantanamo Bay Should Stay Open Bradford Berenson is a lawyer who served in the White House counsel’s office and helped form policy on the capture and imprisonment of detainees. He argues that the Guantanamo Bay detention center should stay open.

As long as Guantanamo Bay is still operating – and as long as its detainees are subjected to torture and unlawfully deprived of their various rights enshrined in international human rights and humanitarian law – any apologies from leaders in the US or its allies for the findings of the torture report cannot be taken seriously. Torture Guantanamo Bay