The Guantánamo files : the stories of the 774 detainees in America's illegal prison / Andy Worthington.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Worthington, Andy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political prisoners--Government policy--Cuba--Guantánamo Bay Naval Base.

Political prisoners.

Prisoners of war--Legal status, laws, etc--Cuba--Guantánamo Bay Naval Base.

Prisoners of war.

Detention of persons--Cuba--Guantánamo Bay Naval Base.

Detention of persons.

Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (350 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; Ann Arbor, Mich. : Pluto Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 2006, four years after the illegal prison in Guantánamo Bay opened, the Pentagon finally released the names of the 773 men held there, as well as 7, 000 pages of transcripts from tribunals assessing their status as 'enemy combatants'. 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 773 men who have been held in Guantanamo? This passionate and brilliantly detailed book brings their stories to the world for the first time.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

1 "Operation Enduring Freedom"

2 The Qala-i-Janghi Massacre

3 The Convoy of Death

4 Tora Bora

5 Escape to Pakistan: " Osama's Bodyguards"

6 Escape to Pakistan: Saudis and Yemenis

7 Escape to Pakistan: The Diaspora

8 Kandahar

9 From Sheberghan to Kandahar

10 Others Captured in Afghanistan

11 Guantánamo Opens

12 House Raids and Other Arrests in Pakistan

13 The Capture of Abu Zubaydah and its Aftermath

14 Bagram

15 Torture, Abuse and False Confessions in Guantánamo

16 " Extraordinary Rendition," " Ghost" Prisoners and Secret Prisons

17 Losing the War in Afghanistan

18 Challenging the Law

19 Suicides and Hunger Strikes

20 Endgame?

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781783715534

1783715537

9781849643641

1849643644

OCLC:

655829816