The Guantanamo lawyers : inside a prison outside the law / edited by Mark P. Denbeaux and Jonathan Hafetz ; with Grace A. Brown ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Denbeaux, Mark P.

Hafetz, Jonathan.

Brown, Grace A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Prisoners of war.

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

Detention of persons.

Lawyers--Cuba--Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.

Lawyers.

Prisoners of war--Legal status, laws, etc--Afghanistan--Kapisa (Extinct city).

Detention of persons--Afghanistan--Kapisa (Extinct city).

Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (427 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Read free excerpts from the book at http://www.theguantanamolawyers.com and explore the complete archive of narratives at http://dlib.nyu.edu/guantanamoFollowing the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the United States imprisoned more than seven hundred and fifty men at its naval base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. These men, ranging from teenage boys to men in their eighties from over forty different countries, were detained for years without charges, trial, and a fair hearing. Without any legal status or protection, they were truly outside the law: imprisoned in secret, denied communication with their families, and subjected to extreme isolation, physical and mental abuse, and, in some instances, torture.These are the detainees’ stories, told by their lawyers because the prisoners themselves were silenced. It took habeas counsel more than two years—and a ruling from the United States Supreme Court—to finally gain the right to visit and talk to their clients at Guantánamo. Even then, lawyers were forced to operate under severe restrictions designed to inhibit communication and envelop the prison in secrecy. In time, however, lawyers were able to meet with their clients and bring the truth about Guantánamo to the world.The Guantánamo Lawyers contains over one hundred personal narratives from attorneys who have represented detainees held at “GTMO” as well as at other overseas prisons, from Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan to secret CIA jails or “black sites.” Mark Denbeaux and Jonathan Hafetz—themselves lawyers for detainees—collected stories that cover virtually every facet of Guantánamo, and the litigation it sparked. Together, these moving, powerful voices create a historical record of Guantánamo’s legal, human, and moral failings, and provide a window into America’s catastrophic effort to create a prison beyond the law.An online archive, hosted by New York University Libraries, will be available at the time of publication and will contain the complete texts as well as other accounts contributed by Guantánamo lawyers. The documents will be freely available on the Internet for research, teaching, and non-commercial uses, and will be preserved indefinitely as a historical collection.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

Prelude

How and Why the Lawyers Started Representing Detainees

Rasul/Al Odah: The Right to Representation

First Impressions

Rendered: How the Detainees Got to Guantánamo

Female Attorneys

Family Members

Interpreters

Barriers to Representation

The No-Hearing Hearings: Combatant Status Review Tribunals

Military Commissions

Political Maneuvering

Boumediene v. Bush: The Death Knell for Prisons beyond the Law

A Product of Torture Culture

Reactions

Hunger Strikes

Suicides

6 Alternative Forms of Advocacy

7 Leaving Guantánamo

Stuck in Limbo

Out but Not Free

Happy Endings?

Guantánamo Comes to America

Black Sites

Coda

Timeline: Guantánamo and the “War on Terror”

Contributors

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0-8147-8528-X

1-4416-3374-X

OCLC:

779828476