Witnesses of the unseen : seven years in Guantanamo / Lakhdar Boumediene and Mustafa Ait Idir, with Daniel Hartnett Norland, Jeffrey Rose and Kathleen List.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boumediene, Lakhdar, 1966- author.

Ait Idir, Mustafa, 1970- author.

Norland, Daniel Hartnett, author.

Rose, Jeff, author.

List, Kathleen, author.

Contributor:

Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boumediene, Lakhdar, 1966---Imprisonment.

Boumediene, Lakhdar.

Ait Idir, Mustafa, 1970---Imprisonment.

Ait Idir, Mustafa.

Boumediene, Lakhdar, 1966---Trials, litigation, etc.

Ait Idir, Mustafa, 1970---Trials, litigation, etc.

Ait Idir, Mustafa, 1970-.

Boumediene, Lakhdar, 1966-.

Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp--Biography.

Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp.

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

Detention of persons.

Prisoners of war--Legal status, laws, etc.

Prisoners of war--Abuse of.

Imprisonment.

Cuba--Guantánamo Bay Naval Base.

Prisoners of war--Abuse of--Cuba--Guantánamo Bay Naval Base.

Prisoners of war.

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

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009--Prisoners and prisons, American.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xvii, 266 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Redwood Press, [2017]

Summary:

"This searing memoir shares the trauma and triumphs of Lakhdar Boumediene and Mustafa Ait Idir's time inside America's most notorious prison. Lakhdar and Mustafa were living quiet, peaceful lives in Bosnia when, in October 2001, they were arrested and accused of participating in a terrorist plot. After a three-month investigation uncovered no evidence, all charges were dropped and Bosnian courts ordered their freedom. However, under intense U.S. pressure, Bosnian officials turned them over to American soldiers. They were flown blindfolded and shackled to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where they were held in outdoor cages for weeks as the now-infamous military prison was built around them. Guantanamo became their home for the next seven years. They endured torture and harassment and force-feedings and beatings, all the while not knowing if they would ever see their families again. They had no opportunity to argue their innocence until 2008, when the Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling in their case, Boumediene v. Bush, confirming Guantanamo detainees' constitutional right to challenge their detention in federal court. Weeks later, the George W. Bush--appointed federal judge who heard their case, stunned by the absence of evidence against them, ordered their release. Now living in Europe and rebuilding their lives, Lakhdar and Mustafa are finally free to share a story that every American ought to know."--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Before Guantanamo

Welcome to America

Until proven innocent

Freedom

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Boumediene, Lakhdar, 1966- Witnesses of the unseen.

ISBN:

9781503601154

1503601153

OCLC:

958782062