Gitmo has been used over and over again to illegally detain prisoners

Gitmo has been used over and over again to illegally detain prisoners

One detention policy that still baffles me till this day, is that of the prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (Gitmo). For one, in 1898 the authoritative nation over this area became controversial- Cuba retained ultimate sovereignty while the US had complete jurisdiction (Lipman, 2018). Therefore, one would raise the concern over its constitutional rights.

According to further research, Gitmo has been used over and over again to illegally detain prisoners. For instance, in 1945 US officers jailed Cuban employee for stealing a few hundred dollar’s worth of cigarettes for two weeks without trial (Lipman, 2018). Additionally, in the 1990s, the Coast Guard detained thousands of Haitians fleeing political unrest- they were denied asylum and sent home. These stories bring us to the aftermath of 9/11, where Gitmo was used as a detention center for some of the most ‘notorious’ masterminds behind the terror attacks of

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