Author: Becky Little. Guantánamo Bay is a US detention camp established by President George W. Bush in 2002 in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks. Fear of Mexican immigrants led to the criminalization of marijuana. This week, … “Cuba Libre and American Imperial Nationalism,” in Contested Democracy: Freedom, Race and Power in American History, Manisha Sinha and Penny von Eschen, eds. There are no exceptions. It is located at a US military base on Cuba. Over 10,000 Cubans, now living in Panama, will soon begin to arrive to live in these tents. (Guantánamo: Why the Illegal U.S. Base Should Be Returned to Cuba. The ruling is seen as a major blow to President George W Bush - but it does not order the closure of Guantanamo. Melbourne ; New York : Ocean Press. Unfortunately, in the United States and beyond, that’s exactly what’s happening – and Amnesty International is helping stop it. Guantanamo Bay detention camp, U.S. detention facility on the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, located on the coast of Guantanamo Bay in southeastern Cuba. First and foremost is security. “Cuba’s call for the return of the area that the United States illegally occupies is based on the principle of sovereignty,” wrote Ricardo. U.S. will not stop force feeding Guantanamo “detainees” during Ramadan. Alessandra Lorini. Mr Bush said he would respect it but also protect Americans from "killers". Almost 800 men have been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility since it was established in 2002. For the inmates at the illegal U.S. torture prison at Guantanamo Bay Cuba who are assumed to all be Muslims, this may be incorrect but given the nature of the “War on Terror” and U.S. obfuscation on the identities and details of the reported 759 men who have been or continue to be held there this would probably be an accurate assumption, the month of Ramadan is of particular importance. Justices upheld the challenge by Osama Bin Laden's ex-driver to his trial at Guantanamo, saying the proceedings violated Geneva Conventions. Castro, Fidel. Guantánamo book. Why the US Made Marijuana Illegal. MLA Citation. The base itself is completely separate from the U.S. and can only be accessed via military channels. Guantánamo : why the illegal US base should be returned to Cuba / Fidel Castro, Olga Miranda, Roger Ricardo Ocean Press Melbourne ; New York 2011. A historical look at Guantanamo Bay. Article 5 of the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights says quite simply, "No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment." Guantanamo: A Working-Class History between Empire and Revolution (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008). Originally intended to be an “island outside the law” where terrorism suspects could be detained without process and interrogated without restraint, the prison and military commissions at Guantánamo Bay are catastrophic failures. This base is a holdover from the American occupation of Cuba. Buy the Paperback Book Guantanamo: Why the Illegal US Base Should Be Returned to Cuba by Fidel Castro at Indigo.ca, Canada's largest bookstore. Torture is illegal under the Geneva Conventions, the U.N. Convention Against Torture, the U.S. Constitution and the U.S. Army Field Manual. Guantánamo : why the illegal US base should be returned to Cuba. and Miranda Bravo, Olga. Today, fewer than 150 remain. People have been held for years at the Guantánamo detention camp in Cuba without even being charged with a crime. and Ricardo Luis, Roger. Once he was inaugurated, he tried from day one to make it happen.