Guantánamo
Controversial military prison
Guantánamo is a province and city in southeastern Cuba, lending its name to Guantánamo Bay, a harbor where the United States has maintained a naval base since 1903.
Since 2002, the base has housed a detention facility for terrorism suspects, making "Guantánamo" shorthand for indefinite detention, enhanced interrogation, and debates over due process: They held him at Guantánamo for years without charges.
Person held in custody
- prisonerConfined criminal detainee
- interrogationFormal, probing examination
- tortureDeliberate infliction of suffering
- extrajudicialOutside court authority
tribunal · confinement · cell · jumpsuit · military commission · hunger strike · waterboarding · black site
Deliberate infliction of suffering
- abuseCruel or violent treatment
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- transparencyState of being see-through
unlawful · Amnesty International · Obama · Bush · civil liberties · protest
1898 US-Spain territorial conflict
- American occupationArmed forces controlling territory
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
indigenous · Cold War · Cuban Missile Crisis · Haitian refugees
Shore facility for warships
- military baseArmed forces facility
- garrisonStationed military force
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
- marinesNaval infantry soldiers
barracks · harbor · operations · command · fortification · lease · strategic · Caribbean
From a Caribbean nation
- HavanaCuba's largest city
- SantiagoChile's largest city
- CaribbeanTropical Atlantic region
- provinceRegional administrative district
sugarcane · rum · Spanish colonial · revolution · embargo · Creole · Afro-Cuban
detainee
Person held in custody
- prisonerConfined criminal detainee
- interrogationFormal, probing examination
- tortureDeliberate infliction of suffering
extrajudicial · tribunal · confinement · cell · jumpsuit · military commission · hunger strike · waterboarding · black site · enemy combatant
torture
Deliberate infliction of suffering
- abuseCruel or violent treatment
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
transparency · unlawful · Amnesty International · Obama · Bush · civil liberties · protest
Spanish-American War
1898 US-Spain territorial conflict
- American occupationArmed forces controlling territory
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
colonization · indigenous · Cold War · Cuban Missile Crisis · Haitian refugees
naval station
Shore facility for warships
- military baseArmed forces facility
- garrisonStationed military force
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
marines · barracks · harbor · operations · command · fortification · lease · strategic · Caribbean · defense
Cuban
From a Caribbean nation
province · sugarcane · rum · Spanish colonial · revolution · embargo · Creole · Afro-Cuban
harbor
Safe anchorage for ships
anchorage · waterfront · coastline · shoreline · windward · tropical
Guantánamodue process
Guaranteed judicial fairness
habeas corpus · constitutional rights · fair trial · rule of law · legal representation
GuantánamoU.S. territory
American-governed non-state land
federal courthouse · continental United States · home soil · Leavenworth · federal prison
GuantánamoGeneva Conventions
Wartime humanitarian treaties
humane treatment · rehabilitation · human dignity · restorative justice · prisoner rights
- Guantánamo BayU.S. naval station, Cuba