Guantánamo Bay
Controversial Cuban facility
Guantánamo Bay is a sheltered inlet on the southeastern coast of Cuba, site of a U.S. naval base since 1903.
Since 2002, it has housed a detention facility for terrorism suspects, becoming synonymous with controversial interrogation practices and indefinite detention without trial: The prisoners were held at Guantánamo Bay for years without charges.
Often shortened to Guantánamo or Gitmo.
- naval baseMilitary port for warships
- Spanish-American War1898 US-Spain territorial conflict
- detention centerPlace for confining detainees
- CubaCaribbean island country
- war on terrorCampaign against militant violence
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Guantánamo Bayfederal courthouse
National government's trial venue
due process · habeas corpus · fair trial · rule of law · judicial oversight
Guantánamo Baycontinental United States
Contiguous American states
federal jurisdiction · stateside · Washington D.C. · Leavenworth · home soil
Guantánamo BayGeneva Conventions
Wartime humanitarian treaties
humane treatment · rehabilitation center · restorative justice · transparency