Guantanamo Bay
Controversial Cuban facility
Guantanamo Bay is a bay on the southeastern coast of Cuba, site of a U.S. naval base established in 1903.
Since 2002, it has housed a controversial military detention facility for terrorism suspects held outside ordinary legal protections: The prisoners were transferred to Guantanamo Bay.
Often shortened to Guantanamo or Gitmo.
Person held in custody
- indefinite detentionImprisonment without set duration
- interrogationFormal, probing examination
- orange jumpsuitPrisoner's standard attire
- hunger strikeProtest through refusing food
force-feeding · military tribunal · habeas corpus · legal limbo · rendition · waterboarding · enhanced interrogation · enemy combatant
Military port for warships
- fleetVehicles under unified command
- harborSafe anchorage for ships
- anchorageSecure harbor spot
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
military installation · strategic location · lease agreement · perimeter · watchtower · checkpoint · fence line · no-man's-land
Inalienable personal freedoms
- tortureDeliberate infliction of suffering
- Geneva ConventionsWartime humanitarian treaties
- due processGuaranteed judicial fairness
- extrajudicialOutside court authority
war on terror · civil liberties · abuse · international law · accountability · transparency · scandal · public outcry
Caribbean island country
1898 US-Spain territorial conflict
- CastroProminent Cuban surname
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
- Haitian refugeesPeople fleeing that Caribbean nation
detainee
Person held in custody
- indefinite detentionImprisonment without set duration
- interrogationFormal, probing examination
- orange jumpsuitPrisoner's standard attire
hunger strike · force-feeding · military tribunal · habeas corpus · legal limbo · rendition · waterboarding · enhanced interrogation · enemy combatant · internment
naval base
Military port for warships
deployment · military installation · strategic location · lease agreement · perimeter · watchtower · checkpoint · fence line · no-man's-land · military personnel
human rights
Inalienable personal freedoms
- tortureDeliberate infliction of suffering
- Geneva ConventionsWartime humanitarian treaties
- due processGuaranteed judicial fairness
extrajudicial · war on terror · civil liberties · abuse · international law · accountability · transparency · scandal · public outcry · judicial review
Cuba
Caribbean island country
Spanish-American War
1898 US-Spain territorial conflict
- CastroProminent Cuban surname
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
Haitian refugees · September 11 · Bush administration · Obama
- Bays and GulfsBay of Fundy, Gulf of Mexico, Tampa Bay, San Francisco Bay, Monterey Bay
- Guantanamonaval base
- 2000siPhone, Wii, MySpace, YouTube, Hurricane Katrina
- Military Sitesforts, military bases, fortresses, naval stations, air force bases
- American HegemonyMonroe Doctrine, manifest destiny, territorial expansion, interventionism, regime change
- Cold War SitesBerlin Wall, Checkpoint Charlie, Iron Curtain, Brandenburg Gate, Kremlin
Guantanamo Baydue process
Guaranteed judicial fairness
habeas corpus · constitutional rights · rule of law · fair trial · presumption of innocence
Guantanamo BayGeneva Conventions
Wartime humanitarian treaties
humane treatment · rehabilitation · prisoner rights · transparency · accountability