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Title: What are the international issues that have arisen concerning the detention of terror suspects in Gu


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What are the international issues that have
arisen concerning the detention of terror
suspects in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba?
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Guantanamo Bay Naval Station
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Background Info
  • Built in 1903 after agreement between Cuban and
    US governments
  • Used as a fueling station
  • Fidel Castro comes to power 1959
  • War on Terror Post 9/11
  • Subsequent Issues

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Human Rights
5
Torture as a form of interrogation
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State Sponsored Terrorism
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Media restrictions and prisoner isolation.
  • Guantanamo Bay, restricted area for media. US
    military said
  • Escorted journalists would lead to more secure
    reporting , news coverage will interfere
    with the spirituality of events.
  • British prisoner reveal the truth
  • The time in isolation spent away from people,
    away from anybody except for interrogators and
    for soldiers was very, very difficult.
  • Prisoners and their hunger protest.
  • We want media attention
  • Breech of human rights.
  • All the time I was kneeling with a guy standing
    on the backs of my legs and another holding a gun
    to my head. (Ahmed Ruhal)
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