SHOCKFACTS: Guantanamo Bay's US prison camp

Wednesday, February 2, 2005 - 11:00

  • More than 500 prisoners of some 35 nationalities are being held at the US Naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

  • The prisoners are denied basic rights under international law and most have been held without charge or trial.

  • Many of the prisoners have no access to the courts, legal counsel or family visits.

  • Prisoners have been subjected to physical and psychological torture, including isolation, shackling, sensory deprivation, and the use of strobe lights, loud music, temperature manipulation and dogs during interrogations.

From Green Left Weekly, February 2, 2005.

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From GLW issue 613