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9780814737361.
Guantanamo Lawyers
(
Subtitle:
Inside a Prison Outside the Law)
by
Edited by Mark Denbeaux
Edited by Jonathan Hafetz
( Hardback)
ISBN:
9780814737361
Publisher:
New York University Press
Price:
£22.99
Published in UK:
11/12/2009
Following the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the United States imprisoned more than seven hundred and fifty men at its naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. These men, ranging from teenage boys to men in their eighties from over forty different countries, were detained for years without charges, trial, and a fair hearing. Without any legal status or protection, they were truly outside the law: imprisoned in secret, denied communication with their families, and subjected to extreme isolation, physical and mental abuse, and, in some instances, torture. These are the detainees’ stories, told by their lawyers because the prisoners themselves were silenced. It took habeas counsel more than two years - and a ruling from the United States Supreme Court - to finally gain the right to visit and talk to their clients at Guantanamo. Even then, lawyers were forced to operate under severe restrictions designed to inhibit communication and envelop the prison in secrecy. In time, however, lawyers were able to meet with their clients and bring the truth about Guantanamo to the world.
The Guantanamo Lawyers
contains over one hundred personal narratives from attorneys who have represented detainees held at Guantanamo as well as at other lawless detention centers such as Afghanistan’s Bagram Air Base. Mark Denbeaux and Jonathan Hafetz - themselves lawyers for detainees - collected stories that cover virtually every facet of Guantanamo, and the litigation it sparked. Together, these moving, powerful voices create a historical record of Guantanamo’s legal, human, and moral failings, and provide a window into America’s catastrophic effort to create a prison beyond the law.
Review Quote:
"A critically important and inspired project. . . . Guantanamo from the point of view of the habeas lawyers - those courageous men and women who have stood up for the rule of law, the constitution and human rights as they represented the detainees beginning in December." Peter Jan Honigsburg, author of
Our Nation, Unhinged: The Human Consequences of the War on Terror
"The narratives are excellent and very powerful, and provide an insightful view into what it is like to be a prisoner at Guantanamo and the challenges and emotional experiences in representing those prisoners." Jules Lobel, co-author of
Less Safe, Less Free: Why America is Losing the War on Terror
"The desperate words, quoted here, of Gitmo detainees on torture grab the heart and do not let go. This compelling book on the American penal colony and its residents is a cautionary tale of overzealous executive wartime power and the awful mess it sometimes leaves behind."
Publishers Weekly
, 31st August 2009
"A valuable contribution to the record of an unfinished story bound to reverberate for years to come."
Kirkus Reviews
, issue 9/15
