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| {{DISPLAYTITLE:Guantánamo Bay concentration camp}} | | {{DISPLAYTITLE:Guantánamo Bay concentration camp}} |
| [[File:Guantanamo bay.png|thumb|Prisoners kneeling against the fence in the prison camp.]] | | [[File:Guantanamo bay.png|thumb|Prisoners kneeling against the fence in the prison camp.]] |
| The '''Guantánamo Bay concentration camp''' is a [[United States of America|US]]-controlled prison camp in [[Republic of Cuba|Cuba]] that currently holds 39 prisoners.<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=[[Monthly Review]]|title=NYT: First declassified photos of Guantanamo Bay released|date=2022-06-15|url=https://mronline.org/2022/06/15/nyt-first-declassified-photos-of-guantanamo-bay-released/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615223831/https://mronline.org/2022/06/15/nyt-first-declassified-photos-of-guantanamo-bay-released/|archive-date=2022-06-15|retrieved=2022-06-19}}</ref> Up to 780 people from dozens of countries,<ref name=":0">{{News citation|author=[[Gloria La Riva]]|newspaper=[[Liberation News]]|title=20 years of U.S. crimes against humanity in Guantánamo|date=2022-01-13|url=https://www.liberationnews.org/20-years-of-u-s-crimes-against-humanity-in-guantanamo/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412175101/https://www.liberationnews.org/20-years-of-u-s-crimes-against-humanity-in-guantanamo/|archive-date=2022-04-12|retrieved=2022-06-19}}</ref> ranging in age from 13 to 98, have been imprisoned in the camp. 85% of prisoners were never suspected of being terrorists. Despite the original treaty banning commercial activities, the military base has a [[McDonald's]].<ref name=":1" /> | | The '''Guantánamo Bay concentration camp''' is a [[United States of America|U.S.]]-owned prison camp in [[Republic of Cuba|Cuba]] that currently holds 39 prisoners.<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=[[Monthly Review]]|title=NYT: First declassified photos of Guantanamo Bay released|date=2022-06-15|url=https://mronline.org/2022/06/15/nyt-first-declassified-photos-of-guantanamo-bay-released/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615223831/https://mronline.org/2022/06/15/nyt-first-declassified-photos-of-guantanamo-bay-released/|archive-date=2022-06-15|retrieved=2022-06-19}}</ref> Up to 780 people from dozens of countries, including boys as young as 13, have been imprisoned in the camp.<ref name=":0">{{News citation|author=[[Gloria La Riva]]|newspaper=[[Liberation News]]|title=20 years of U.S. crimes against humanity in Guantánamo|date=2022-01-13|url=https://www.liberationnews.org/20-years-of-u-s-crimes-against-humanity-in-guantanamo/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412175101/https://www.liberationnews.org/20-years-of-u-s-crimes-against-humanity-in-guantanamo/|archive-date=2022-04-12|retrieved=2022-06-19}}</ref> |
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| == History == | | == History == |
| The United States began colonizing Cuba in 1898 in the [[Spanish–Statesian War]]. It occupied Guantánamo Bay and used it to launch an invasion of [[Commonwealth of Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico]]. In exchange for US troops leaving the rest of Cuba, the USA forced Cuba to cede Guantánamo Bay for an unlimited lease.<ref name=":1">{{Citation|author=David Vine|year=2020|title=The United States of War|isbn=9780520972070|city=Oakland|publisher=University of California Press|lg=http://library.lol/main/191568BFAC73F009132DB00ECD0F0F05|page=64–7|chapter=Conquest}}</ref>
| | Cuba was colonized by the United States beginning in 1898 after the [[Spanish–American War]]. Cuba was given independence in 1902 but Guantánamo stayed under U.S. control. It was originally used to store coal, which U.S. warships used for fuel at the time. The prison camp was established on 11 January 2002, when the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] brought its first 20 prisoners to Cuba.<ref name=":0" /> |
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| Cuba was given independence in 1902 but Guantánamo stayed under U.S. control. It was originally used to store coal, which U.S. warships used for fuel at the time.<ref name=":0" /> In the 1930s, the USA and its [[Neocolonialism|neocolonial]] government in Cuba updated the lease to specify that Cuba can never force the USA to leave. The USA paid Cuba only $2,000 a year for the base until Cuba stopped collecting the checks after the [[Cuban Revolution|revolution]].<ref name=":1" /> The concentration camp was established on 11 January 2002, when the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] brought its first 20 prisoners to Cuba.<ref name=":0" /> | |
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| == Torture == | | == Torture == |
