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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| | 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> | ||
== 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]] | 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]].<ref>{{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|chapter=Conquest}}</ref> | ||
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 | 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" /> | ||
== Torture == | == Torture == |