The Guantánamo Bay concentration camp is a U.S.-owned prison camp in Cuba that currently holds 39 prisoners.[1] Up to 780 people from dozens of countries, including boys as young as 13, have been imprisoned in the camp.[2]
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 Puerto Rico.[3]
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 CIA brought its first 20 prisoners to Cuba.[2]
Torture
Prisoners are often tortured with sleep deprivation, freezing water, and intense light and sound.[4] One prisoner was waterboarded 183 times.[2]
References
- ↑ "NYT: First declassified photos of Guantanamo Bay released" (2022-06-15). Monthly Review. Archived from the original on 2022-06-15. Retrieved 2022-06-19.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Gloria La Riva (2022-01-13). "20 years of U.S. crimes against humanity in Guantánamo" Liberation News. Archived from the original on 2022-04-12. Retrieved 2022-06-19.
- ↑ David Vine (2020). The United States of War: 'Conquest' (p. 64). Oakland: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520972070 [LG]
- ↑ Raúl Antonio Capote (2021-11-08). "There is one place in Cuba where torture occurs" Granma English. Archived from the original on 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2022-06-19.