Assessing the rights of Guantanamo Bay detainees

by Adam Greenwood

Many people believe that the individuals being held at Guantanamo Bay should have no rights. After all, are these not terrorists trying to kill us and destroy our civilization? Why then, should we afford them any rights. W...read more

by Huw Freeman

The detainees in Guantanamo are in a dangerous position. Their legal rights are questionable. Prisoners of war? Enemy combatants? Innocent victims? Each of these is a view that can be argued. Each has a different entitleme...read more

by David Thornton

Since 9/11, the United States has held prisoners from Iraq, Afghanistan and other terror training sites at the US military base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The number of prisoners was over 700 at its highest point and now is...read more

by Duane Kuehn

It is a sad situation that these things must even be questioned. Well human rights of course, everyone should be dignified with human rights. I am not talking about the rights that we give our own convicted murderers...read more

by Shammah

Guantanamo Bay is US territory. Does not all law apply and therefore the right to a defense. From all that I have read, this basic right has been denied the population as a whole. It appears to be (if one reads and acce...read more

by Jacob Moore

Before I begin I want to state that I'm not even going to discuss how ignorant you have to be to believe that the most effective manner of persuading someone into giving you their knowledge is torture. Instead of targeting...read more

by Marcus Brooks

Considering it took over a year to clear away debris from the Twin Towers, I'm amazed with bipartisan debates swirling about "protecting" the rights of terrorists who killed over 3,000 innocent Americans. Do the Geneva Co...read more

by Travis Casey

Guantanamo is not only unconstitutional, it is the epitome of hypocrisy on the part of the United States. America believes that the world should model themselves after her democracy and rights to freedom. She presents he...read more

by Doc Hopper

Guantanemo Bay means many things to many people - to the average caucasian it means "shock and awe", it means "scare our enemies", it means "the great military clout we have and use against those who hate us". For a ter...read more

by Adam Mcculley

Lets try to separate the real issue of treatment of enemy prisoners from the sensationalism of a corrupt media. This process might be a bit painful, but it is very necessary. Being a 10 year veteran of the Marine corps, Ir...read more

by Phil Hill

In the free world, we are quick to point the finger at regimes who systematically abuse their citizens' human rights. Yet, the most powerful nation on Earth has plucked a batch of people it deems to be undesirable terroris...read more

by Martin W. Schwartz

At this point, they have NONE other than what the President and/or the Secretary of Defense decide to give them. Guantanamo detainees are classified as illegal combatants and NOT as prisoners of war. As such, the prote...read more

by Todd Daigneault

In Bush's "war against terror", the Guantanamo Bay detainess have less rights than the Japanese-American internee's did during a world war that devastated Europe and Asia. Even then, subsequent supreme court rulings event...read more

by Michael Copley

There is a popular misconception that the US is in violation of international law and of the Geneva Convention by holding prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. If this were indeed the case, then the international community would b...read more

by Robert C. Sage

Who is qualified to determine if a given suspected "enemy combatant" is the real McCoy? If a court of law is not involved, how can we be sure horrendous mistakes aren't made? If a suspect is "guilty until proven innocent...read more

by Mark Hopkins

The people detained at Guantanamo Bay should have the same rights as anyone else, whether certain U.S. officials and politicians choose to admit the fact or not. By denying them their rights they make a mockery of the idea...read more

by Curtis J. Smothers

The detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are a Who's Who of international terrorism. They ended up there after a rigorous screening process that began with their capture either in the wilds of Afghanistan or having been pick...read more

by Will Kester

Dear American citizens: I am writing from the depths of Gitmo prison. I am an American citizen, and have been stuck in this hell for a long time. I've lost track, but think it has been about three years. Our co...read more

by Terry Booth

There are those who invite us to believe that we are "criminally" holding people at Guantanamo, and that the Bush administration is responsible for trammeling the "rights" of these people in contravention of the US constit...read more

by Cretia Ussery

The detainees at Guantanamo Bay have rights as a human being to be feed and clothed and given shelter. They have the right to worship without fear of retaliation. The have the right to have the red cross check and see if t...read more