Hello
My name is Gabriel Rediker and I had to do a Presentation
about the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base camp in US-Government. While I was
researching everything, I found so many shocking facts about this dangerous
place and I want to share it with everyone in the world. Before it became a
detention camp in 2002, it was a Naval Base for the military, especially for
the Marine. Because of its perfect location in the Atlantic Ocean, America
showed interest in the early 1940. There were always troubles around the Naval
Base, so the American Military decided to build a big fence with lots of mines
around it. Mostly Cuban refuge seeker and of course the military built a
17-mile fence surrounding the base. Most of these mines still remain at this
place, and already 25 people were killed, and much more people got injuries. In
1996 US President Bill Clinton ordered the demising of the American placed
minefield, but not all mines were founded, especially because the Cuban
government didn't want to help. So that was a little history about this place
and now, we move forward to the main issue.
In response to the 9/11 attacks in 2001, President Georg
W. Bush used the existing migrant detention facilities at Guantanamo. At the
time of its establishment in January 2002, the prison camp was built to detain
extraordinarily dangerous persons, to interrogate detainees in an optimal
setting, and to prosecute detainees for war crimes, so Georg W. Bush. After
Bush political appointees at the U.S. Office of Legal Counsel, the first 20
people were sent to Camp X-Ray in January 2002. Camp X-Ray is the first camp
that was built on this Naval Base. It had space for 320 detainees, and they
were held in cages like animals. The cage was open to all sides, so the prison
officer can see whatever the detainees are doing. In other words, no privacy or
safety from the weather. It was only a temporary detention facility, which was
closed in April 2002, because it was too small to hold all the detainees.
That's why Camp Delta-X was built. The new camp can hold
780 people, and another camp called Iguana for children was a separated camp
rite next to Delta-X. I hope everybody of you knows that we live in the 21st
century, but I think the US-government didn't, and still doesn't understand
what’s going on and what the Human rights are.
They had the perfect idea, to
bring the Middle Ages back in live again and to torture the prisoners, like
they are no humans, and almost no one did anything against it (sarcasm). Of
course because the UN forbade it, to see after the detainees, if they are still
alive, but also because no one was really interested and so the media didn't
publish it all the time. But if the enemies torture the Americans, oh my god
that’s the most horrible thing ever. But maybe they started torture them
because the American had the super idea first to torture all the
detainees.
I'm from Germany
and I think because of our past, especially during the World war two time, you
can compare these camps with Konzentrationslager from the Hitler era. But the
BIG different between these two camps: The KZ was used during a
national-socialistic time in 1940 and the Guantanamo Bay camp is now a day in a
democratic system. And the reason why America doesn't do anything against it:
Guantanamo Bay detainees were not on U.S. soil and therefore not covered by the
U.S. constitution. In other words: They could do whatever they want with them,
and it is not illegal. Such a surprise why the camp is not in America, but on
an Island. They can express all their hate of the 9/11 assassination on the
people with tortures, nonhuman conditions and absolute no rights for the
detainees. They are also not allowed to exercise their religion and during
Ramadan, some detainees got force-fed, although the US government said that the
detainees have at least some basic rights. But No nothing.
Also lots of prisoners were hold without a reason and if
they get permission for a release, the detainees were force held, because the
government said it is too dangerous to let these people free.
In May 2014, five Taliban’s were released in an exchange
for one American soldier, who was arrested in Afghanistan. So trading people is
comment again in the states. What a surprise.
The camp should be already shut down for years, or better
it should never be opened, but right now is the time to change everything, and
that will show that we learned about our mistakes, and that we can make a
change, to become a better country. Instead of bringing the case closer to
trial, each preliminary hearing in Guantanamo seems to move it further away and
the people want it this way. And that is really sad to hear. I am not the only
one who thinks like that. Important politicians all over the world said
something about this issue especially Angela Merkel from Germany. She said in
an interview that she is not going to support the US in this case, but more she
wants distance herself out of this case, because she wants more rights for the
prisoners.
I hope I made you
a clear opinion about this major issue in the Unites States. I want to say
Thank you for taking your time to read my blog and Thank you in advance for
making America a better and saver country for everyone.
