In November of 2006, our client, Khaled El-Masri, traveled to the United States to observe oral arguments in his lawsuit against U.S. officials and contractors. Under normal circumstances, such a visit could hardly be more ordinary. But there was nothing ordinary about El-Masri’s visit. Remarkably, El-Masri may be the only victim of the Bush administration’s [...]
That’s what I was wondering one hot day last July when I walked across a prison yard so silent and sterile as to be a little eerie. Nothing grew in the yard: no grass or flower or tree or even weed. We approached a hut. Inside was a man chained to the floor. His name [...]
Mohammed Jawad was a functionally illiterate young man from the Pashtun tribal region of Afghanistan. He had been arrested on December 17, 2002, in Kabul by Afghan authorities in connection with a hand-grenade attack on a jeep containing two U.S. Special Forces soldiers and their local Afghan interpreter. The attack took place in broad daylight [...]
Like all of my clients, Abdullah was arrested far away from any battlefield. He was arrested in Pakistan by Pakistani border guards who turned him over to the United States at a time when our country was paying thousands of dollars, more than people in that part of the world make over many years, for [...]
In November of 2006, our client, Khaled El-Masri, traveled to the United States to observe oral arguments in his lawsuit against U.S. officials and contractors. Under normal circumstances, such a visit could hardly be more ordinary. But there was nothing ordinary about El-Masri’s visit. Remarkably, El-Masri may be the only victim of the Bush administration’s [...]
That’s what I was wondering one hot day last July when I walked across a prison yard so silent and sterile as to be a little eerie. Nothing grew in the yard: no grass or flower or tree or even weed. We approached a hut. Inside was a man chained to the floor. His name [...]
Mohammed Jawad was a functionally illiterate young man from the Pashtun tribal region of Afghanistan. He had been arrested on December 17, 2002, in Kabul by Afghan authorities in connection with a hand-grenade attack on a jeep containing two U.S. Special Forces soldiers and their local Afghan interpreter. The attack took place in broad daylight [...]
Like all of my clients, Abdullah was arrested far away from any battlefield. He was arrested in Pakistan by Pakistani border guards who turned him over to the United States at a time when our country was paying thousands of dollars, more than people in that part of the world make over many years, for [...]
This new book contains over 100 personal narratives from attorneys who have represented detainees held at “Gitmo” as well as at other “black sites” such as Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.
“One of the most inspiring features of the post-9/11 world has been the willingness of lawyers from all walks of life to volunteer to represent those condemned to indefinite detention at Guantánamo. This book provides an invaluable birds-eye view of what it’s like to fight for justice in a law-free zone, representing men who the government has labeled the worst of the worst.”—David Cole
“This is a fascinating and revealing behind-the-scenes account of the human stories inside Guantánamo, told candidly by some of America’s best, and most public-spirited, lawyers.”—Jane Mayer