Today, London-based journalist and author of "The Guantanamo Files: The
Stories of the 774 Detainees in America's Illegal Prison," releases
the first definitive list of the 779 prisoners held in the United States prison of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.The
list, which is the result of three years' research and writing about
Guantánamo, provides details of the 533 prisoners who have been
released, and includes, for the first time ever, accurate dates for
their release. It also provides details of the
241 prisoners who are still held, including the 59 prisoners who have been cleared for release.
Although some stories are still unknown, the stories of nearly 700
prisoners are referenced either by links to Andy's extensive archive of
articles about Guantánamo, or to the chapters in "The Guantánamo Files"
where they can be found.
Andy Worthington underscores:
"It
is my hope that this project will provide an invaluable research tool
for those seeking to understand how it came to pass that the government
of the United States turned its back on domestic and international law,
establishing torture as official US policy, and holding men without
charge or trial neither as prisoners of war, protected by the Geneva
Conventions, nor as criminal suspects to be put forward for trial in a
federal court, but as 'illegal enemy combatants.'
"I also hope
that it provides a compelling explanation of how that same government,
under the leadership of George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald
Rumsfeld, established a prison in which the overwhelming majority of
those held -- at least 93 percent of the 779 men and boys imprisoned in
total -- were either completely innocent people, seized as a result of
dubious intelligence or sold for bounty payments, or Taliban foot
soldiers, recruited to fight an inter-Muslim civil war that began long
before the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and that had
nothing to do with al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden or international
terrorism."
Links to the list are included below:
Part 1 (ISNs 002 to 200):
http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/guantanamo-the-definitive-prisoner-list-part-1/
Part 2 (ISNs 201 to 496):
http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/guantanamo-the-definitive-prisoner-list-part-2/
Part 3 (ISNs 497 to 732):
http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/guantanamo-the-definitive-prisoner-list-part-3/
Part 4 (ISNs 743 to 10030):
http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/guantanamo-the-definitive-prisoner-list-part-4/
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