Guantanamo

Guantánamo: the American prison (in Cuba) where torture is still practised along with various other violations of human rights (or of the Law in general). Photo: a prisoner in an orange uniform is photographed from a distance, behind barbed wire, surrounded by soldiers.

United States

Guantánamo: legacy of torture and abuse still haunts America

18 October 2024 by Julia Crawford (Justice Info)

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, candidates for the US presidential elections on November 5, have been silent so far on what they would do about Guantánamo. Many have called for the closing down of this US military prison on Cuba, [...]

Banner on the balcony of a building in Lyon, France:

France or Germany: state torturers, don't go to the wrong place

10 May 2021 by Jeanne Sulzer

In early 2021, France’s highest court granted immunity to state officials suspected of international crimes, while at the same time the German Federal Court rejected such a protection. The International Law Commission, which is cu [...]