Guantanamo: What the World Should Know

by Michael Ratner, Ellen Ray, Tre Lewis (With)

In the months following its initial release, Guantnamo: What the World Should Know has proved to be a disturbingly accurate account of the Bush administration's tangle with civil liberties and torture. Written by Michael Ratner (Center for Constitutional Rights President and co-consul on the case of Rasul v. Bush)and Ellen Ray (Institute for Media Analysis President), Guantanamo is the most authoritative documentation to date on President Bush's moves toward a network of detention centers--a system without accountability, which flouts U.S. and international law.With a resource section that includes the Gonzales memo to President Bush and excerpts from the Geneva Conventions, Guantanamo provides strong evidence of Ratner explains how Gonzales and the Bush Administration are acting to radically alter America's historic commitment to civil and human rights, and why all Americans should resist what is being done in our name.Gathered together for the first time, Guantnamo: What the World Should Know includes the governmental memorandum that led to the conditions at the Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Abu Ghraib and beyond.Ratner and Ray give the definitive account of what led to the current conditions at Guantnamo and the importance of continuing to fight against the violations of U.S. and international law undertaken by the United States since 9-11. This book is a must-read for anyone concerned with the rule of law, liberty, democracy--and the right to dissent."

Genres: Politics

184 pages, Paperback

First published June 30, 1991

About the author

Attorney and President Emeritus of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), a non-profit human rights litigation organization and president of the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) based in Berlin.

He was co-counsel in representing the Guantanamo Bay detainees in the United States Supreme Court, where, in June 2004, the court decided his clients have the right to test the legality of their detentions in court.

Reviews

[Luna M · Rating 5 out of 5]

A brief account of the early years of Guantánamo and the arguments made by the US government to justify its abhorrent practices there. It is very readable and includes an extensive appendix with some archival materials providing further context.