Peter Jan Honigsberg

A Place Outside the Law (eBook, ePUB)

Forgotten Voices from Guantanamo

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Firsthand testimonies from Guantánamo Bay, inspiring future generations to never repeat the human rights violations of the detention center. Law scholar and Witness to Guantánamo founder Peter Jan Honigsberg uncovers a haunting portrait of life at the military prison and its toll, not only on the detainees and their loved ones but also on its military and civilian personnel and the journalists who reported on it. Honigsberg conducted 158 interviews across 20 countries so that the people who lived and worked there could tell their heartbreaking and inspirational stories. In each one, we face the reality that the healing process cannot begin until we start the conversation about what was done in the name of protecting our country. These are a few of them. Many alleged operatives in Guantánamo were purchased by the United States for ransom from Afghan and Pakistani soldiers. Brandon Neely, a prison guard who processed the first group of suspected operatives to arrive in Cuba, flew to London to embrace the detainees he guarded after leaving the military. Navy whistleblower Matt Diaz covertly released the names of 500 detainees by sending them in a greeting card to a lawyer in New York. Journalist Carol Rosenberg committed the past 17 years of her career to documenting life at Guantánamo. And Damien Corsetti, an interrogator who came to be known as the "King of Torture," received ribbons and awards for the same cruel actions for which he was later prosecuted. In startling, aching prose, A Place Outside the Law shines a light on these unheard voices, and through them, encourages the global community to embrace humanity as our greatest tool to make the world a safer place.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Beacon Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780807027127
• Artikelnr.: 57060882

Autorenporträt

Peter Jan Honigsberg is a professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law and the founder and director of Witness to Guantánamo. His research and teaching focuses on the rule of law and human rights violations that occurred in the detention center in Guantánamo, as well as on the study of terrorism and post-9/11 issues. His books include Our Nation Unhinged: The Human Consequences of the War on Terror and Crossing Border Street: A Civil Rights Memoir. Honigsberg lives in Berkeley, CA.

Inhaltsangabe

Author’s Note
INTRODUCTION
When the Planes Hit
PART I: A PLACE OUTSIDE THE LAW
CHAPTER 1
Coming to America
CHAPTER 2
Right Side of Things
CHAPTER 3
China’s Shadow
CHAPTER 4
Lawlessness
CHAPTER 5
Undermining Heroes
CHAPTER 6
Faux Law
CHAPTER 7
Warrior Journalist
PART II: EXPECTED AND UNEXPECTED CONSEQUENCES: CHANGES AND TRANSFORMATIONS
CHAPTER 8
Facebook Friends
CHAPTER 9
Convert
CHAPTER 10
Flight (1)
CHAPTER 11
Flight (2)
CHAPTER 12
From Pride to Shame
CHAPTER 13
Paying Respect
CHAPTER 14
For His Son
CHAPTER 15
Guantánamo Saved My Life
CHAPTER 16
Timmy
CHAPTER 17
Half-Full
CHAPTER 18
Being Up Close to Torture
CHAPTER 19
The Empty Chair
PART III: HUMAN RIGHTS FORSAKEN
CHAPTER 20
Blindsided
CHAPTER 21
The Pain Inside
CHAPTER 22
Alone
CHAPTER 23
We Tortured Him
CHAPTER 24
Castaways
CHAPTER 25
Drones
PART IV: LOOKING FORWARD AND LOOKING BACK
CHAPTER 26
Rising Above
CHAPTER 27
Kuwaiti Escorts
Afterword
APPENDICES
APPENDIX I
Timeline: US Naval Base, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba
APPENDIX II
Reflections and Evolution of Witness to Guantánamo
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index