Addressing a Legacy of Abuse at Guantanamo Bay: Ending Twenty Years of Injustice (Register here)
Wednesday, February 16 | 12:10-1:10 pm EST
More than 20 years ago, the Guantanamo prison facility opened its doors to the first of nearly 800 Muslim men and boys to be held in detention there. Nearly a year ago, President Biden promised to close the facility, ending the practice of indefinite definition there and marking an end to its history of torture and abuse, but his administration has made very little progress toward that end. Guantanamo remains open, with 39 men still detained there, the majority of them never charged. Hear panelists Mansoor Adayfi (writer, artist, activist, and former Guantanamo detainee), Alka Pradhan (CLS ‘07; Human Rights Counsel for Ammar al Baluchi, Guantanamo Bay Military Commissions), and Terry Rockefeller (Founding Member, September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows) discuss the facility’s history of injustice and the pathway to closure. Scott Roehm (Washington Director, Center for Victims of Torture) will moderate.
