Facts about Guantanamo Bay: U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Those words almost have to crawl their way out of your mouth, don’t they? Anything you’ve likely heard about the detention camp is horrific in nature. It’s definitely not a place where a terrorist goes to vacation. Even after an executive order from President Barack Obama in 2009 to close its doors, the facility continues to operate. This leaves us all to wonder who’s really driving the bus around here?
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The litany of what many people would call egregious human rights violations is mind boggling. Today it’s still home to over 50 prisoners that our government deems are a threat to our sovereign nation. Guantanamo Bay has largely been cloaked from public view since its inception as a U.S. military base. On lease from the new Republic of Cuba since the early 1900s, there’s little that’s been said publicly about the prison. However, what we’ve heard, or haven’t heard for that matter, is terrifying and usually winds up making us, as humans, look like we talk out of both sides of our mouth.
It’s undeniable that we need somewhere to put assumed terrorists. These people and the networks to which they belong need to be found. Not just for our safety as individuals, but the world as a collective whole. Guantanamo Bay will continue to have a dark cloud hanging over it as long as it continues to operate the way it does. Practicing advanced types of interrogation, inhumane, and sometimes terrible. Hardcore things that have undoubtedly saved millions of lives all around the world.
12. Most Inmates Are Muslim
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Afghani, Saudi Arabian, and Yemen prisoners have totaled more than 50% of the combined population of Guantanamo Bay throughout its existence. Since 2010, any person who becomes incarcerated at the Naval base has been issued a Quran and holy mat. Arrows within the prison point in the direction of Mecca, allowing inmates the right to pray up to five times a day. Following a recent transfer of several Saudi inmates, the 50 plus remaining prisoners consist of men that are mostly from the country of Yemen. Profiling, as we all know, is a taboo subject. Have you been to an airport lately? Just about everyone is getting probed! The topic ruffles feathers all over the planet, no matter where you’re from and rightfully so.
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