By Jonathan Hafetz
The U.S. reformatory at Guantánamo Bay has lengthy been synonymous with torture, secrecy, and the abuse of government energy. It has come to epitomize lawlessness and has sparked protracted criminal battles and political debate. For too lengthy, even if, Guantánamo has been considered in isolation and has overshadowed a bigger, interconnected worldwide detention approach that comes with different army prisons corresponding to Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, mystery CIA jails, and the move of prisoners to different international locations for torture. Guantánamo is simply—and alarmingly—the so much seen instance of a miles higher felony approach designed to function open air the law.
Habeas Corpus after 9/11 examines the increase of the U.S.-run international detention procedure that emerged after 11th of September and the efforts to problem it via habeas corpus (a petition to seem in court docket to say illegal imprisonment). Habeas specialist and litigator Jonathan Hafetz offers us an insider’s view of the detention of “enemy opponents” and an obtainable clarification of the complicated forces that hold those platforms operating.
In the age of terrorism, a few argue that habeas corpus is impractical and unwise. Hafetz advocates that it is still the only most vital cost opposed to arbitrary and illegal detention, torture, and the abuse of govt strength.
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