Carol Rosenberg
Why closing Gitmo remains a daunting task for Obama
The White House has been picking up the pace of prisoner releases at the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba. Still, actually emptying the prison and shutting down the facility will be difficult because Congress prohibits the transfer of Gitmo detainees to US soil.
Despite differences, Guantanamo prison out-of-sight, if not mind, in presidential election
Mitt Romney and Barack Obama have divergent views on Guantanamo Bay — at least based on statements made years ago. In the current election cycles, neither man has really talked about the future he sees for the prison. But whoever is elected will be faced with precedent-setting cases in short order.
Ramadan at Guantanamo Bay
The holy month of Ramadan began at sundown on Monday night. And with it, millions of Muslims around the world began abstaining from food and drink during daylight hours, in the hopes of finding spiritual growth. But for the Muslims in Guantanamo Bay who’ve been on hunger strike since the spring, Ramadan is a far […]
Hunger Strike Grows at Guantanamo
With all the national headlines over the last week — bombings and a manhunt in Boston, explosions in Texas, and the Senate’s great debate over gun control — a growing hunger strike by prisoners at Guantanamo Bay escaped most Americans’ notice. The U.S. military says that 94 prisoners are now on a hunger strike at the detention […]
Hunger Strikes: The Latest from Gitmo and the History
Currently at Guantanamo Bay, 43 of the 166 prisoners are on hunger strikes, in protest of the what they perceive to be the unethical conditions at the facility and their indefinite detention without trial. Carol Rosenberg, Correspondent for the Miami Herald, breaks down the report. The hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay is just the latest […]
