behind the bars: guantanamo bay
From the Gitmo Cookbook: Biryani at Tayyab's East London Curry House
The Guantánamo detainee Ahmed Rabbani's favorite dish is a Tower of Babel made of food, a multi-story parking garage starring rice.
Why Hasn't Obama Closed Guantánamo?
I think the president came to realize, quite early on, that closing Guantánamo and rejecting indefinite detention were promises he had to break in order to give the rest of his counter-terrorism policy room to breathe.
Younous Chekkouri: My Road to Guantánamo
I guess my tragedy starts from that first day when I was captured by bounty hunters.
The Prosecutor
Morris Davis was the third Chief Prosecutor of the Guantánamo military commissions. His job was to direct the efforts to prosecute the detainees.
Yemen’s Proposed Rehabilitation Center Isn’t Making Much Progress
Although President Obama has made assurances that Yemen is the model for counterterrorism success, an initiative to build a rehabilitation center to house repatriated Guantánamo detainees from that country is showing little progress.
What Happens When I Try to Give My Guantánamo Guards Presents
I once gave a guard a gift, if you can consider chocolate milk a gift. He refused it with a fierce look, as if I were trying to bribe him.
From the Gitmo Cookbook: Emad Hassan’s Zorbian at Brooklyn’s Yemen Cafe
For the last 12 years, Emad Hassan has been a prisoner at Guantánamo Bay. While his diet today consists solely of intranasally administered cans of TwoCal, he misses food from the outside world a great deal. Especially his mother's zorbian.
My Time As a Guard at Guantánamo Bay
How Terry Holdbrooks entered Gitmo a soldier and left a Muslim convert.
Growing Up Guantánamo
International juvenile justice standards identify child soldiers first and foremost as victims in need of representation and rehabilitation. Still, a number of adolescents have been held as prisoners at Guantánamo Bay.
Behind the Bars: Guantánamo Bay – An Editor's Letter
An introduction to the first installment of our new series from VICE Global Editor Alex Miller.
Pakistan Since Guantánamo
Pakistani journalist and novelist Saba Imtiaz answers a question about the outside world posed by a Guantánamo detainee.
Why Are Prisoners Who Have Been Cleared for Release Still in Guantánamo?
In order for a prisoner to be cleared every single US government agency with a stake in national security affairs has to sign off on his release.