Guantanamo Bay Prison: Human Rights Obliterated
The United States government has broken its long lasting tradition of protecting human rights by allowing the mistreatment of prisoners at the Guantanamo bay prison on the island of Cuba. America has always symbolized a nation that promotes and protects human rights and always stood as a symbol of democracy for the rest of the world. However, the long standing tradition of obeying the values instituted by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights has been reversed by Guantanamo Bay. The human rights that the United States stands for have not been provided for the detainees at Guantanamo and the sheer existence of the Guantanamo Bay camp contradicts most values and beliefs put forth by the U.S. government, thereby steadily decreasing people’s trust in the word of politicians. The actions at Guantanamo have entailed a negative image towards the United States and a world view that is contrary to the long lasting symbol the United States has stood for. Therefore, closing down Guantanamo Bay Prison will efficiently correct the governments ' wrongdoing and greatly improve the view of other nations toward the United States. Despite ongoing media coverage, the Guantanamo Bay prison remains a fairly unfamiliar topic to most people. Society is not familiar with the identity of the prisoners, their wrongdoing, the charges against them, or the possibility of a release. The lack of media coverage has left most of the american society clueless about the governments ' action at the prison. The nation is not aware of the laws that are being broken and the diminishing bonds between the U.S and other powers of the world. First of all, Guantanamo Bay prison is where the U.S. government keeps “suspected members of al-Qaeda and the Taliban” (Eisenberg and Burger). The suspected men ranging from the ages seventeen to sixty-five have been arrested throughout the world and suspected to be dangerous and posing a security threat to the United States and the rest of the western world
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