Torture and Ill-treatment in Guantanamo
Channel: Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos
Date: 2015-08-28

The United States Government authorized the use of “enhanced interrogation techniques”, which, during the early years, included cramped confinement, wall standing, stress positions, sleep deprivation, waterboarding, sensory deprivation, severe beatings, electric shocks, induced hypothermia, dry submarine, among others.

The fact that a State is confronted with terrorism should not lead to restrictions on the protection of the physical integrity of the person.

→ Visit the multimedia section of the report: “Towards the Closure of Guantanamo”
http://www.iachr.org/guantanamobay

→ Download and read the report: “Towards the Closure of Guantanamo”
http://www.iachr.org/GuantanamoReport/

→ Read all the decisions of the IACHR regarding the US Detention Center in Guantanamo

http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/pdl/decisions/Guantanamo.asp

→ Visit the website of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
http://www.iachr.org



Crédits: 
 
Music:  
 
→ "Highway to the Stars" byKai Engel en Free Music Archive. CC BY NC 
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/The_Scope/Kai_Engel_-_The_Scope_-_05_Highway_to_the_Stars 
 
Videos:  
 
→ Public Hearing: "Human Rights Detainees at the Guantánamo Naval Base" of the IACHR, 149 Period of Sessions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dmfu5f3KyQ 
 
→ Public Hearing: "Human Rights Situation of Persons Deprived of Liberty at the Guantánamo Naval Base" of the IACHR, 154 Period of Sessions 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBDhGP_sl1U 
 
→ "Anasheed Nasheed Guantanamo avec soustitres FR ! anachide أناشيد" by Worknet Anasheed 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBiWZbZKDsg 

→ "Guantanamo Camp 5 Footage" by PublicIntelligence's channel 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCtV3_7gO4w