User:Geo Swan/Guantanamo/individual to be held in Guantanamo indefinitely

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Both the Bush Presidency and the Obama Presidency planned for some individual to be held in Guantanamo indefinitely.^[1]^[2] Both Presidents planned for some captives to be face criminal charges, for other captives to be released, or repatriated and transferred to custody in other countries, but planned to hold some captives, without charge, possibly for the rest of their lives.

Neither Presidency went on record publicly identifying any specific individuals living in custody in Guantanamo as someone who was to face spending the rest of their lives in Guantanamo without facing any criminal charges justifying their captivity, but when 48 year old Afghan captive Awal Gul died on Februay 2, 2011, Carol Rosenberg, writing in the Miami Herald, reported that he was one of the 48 individuals the Obama Presidency planned to hold indefinitely.^[1]

Some human rights workers and legal scholars were highly critical of holding individuals who weren't classed as Prisoners of War under the Geneva Conventions in indefinite detention.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Carol Rosenberg (2011-02-03). "Afghan who collapsed in shower, died was to be held indefinitely". Miami Herald. Retrieved 2011-02-06. The dead man, Awal Gul, had been in U.S. custody since Christmas 2001 and at the prison camps in southeast Cuba for more than eight years. He was designated by the Obama administration as one of 48 `indefinite detainees,' meaning the U.S. would neither repatriate him nor put him on trial. mirror page 1 mirror page 2
^ ^a ^b Carol W. Murphy (2010-12-22). "Obama Administration Should Not Institutionalize Indefinite Detention For Guantánamo Prisoners, Says ACLU". American Civil Liberties Union. Archived from the original on 2011-02-06. Retrieved 2011-02-06. According to news reports, the Obama administration is considering an executive order that would establish a periodic review process for Guantánamo detainees who are being held indefinitely without charge or trial. The American Civil Liberties Union opposes the indefinite detention of prisoners at Guantánamo, some of whom have been held in U.S. custody without charge or trial for as many as eight years. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead= ignored (help)

[MiamiHeraldAwalGul2011-02-03-1] Carol Rosenberg (2011-02-03). "Afghan who collapsed in shower, died was to be held indefinitely". Miami Herald. Retrieved 2011-02-06. The dead man, Awal Gul, had been in U.S. custody since Christmas 2001 and at the prison camps in southeast Cuba for more than eight years. He was designated by the Obama administration as one of 48 `indefinite detainees,' meaning the U.S. would neither repatriate him nor put him on trial. mirror page 1 mirror page 2

[Aclu2010-12-22-2] Carol W. Murphy (2010-12-22). "Obama Administration Should Not Institutionalize Indefinite Detention For Guantánamo Prisoners, Says ACLU". American Civil Liberties Union. Archived from the original on 2011-02-06. Retrieved 2011-02-06. According to news reports, the Obama administration is considering an executive order that would establish a periodic review process for Guantánamo detainees who are being held indefinitely without charge or trial. The American Civil Liberties Union opposes the indefinite detention of prisoners at Guantánamo, some of whom have been held in U.S. custody without charge or trial for as many as eight years. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead= ignored (help)

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