In 2003, the United States built a military prison at its naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, known as Gitmo. Prisoners captured from the American invasion of Afghanistan and the Middle East were flown there. American President George W. Bush deemed these men terrorists not protected by international law. He authorized a secret torture program to extract information. Some American soldiers objected, so were abused too.
Americans Abused at Gitmo
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DeSantis’s pivotal service at Guantánamo during a violent year
‘Hey, you can actually force-feed,’ Ron DeSantis said he advised, endorsing a practice detainee lawyers described as torture
DeSantis’s pivotal service at Guantánamo during a violent year
A second ex-Guantanamo detainee says Ron DeSantis attended brutal forced feedings
A second ex-Guantanamo detainee has stepped forward to say that Gov. Ron DeSantis, while a U.S. Navy JAG officer in 2006, watched and allowed the brutal forced feedings of detainees that U.N. human rights authorities, an international physician’s group and others have condemned as a form of torture.
A second ex-Guantanamo detainee says Ron DeSantis attended brutal forced feedings
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