Who Are The Guantánamo Detainees?

Murat Kurnaz

"I have been begging for a sign that my son is alive, that he is being treated justly, that he has not been tortured, that his dignity has been preserved as he sits alone in a cell in Guantánamo."
- Rabiye Kurnaz, mother of Murat

Murat Kurnaz has been detained in Guantanámo Bay for three and a half years. His mother, Rabiye Kurnaz talks about the Turkish, German and US authorities that are doing nothing to help her and her son.
Video interview | About Murat's case. »

Rabiye Kurnaz
Rabiye Kurnaz holding a photo of her son Murat.
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Fawzi Al-Odah

"Reports of chronic abuse bring more anguish."

Article by Khalid Al-Odah, the father of Guantánamo detainee Fawzi Al-Odah.
Read Khalid's article | Video interview. »

 

 

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 Khalid Al-Odah
Khalid Al-Odah, father of Guantánamo detainee Fawzi Al-Odah.
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