Guantanamo to CECOT: Abuses by the US Government in the Name of “National Security”

To commemorate the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, join a webinar hosted by Amnesty International.

Over the last two-plus decades the US government has jumped through legal loopholes to arbitrarily and indefinitely detain men in the Guantánamo Bay military prison under the guise of “national security.” Under the Trump administration, the US government has expanded its abuses using the same justification, entering into controversial agreements with El Salvador to detain unlawfully expelled individuals—people seeking safety and migrants accused of being gang members—at the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT), a mega-prison known for its harsh conditions and human rights abuses.

Both prisons are defined by indefinite detention without trial, lack of due process, torture or other cruel, inhuman, degrading treatment, lack of transparency and oversight, and the US’ use of extraterritorial detention. Guantánamo remains a symbol of the US’ “War on Terror” and CECOT as a showcase of so called “tough-on-crime” policies where the US sends people seeking safety and migrants who are considered “enemy aliens” – and both are places where human rights violations thrive.

This event will be held with remote simultaneous interpretation in English and Spanish and American Sign Language interpretation.

Please register here to attend.