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Yves here. Gitmo was and is proof that America’s claims that it stands for democracy and due process are hot air. So much of what happened there, most of all the routinized torture, remains shrouded in secrecy that the bits that come out deserve special attention.
It’s probably a naive hope, but perhaps the release of the movie The Mauritanian will help secure the releases of the remaining Gitmo detainees.
By Lisa Hajjar, Professor of Sociology, University of California Santa Barbara. Originally published at The Conversation
“The Mauritanian,” directed by Kevin Macdonald, is the first feature film to dramatize how the war on terror became a war in court.
The Mauritanian Rekindles Debate over Gitmo Detainees Torture
“The Mauritanian,” directed by Kevin Macdonald, is the first feature film to dramatize how the war on terror became a war in court.
“The Mauritanian,” directed by Kevin Macdonald, is the first feature film to dramatize how the war on terror became a war in court.
As a sociologist of law and a journalist, I have spent the past two decades researching and writing about the kinds of legal battles the film accurately portrays. My research has included 13 trips to observe military commission trials at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
âThe Mauritanianâ Rekindles Debate Over Guantanamo Bay Detaineesâ Torture
The release of the movie calls public attention to the US government s treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, and what the detainees future might be.
A still from The Mauritanian .
World14/Feb/2021
The Mauritanian, directed by Kevin Macdonald, is the first feature film to dramatise how the war on terror became a war in court.
As a sociologist of law and a journalist, I have spent the past two decades researching and writing about the kinds of legal battles the film accurately portrays. My research has included 13 trips to observe military commission trials at the US Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.