A day at Guantanamo Bay: one guard’s perspective

By On October 11, 2009 · 2 Comments

WHAT/WHERE
Matador editor, Julie Schwietert Collazo explores life at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from a guards perspective. Julie walks through the now closed down Camp X-Ray and interviews a Gitmo guard on daily life at Americas notorious detention facility.

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As seen on Matador Pulse.
Captured by Julie Schwietert Collazo and edited by Joshua Johnson.
Gitmo is closed now but the US legacy of abuse remains. Join the discussion with Tim Patterson in Worse Than Abu Ghraib? and also learn 10 Shocking Facts About Global Slavery in 2008.

 
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  • http://www.galavanting.tv Kim@Galavanting

    Great piece, I love micro stories too. We recently sailed past Guantanamo Bay and it was surprisingly emotional for me.

    PS: That AP News footage must have cost a fortune!

  • http://www.wmc.uk.com Frannie

    It seems the UK has to pay out millions in compensation to former Guantanamo Bay detainees who accuse them of being somehow involved with their imprisonment. This cop-out wouldn’t even be happening if Great Britain had properly distanced itself from the illegal happenings there from the word go as it ought to have done.

 

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