Five years of my life: An innocent man in Guantanamo
Kurnaz, Murat 1982-
Five years of my life: An innocent man in Guantanamo by Murat Kurnaz ; with Helmut Kuhn ; translated by Jefferson Chase ; foreword by Patti Smith. - 1st ed. - New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. - 255 p.: ill., maps; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Frankfurt Airport -- Peshawar, Pakistan -- Kandahar, Afghanistan -- Kusca, Turkey -- Guantanamo Bay, Camp X-Ray / Photographs -- Bremen, Hemelingen -- Guantanamo Bay, Camp X-Ray -- Guantanamo Bay, Camp Delta -- Guantanamo Bay, Camp Echo -- Guantanamo Bay, Camp 4 -- Ramstein Air Base, Germany -- Bremen, Hemelingen.
In October 2001, nineteen-year-old Murat Kurnaz traveled to Pakistan to visit a madrassa. During a security check a few weeks after his arrival, he was arrested without explanation and for a bounty of $3,000, the Pakistani police sold him to U.S. forces. He later he was flown to Guantanamo as Prisoner #61. For more than 1,600 days, he was kept in a cage and endured daily interrogations, solitary confinement, and sleep deprivation. Finally, in August 2006, Kurnaz was released, with acknowledgment of his innocence.
Translated from the German.
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Kurnaz, Murat, 1982-
Kurnaz, Murat, 1982-
Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp.
Prisoners of war--Legal status, laws, etc.--Cuba--Guantánamo Bay Naval Base--Biography.
Human rights--Government policy--United States.
Combatants and noncombatants (International law)--Biography.
Military bases, American--Law and legislation--Cuba.
Detention of persons--Cuba--Guantánamo Bay Naval Base.
War and emergency powers--United States.
Prisoners of war--Guantánamo Bay Naval Base (Cuba)--Biography.
Human rights--Government policy--United States.
Military bases--Law and legislation--Cuba.
War and emergency powers--United States.
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973.931092 B
Five years of my life: An innocent man in Guantanamo by Murat Kurnaz ; with Helmut Kuhn ; translated by Jefferson Chase ; foreword by Patti Smith. - 1st ed. - New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. - 255 p.: ill., maps; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Frankfurt Airport -- Peshawar, Pakistan -- Kandahar, Afghanistan -- Kusca, Turkey -- Guantanamo Bay, Camp X-Ray / Photographs -- Bremen, Hemelingen -- Guantanamo Bay, Camp X-Ray -- Guantanamo Bay, Camp Delta -- Guantanamo Bay, Camp Echo -- Guantanamo Bay, Camp 4 -- Ramstein Air Base, Germany -- Bremen, Hemelingen.
In October 2001, nineteen-year-old Murat Kurnaz traveled to Pakistan to visit a madrassa. During a security check a few weeks after his arrival, he was arrested without explanation and for a bounty of $3,000, the Pakistani police sold him to U.S. forces. He later he was flown to Guantanamo as Prisoner #61. For more than 1,600 days, he was kept in a cage and endured daily interrogations, solitary confinement, and sleep deprivation. Finally, in August 2006, Kurnaz was released, with acknowledgment of his innocence.
Translated from the German.
9780230614413 0230614418
2007023633
GBA797107 bnb
014458211 Uk
Kurnaz, Murat, 1982-
Kurnaz, Murat, 1982-
Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp.
Prisoners of war--Legal status, laws, etc.--Cuba--Guantánamo Bay Naval Base--Biography.
Human rights--Government policy--United States.
Combatants and noncombatants (International law)--Biography.
Military bases, American--Law and legislation--Cuba.
Detention of persons--Cuba--Guantánamo Bay Naval Base.
War and emergency powers--United States.
Prisoners of war--Guantánamo Bay Naval Base (Cuba)--Biography.
Human rights--Government policy--United States.
Military bases--Law and legislation--Cuba.
War and emergency powers--United States.
KZ6496 / .K8713
973.931092 B