Five years of my life: An innocent man in Guantanamo by Murat Kurnaz ; with Helmut Kuhn ; translated by Jefferson Chase ; foreword by Patti Smith.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: German Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: 255 p.: ill., maps; 24 cmISBN: - 9780230614413
- 0230614418
- Fünf Jahre meines Lebens. English.
- 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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- KZ6496 .K8713
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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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