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Since the September Eleventh attacks of 2001, the US
government and military has been detaining suspected terrorists. Over 1,200
suspects were detained in the first weeks after the attacks, this action is
also called “Indefinite Detention”.
Indefinite detention has been one of the tactics used by the United
States after the 9/11 attacks against terrorism. Just as the current citizens’
ancestors immigrated here, there are now people trying to immigrate to America.
Only to be detained, turned down, or segregated. The act of indefinite
detention is unfair and unjustified, it is against the constitution, and can be
inaccurate. September 11th was a very hard day.
One case of indefinite detention is the case of Hady
Hassan Omar. He was detained September the 12th, 2001. There was no viable
proof that he was associated with Al Qaeda and passed polygraph tests. The FBI
kept him detained and tortured him for 73 days, he was also not allowed access
to an attorney. He threatened hunger strikes and the FBI told him they would
strap him to a gurney and feed him through a tube up his nose, he soon
threatened suicide if he was not released before New Year’s day. He was
released November Twenty Third 2001 after the FBI could not find viable proof
to any association with Al Qaeda (NYT Hady Omar. 1).
Indefinite detention is unconstitutional and is seen
as a rights violation in many countries. Indefinite detention violates the
sixth amendment, the first amendment, and many
human rights laws. The sixth amendment states “The
accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial
jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed,
which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be
informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses
against him.” This means that the accused person has rights to a public and
fair trial, which Hady Hassan Omar was denied, and was also not allowed an
attorney. This further violates the constitution as there was no viable proof,
jury, or witnesses.
Since the September Eleventh attacks of
2001, the U.S. has been using various tactics to combat terrorism, one being
indefinite detention. The war on terror started directly after 9/11 and
involved mainly the U.S. and Middle East. Troops were deployed in Afghanistan
in 2001 and Iraq in 2003. The Iraq invasion only lasting until later in 2003
and Afghanistan in 2014. President Barack Obama signed a bill in 2011 that gave
the military, law enforcement, and the government the ability to detain suspected
terrorists without fair trial
Currently, since the January 11th 2002 opening of the
Guantanamo Bay prison 779 detainees have been held in custody. As of October
2016, 60 prisoners still reside in Guantanamo Bay, twenty of which have already
been cleared for release. Thirty-one prisoners have not even been charged for a
crime and are not cleared for release. It costs more than seven million dollars
annually to hold just one detainee in Guantanamo. More than 200 FBI agents have
reported the violent treatment of the prisoners held in Guantanamo and there
have been at least 26 reports of prisoners being tortured at overseas CIA
facilities before being transferred to Guantanamo
Indefinite detention is an unconstitutional, unlawful,
and inhumane act. Indefinite detention violates the sixth amendment of the Bill
of Rights and violates international and human rights laws. The act of indefinite detention is unfair and
unjustified, it is against the constitution, and can be inaccurate. There are
many cases of indefinite detention in which there is no viable proof,
witnesses, or fairness. Detaining suspected terrorists without proof or
fairness is unjustified, unlawful, and unfair.
