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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.