Guantanamo Bay detention camp Guantanamo Bay detention camp The Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a United States military prison located within Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, also referred to as Guantánamo, G-Bay, GTMO, Gitmo (), and America's Gulag, which is on the coast of Guantánamo Bay in Cuba. Since the inmates have been detained indefinitely without trial and several detainees have been tortured, the operations of this camp are considered to be a major breach of human rights by Amnesty International. The camp was established by President George W. Bush's administration in 2002 during the War on Terror. His successor, President Barack Obama, promised that
Guantanamo Bay detention camp self-described liberal Democrats and 67% of moderate or conservative Democrats) replied they approve the continued operation of Guantanamo. Morris Davis, the former chief prosecutor for the terrorism trials at Guantanamo Bay, began a Change.org e-petition to close Guantanamo. The e-petition has garnered over 220,000 signatures, and mentions the hunger strikes that "involves more than 100 prisoners, including some 21 who are being force fed to keep them from starving to death." On 12 December 2013, retired U.S. Marine Major General Michael R. Lehnert, who oversaw the construction of the Guantánamo detention facility, published an op-ed piece in the Detroit Free