Brief History of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

 

Brief History of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

The U.S. military has operated a naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for more than a century. But only in recent decades that this place became famous because it was used as the location of the detention of foreign nationals, mostly related to cases of terrorism against Americans. This is the history of summarily.

1903 Cuban-American Treaty for Hire Guantanamo Bay
In 1903, the United States officially given permission by the Cuban government to set up a military base in Guantanamo Bay are two beaches in northwestern Cuba, 500 miles off the coast of Florida.

1934: Renewal Agreements
In 1934, the Cuban government agreed to renew the lease agreement the United States at Guantanamo Bay, tenanted infinite sets which can not be dissolved, unless both parties agree to do so. At that time, Cuba also agreed to supply to the base of the U.S. Navy base.

1964: Cutting supplies from the Cuban Government
In 1964, the Cuban government under Fidel Castro's rule states that the agreement Guantanamo has been imposed, and no longer acknowledge that the terms of the agreement was valid. Military officials at Guantanamo were forced to meet their own needs, with electricity and water supply itself.

1991-1993: Camp Bulkeley Used for Haitian Refugees
Human rights activists angry when 310 Haitian immigrants who are HIV positive are separated from other refugees, following the 1991 Haitian coup d'état, and was imprisoned in Camp Bulkeley, the camp is overcrowded and unsanitary. They were eventually released in 1993 after an international campaign.

1996: Operation Marathon Focuses on Chinese Immigrants
Guantanamo detention facility has historically been used to accommodate refugees and other illegal immigrants who were arrested on the high seas. Under the anti-smuggling initiative through Operation Marathon 1996, the Guantanamo detention facility used to house 120 Chinese migrants who tried to illegally migrate to the United States by sea.

1997: Focus on Immigrants from Guyana
Guantanamo detainees are also used for migrant Guyana, which is trying to reach the United States by sea.

2002: Guantanamo Detainees Being Terrorism
After the attacks of 11 September 2001, the Guantanamo Bay detention facility used to house suspected as enemy combatants from Afghanistan and Iraq. Most are classified as "fellow terrorists", not actual terrorists or insurgents.

2004: Allegations of Torture
In 2004, Guantanamo detainees began to be approached human rights groups protested the torture techniques against detainees. This was later reinforced by military documents showing that the use of some techniques commonly regarded as torture - such as forced standing, sleep deprivation, loud noise, and water boarding - may have been used at Guantanamo facility.

2006: The case of Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
Supreme Court's decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld case clearly establish that the Guantanamo detainees are protected by the Geneva Conventions, and can not be permanently detained without trial or treated inconsistently with the Convention.

2009: Obama Announces Plan to Close Guantanamo in One Year
On January 21, 2009, when newly inaugurated as U.S. President Barack Obama issued an executive order first: ask for closure of the detention facility within a year and reviewing immediately of any cases of the prisoners.

2013: Both Obama Promises
In early 2013, the Guantanamo detainees began a hunger strike. Until April, the strike about 100 of the 166 prisoners. On April 30, Obama reiterated his pledge to close the detention facility.