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Colonel John Bogdan Has No Nose
A fable about the former Guantánamo warden by Shaker Aamer, a British detainee.
The Declaration of No Human Rights
My extended periods in solitary confinement have led me to conclude that the US government has already adopted the DNHR.
Banned Books of Guantánamo: 'The Kill List' by Frederick Forsyth
The writer says it's "a badge of honor" to be banned in Gitmo.
Banned Books of Guantánamo: 'Trainspotting' by Irvine Welsh
Irvine Welsh has no fucking idea why his book is banned from Gitmo.
An Obituary for My Friend, Adnan Abdul Latif
Adnan Abdul Latif was a Yemeni citizen who died in Guantánamo in 2012. Here, he is remembered by his friend, Emad Hassan.
Pakistan Since Guantánamo
Pakistani journalist and novelist Saba Imtiaz answers a question about the outside world posed by a Guantánamo detainee.
Banned Books of Guantánamo: 'Waiting for Godot' by Samuel Beckett
The enduring absurdist drama has a long entanglement with censors and prison life.
Banned Books of Guantánamo: 'Blasphemy' by Alan Dershowitz
Alan Dershowitz was shocked to learn that his book had been censored in Guantánamo.
Banned Books of Guantánamo: 'Futility' by Wilfred Owen
Jeremy Paxman finds it "fascinating" that the war poet is banned in Gitmo.
Banned Books of Guantánamo: 'Hidden Agendas' by John Pilger
It is the embodiment of dissent in a place intent on crushing it.
Banned Books of Guantánamo: 'The Diary of a Young Girl' by Anne Frank
The starkest difference between the captivity of Anne Frank and those in Guantánamo Bay is that Frank and her family were in hiding. It must be so surreal for detainees in Gitmo to know that the whole world knows they're there.
Banned Books of Guantánamo: 'A People's History of the United States' by Howard Zinn
John Howard on why Zinn's radical history is banned from Gitmo.