{"id":6193,"date":"2017-07-11T17:06:55","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T21:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reprieveus.flywheelsites.com\/?page_id=6193"},"modified":"2017-07-14T12:53:30","modified_gmt":"2017-07-14T16:53:30","slug":"fight-detainees-held-guantanamo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/us\/2017\/07\/11\/fight-detainees-held-guantanamo\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I fight for the detainees held in Guantanamo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"edit_wrap\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"single_post_content\">\n<div class=\"thn_post_wrap\">\n<p><em style=\"line-height: inherit;\">By <a href=\"http:\/\/reprieveus.flywheelsites.com\/about\/#staff-identifier\">Shelby Sullivan-Bennis<\/a>, Staff Attorney at Reprieve US.<\/em><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2487\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reprieve.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shelby-Sullivan-Bennis-e1470245782637.png?resize=67%2C65&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"67\" height=\"65\" data-attachment-id=\"2487\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/reprieveus.flywheelsites.com\/guantanamo-bay\/guantanamos-mystery-man\/shelby-sullivan-bennis\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reprieve.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shelby-Sullivan-Bennis-e1470245782637.png?fit=127%2C123&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"127,123\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Shelby Sullivan-Bennis\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reprieve.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shelby-Sullivan-Bennis-e1470245782637.png?fit=127%2C123&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reprieve.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shelby-Sullivan-Bennis-e1470245782637.png?fit=127%2C123&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"line-height: inherit;\">Guantanamo Bay is the original sin of oppressive post-9\/11 policy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6195 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/reprieveus.flywheelsites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shelby-Guantanamo-300x192.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"311\" height=\"199\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fifteen years later and still no one has received a trial or apology for the heinous abuses they suffered. We know today that most of the men in Guantanamo Bay didn\u2019t belong there in the first place, and most of the men were not captured on a battlefield, but were sold for bounties offering \u201cenough money to take care of your family, your village, your tribe for the rest of your life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chosen because it was the \u201clegal equivalent of outer space,\u201d\u00a0it came to represent the destruction of American values, where we tortured and detained solely Muslim men, denying them any right to challenge their treatment.<\/p>\n<p>For me, as an American who grew up in a post-9\/11 society burning itself to the ground with fear and otherizing, I consider it my personal obligation to fight the government abuse that rises from those flames and is wrought in my name. Each day I do this work, I find myself astounded\u2014astounded by the gravity and the consistency of injustice suffered, as well as by the tremendous strength of spirit that I have the privilege of seeing in Reprieve\u2019s clients.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"button\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/secure.reprieve.org\/page\/s\/join-our-mailing-list\">Join Reprieve US<\/a> <a class=\"button\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/secure.reprieve.org\/page\/contribute\/donate-now\">Donate now<\/a> <a class=\"button\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=https%3A\/\/reprieve.org\/guantanamo-bay\/fight-detainees-held-guantanamo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Share on Twitter<\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"button\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/reprieveus.flywheelsites.com\/guantanamo-bay\/guantanamo-101\/\">Return to &#8216;Guantanamo 101&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guantanamo Bay is the original sin of oppressive post-9\/11 policy. 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