Seventeen Years of Guantanamo

January 11, 2018, marks the 17th anniversary of the opening of the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, which was established in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. It also marks the start of the prison’s third year under the direction of the Trump administration. At the beginning of the Trump administration 41 people remained imprisoned at Guantanamo. Over the last two years, the Trump administration has released just one individual, leaving 40 people in detention while, at times, signaling interest in expanding Guantanamo. What will happen to the prison and its detainees in the remaining years of the Trump administration? Will anyone else be released? Will the prison ever close?

Featuring Laura Pitter, Deputy Director, Human Rights Watch US Program; Thomas B. Wilner
Co-Founder, Close Guantanamo and Of Counsel, Shearman & Sterling, LLP; and, Andy Worthington, Co-Founder, Close Guantanamo and Author, The Guantanamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America's Illegal Prison. Moderated by David Sterman, Senior Policy Analyst, New America International Security program