Bad Men :Guantanamo Bay And The Secret Prisons
Bad Men :Guantanamo Bay And The Secret Prisons
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Published:
7 February, 2008
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Description
Explosively personal account by a British lawyer who defends Death Row prisoners and Guantanamo Bay detainees.
Clive Stafford Smith is the 46-year-old human-rights lawyer who has famously - some would say notoriously - spent more than twenty years in the United States representing prisoners on Death Row. His clients include many detainees in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, and he established the London-based charity Reprieve, developed to defending human rights in 1999. His book is quite simply, devastating, and many will laugh and cry reading it: laugh in disbelief, and cry in despair at the utter inhumanity and lack of imagination wrapped up in hypocrisy so enormous that it beggars understanding.
Yet even in the face of insurmountable odds, Clive Stafford Smith remains an optimist. Few could maintain his capacity for work and his commitment to his clients if he allowed frustration or despair to divert him. His experiences, graphically recounted in this book, have enabled him to shine a bright, unblinking light into the darkest corners of illegality that are being justified by governments in the name of the War on Terror.
Prizes
Short-listed for Orwell Prize 2008
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780753823521 |
| ISBN10 | 0753823527 |
| Number Of Pages | 336 |
| Item Weight | 250 g |
| Product Dimensions | 132 x 197 x 22 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Orion Publishing Co |
| Format | paperback |
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this shattering account of the Cuban limbo is timelier than ever * INDEPENDENT *
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Author's Bio
Clive Stafford Smith is a human rights lawyer based in London, whose clients include detainees in Quantanamo Bay and prisoners on Death Row