Guantánamo Bay: Then and Now https://Reprieve.podbean.com In partnership with the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at Oxford University, Human Rights charity Reprieve is sharing a 3 part series on the lasting impact of the “war on terror”.

  • Episode 1:Eric Lewis, President of the Reprieve US Board, takes us back to the beginning of Guantánamo, presenting how it normalised torture in America and providing an advocate’s view of the fight to free the 780 men imprisoned without charge.
  • Episode 2: Helen Duffy, Professor of International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Leiden University, highlights how the issue of Guantánamo remains current and urgent, sharing the story of Abu Zubaydah, who has been detained in the prison for 24 years.
  • Episode 3: Reprieve’s Chief Executive, Maya Foa, explores the legacy of Guantánamo, looking at how Europe has replicated unlawful detention without trial through the holding of thousands of men, women and children, many of them UK or EU nationals, in North East Syria.
]]> Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:38:10 +0100 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en Copyright 2026 All rights reserved. News:News Commentary 1440 episodic Reprieve Reprieve No false https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/22286371/Untitled_design_4_7j8n9.png Guantánamo Bay: Then and Now https://Reprieve.podbean.com 144 144 Guantánamo Bay, Then and Now: Episode 1 Guantánamo Bay, Then and Now: Episode 1 https://Reprieve.podbean.com/e/guantanamo-bay-then-and-now-episode-1/ https://Reprieve.podbean.com/e/guantanamo-bay-then-and-now-episode-1/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:38:10 +0100 Reprieve.podbean.com/6915a63b-dd20-325a-a3db-cbd269f59686 Eric Lewis, President of the Reprieve US Board, takes us back to the beginning of Guantánamo, presenting how it normalised torture in America and providing an advocate’s view of the fight to free the 780 men imprisoned without charge.

Eric Lewis, who has represented Guantánamo detainees since 2002 and is a leading voice in international human rights law.

 

 

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Eric Lewis, who has represented Guantánamo detainees since 2002 and is a leading voice in international human rights law.

 

 

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