Ending Guantánamo
Torture, Illegal Detention, and the
Challenges to Restoring the Rule of Law
7:30 pm
Salomon Center - Room 001
Waterman St. & Brown St. - Providence, RI
Monday, April 19th
Brown University
A speech by
Jonathan Hafetz
an attorney with the ACLU's National Security Project
and editor of
The Guantánamo Lawyers
Inside a Prison Outside the Law
Jonathan Hafetz spoke about his book, his work representing Guantánamo detainees, the legal, human, and moral failings of the Guantánamo prison and the challenges of closing it, and the fight to win national security policies that are consistent with the Constitution, the rule of law, and fundamental human rights.
This talk is free and open to the public. It is cosponsored by the Brown ACLU and Brown Amnesty International.
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About the Book
The Guantánamo Lawyers contains over one hundred personal narratives from attorneys who have represented
detainees held at the United States naval base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, as well as at other overseas prisons, from Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan to secret CIA jails or “black sites.” Together, these moving, powerful voices create a historical record of Guantánamo’s legal, human, and moral failings, and provide a window into America’s catastrophic effort to create a prison beyond the law.
Learn more about The Guantánamo Lawyers.
About the Speaker
Jonathan Hafetz is an attorney with the National Security Project of the American Civil Liberties Union. Mr. Hafetz has litigated leading national security detention cases. He was counsel of record in Al-Marri v. Spagone, a landmark case challenging the indefinite military detention of a lawful resident alien arrested in the United States. Mr. Hafetz was also lead counsel in Jawad v. Obama, a habeas corpus challenge that secured the release of Afghan youth Mohammed Jawad from illegal detention at Guantánamo. He presently represents another Guantanamo detainee, Mohamedou Salahi, who was tortured and illegally rendered to Guantanamo. Mr. Hafetz was co-counsel in Munaf v. Geren, a case involving the detention of two U.S. citizens in Iraq decided by the Supreme Court in 2008. He is also lead counsel in Meshal v. Higgenbotham, a civil rights action challenging the illegal detention, rendition, and torture of an American citizen in East Africa.
Mr. Hafetz is an expert on habeas corpus and has testified before Congress on habeas corpus and detainee rights. He serves as frequent commentator on national security issues and his writings have appeared in numerous publications, including The Nation, The American Prospect, the Los Angeles Times,and The National Law Journal. Mr. Hafetz’s book, The Guantanamo Lawyers: Inside a Prison, Outside the Law (Mark Denbeaux, co-editor) was published by NYU Press in November 2010. His forthcoming book, Habeas Corpus after 9/11: Confronting America’s New Global Detention System,will be published next year by NYU Press. Mr. Hafetz previously served as Litigation Director for the Liberty and National Security Project of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law. He also formerly served as a Gibbons Fellow in Public Interest and Constitutional Law at Gibbons, P.C., and as a law clerk to the Honorable Jed S. Rakoff, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, and Sandra L. Lynch, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Providence, RI 02903