Oh great, the supreme court just rejected two appeals by inmates who sought to challenge their detentions in federal court. Many detainees are in their sixth year of imprisonment at Guantanamo. Some of them were imprisoned as young as 16. Can you imagine living in this cell for 6 years without a charge? These people have been locked up and forgotten about.

I’m sick of hearing the line from wingnuts that terrorists deserve to be locked up there without a trial. Who defines terrorists? Have you looked at the list of detainees released? The few people that have been released had nothing to do with terrorism. Like Said Abaseen, a taxi driver from Afghanistan. He has no idea why he was detained. Do you think it’s a soldier’s job to be the court of law for a person they captured off the street? No, that’s what we have a court of law for.

The detainees are being abused at Guantanamo as well. What would you do if you were locked up for six years without a charge? Several detainees have tried committing suicide or going on a hunger strike. Those that went on a hunger strike were force fed through nasal feeding tubes. It was found that the nasal feeding tubes were administered without anesthetic, and instead of being left there, they were removed and re-administered every day as a form of torture.

How much longer are we going to allow this to happen in our name? Six years without a charge? You’ve got to be kidding me.