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The exhibit 'Guantánamo [Un]Censored: Art from Inside the Prison' opened on Wednesday, Feb. 19 at CUNY Law. The show marks the 18th anniversary of the prison's opening and features artwork and ...
Controversial exhibit of art by Guantanamo Bay detainees 02:11. ... He says no artwork will be burned or destroyed, despite media reports saying prison authorities have done so.
When Moath al-Alwi left Guantánamo Bay for resettlement in Oman, accompanying him on his journey was a cache of artwork he created during more than two decades of detention. Al-Alwi was detainee ...
Lawyers for prisoners at Guantanamo Bay who have been refused permission to transfer artwork from the jail – some of it containing images of torture and abuse – have urged the US Defence ...
A new exhibit in New York shares art from an unlikely place: Guantanamo Bay Detention Center. Current and former detainees have created work that represent their experiences as prisoners -- even ...
The Guantánamo prison had this painting by Pakistani “forever prisoner” Mohammed Ahmed Rabbani on the wall on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016, as part of their display of 2016 art projects done by ...
Of the eight artists with work in the exhibit, four were freed in recent years, but four others are among the 41 men (down from a high of 775) who remain at Guantanamo Bay -- men like Ammar al ...
Guantanamo detainees are urging President Joe Biden to free the artwork they created inside the military prison. In an open letter, eight former prisoners called on the Biden administration to ...
We hear from Erin L. Thompson, Molly Crabapple, and Mansoor Adayfi, who was detained without charge at the military prison for almost 15 years, on how art is a lifeline for those incarcerated there.
The Pentagon says “items produced by detainees at Guantánamo Bay remain the property of the U.S. government,” and the Defense Department has banned artworks from leaving the detention center.