1. Remaking Bagram: The Creation of an Afghan Internment Regime and the Divide over U.S. Detention Power
- Publication Date:
- 09-2012
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- Open Society Foundations
- Abstract:
- This report by the Open Society Foundations highlights concerns about the transition of the U.S. detention facility in Bagram, Afghanistan, from U.S. to Afghan control. Remaking Bagram exposes a deep divide between U.S. and Afghan officials on the eve of the planned handover that puts U.S. intentions to maintain detention authority in Afghanistan against the Afghan government’s insistence that Afghans can no longer be detained by the United States on “Afghan soil.” Remaking Bagram, which was released on September 6, also highlights the Afghan government’s efforts to take custody of detainees held by the United States by creating an Afghan internment regime that would detain individuals without trial. Many Afghan legal experts call this new system unconstitutional and have expressed fears that it is susceptible to abuse.
- Topic:
- Foreign Policy, Military Affairs, Military Intervention, State Building, and Detention
- Political Geography:
- Afghanistan and United States